Medical examiner: Chicago woman died from exposure and her death was an accident
CHICAGO - The Cook County medical examiner's office has determined that Kenneka Jenkins' death at a Rosemont hotel was an accident. She died of hypothermia from exposure to cold in a walk-in freezer, it said.
Alcohol intoxication and the use of a drug for treating epilepsy and migraines were "significant contributing factors," the office said.
The 19-year old was found inside the freezer on Sept. 10 after she disappeared from a room at the Crowne Plaza in suburban Rosemont. She had attended a party with as many as 30 other people on the ninth floor and wasn't found until nearly 24 hours after her disappearance, after repeated pleas
