Newly released surveillance video shows Kenneka Jenkins stumbling roughly the hallways too kitchen of the hotel where she was found dead within of the walk-in freezer hours later.
Video shows the 19-year-old leaving the get upward lonely at 3.20am too then struggling to keep residue every bit she navigates the hallways of The Crowne Plaza Hotel too Conference Center inwards Rosemont.
She was at the hotel the nighttime of September eighth for a political party with friends on the 9th floor.
Jenkins was officially reported missing on Sabbatum at 1pm too found dead inwards the freezer early on Lord's Day morn at 1am.
Though the footage doesn't demo the minute Jenkins enters the freezer, regime believe she did when she walked out of the frame.
The footage appears to conflict with the social media speculation that at that topographic point was foul play or that she was coerced into the freezer.
There volition live on 36 to a greater extent than hours of footage from that weekend released, police clit told the Chicago Tribune.
The teen's family's lawyer told the paper they volition live on seeking their ain investigation too peradventure a 2nd autopsy.
Attorney Larry Rogers said the hotel 'never checked. They never searched, they never did anything land a young, 19-year-old disoriented missy was sitting inwards their freezer.'
'Now at that topographic point has to live on an respond to how that happened. Better yet, at that topographic point has to live on an respond to why that happened.'
Her woman raise Tereasa Martin said: 'To me, I experience similar they helped kill my child: the police clit subdivision too this hotel.'
In a 911 recording made after Kenneka vanished but before she was found, Martin tells a dispatcher that she fears her missy has been drinking after speaking to her friends.
Martin said 'one loving cup is every bit good much for her' too asks if detectives tin instruct the hotel surveillance video. But the dispatcher tries to allay her concerns too assures her that Kenneka volition in all likelihood plow up.
The solid unit of measurement filed a missing persons written report at 1.15pm, at which fourth dimension the hotel searched for Kenneka but failed to uncovering her. It was exclusively after the teen's parents went to the hotel herself at 6pm that staff phoned police, a 2nd search was mounted too her trunk was found.
Andrew Holmes, who has worked inwards the community for decades fighting against violence, told the Chicago Tribune before that detectives inwards Rosemont allowed him to sentiment the video on Wed when he went to attempt answers on behalf of Jenkins' family.
'We all was wondering too wanted to know did anybody line her downward there?' Holmes told reporters Thursday.
'Did anybody forcefulness her downward there? Was anybody on the other side inwards that room when she got downward there? And the respond to that is 'no.'
Jenkins' trunk was discovered inwards the industrial, walk-in freezer at The Crowne Plaza Hotel too Conference Center inwards Rosemont, a suburb of Chicago, at 1am Sunday.
She had gone missing roughly 24 hours before after partying with friends inwards 1 of the hotel's rooms.
Viral Facebook videos of their antics roughly the fourth dimension she vanished are beingness investigated yesteryear police clit amongst surveillance footage from 47 cameras within the hotel.
Holmes said 1 of the surveillance videos shows the 19-year-old adult woman waiting inwards the vestibule of the hotel after her friends reportedly went upward to the room to yell upward items they left behind.
He said that the video shows Jenkins convey an get upward to a lower degree before she wanders roughly too opens doors appearing to live on disoriented.
He said that she opened ii doors inwards a kitchen expanse too walked within of the large freezer before the doors near behind her.
'It was only an accident waiting to happen,' Holmes told the newspaper.
His line of piece of occupation organisation human relationship of what occurred differs from the social media speculation that the teen was murdered.
Holmes said that the theories circulating online most Jenkins are 'just something they made upward on social media.'
He urged people with difficult information to telephone weep upward the police.
Rosemont police clit said they volition demo the amount video to the woman's woman raise before they issue it to Blue Planet at the terminate of the investigation.
Martin said that she plans to sentiment the video with her attorney Larry Rogers.
The Crowne Plaza Hotel also announced that they think to comprehend the toll of the immature woman's funeral expenses.
A spokesman for the hotel said they extended the offering to the solid unit of measurement that would also let them to privately sentiment 36 amount hours of surveillance footage from twoscore dissimilar cameras inside.
'Our hearts exit to the Kenneka's mother, her solid unit of measurement too friends. We promise roofing the funeral costs provides a small-scale fleck of relief for them,' hotel spokesman Glenn Harston said inwards the statement.
It was non known if Jenkins' solid unit of measurement had accepted either offer.
No arrests cause got been made too her displace of perish has non been established.