Welcome to the Reader‘s morning briefing for Tuesday, September 19, 2017.
Kenneka Jenkins’s family asks FBI to investigate her death in hotel freezer
The family of Kenneka Jenkins is asking the Federal Bureau of Investigation to investigate her death at a suburban hotel. Jenkins was found dead in a freezer September 10 at the Crowne Plaza O’Hare & Conference Center in Rosemont, and on Friday officials released video showing her staggering alone through the hotel’s hallways and in the kitchen. On Saturday, Jenkins’s mother, Tereasa Martin, led a group of about 30 people from a memorial service in Douglas Park to the FBI’s Chicago field office to demand an investigation. Martin says the time line of the video doesn’t make sense to her. “I’m just looking for help—that’s all I’ve been asking for since day one.” [Tribune]
