The tragedy of Kenneka Jenkins

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[@ForHarriet619]

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[@alienswillcomeAWC]

That read more bell hooks shirt is awesome! Definitely getting one :)

[@tamibrown5161]

I should have known that was the conclusion that you were going to come to obviously you working with the people who want us to think that this death was an accident and we all know it was not an accident why was she the only one in the party that was so drunk why did the girl point her out and said I'm going to give this drink to that girl right there and then they turn camera on Keneeka

[@classassignment3643]

How could she have even opened the freezer door? She didn’t seem strong enough to even keep her own body up as she walked.

[@veer7507]

Whoo, ms. Where were you when thus was a spectacle, your the only one that made the most sense breaking this down. Everyone made this so ridiculous when it should be a conversation about everything else than pointing the finger at someone

[@msmiami212]

Do Taylor Swift’s new doc. Cuz I know I’m never watching that sht

[@LisaCreate]

“She could just be passed out” WTH!!! That 911 call is infuriating 😡😡

[@rebekahkingbello9560]

Annalisa Creative right and his first thought was that she was “arrested” or had a run in.... 😡

[@jelissasmith6971]

girl listen to the 911 call from a social worker about Josh Powell and see how much more pissed off youll be.

[@joeannchaney1219]

@@jelissasmith6971 While the house was burning.This is right up there with that.

[@melissasmith6762]

@@rebekahkingbello9560 That is more than likely based off of his actual experiences.

[@jelissasmith6971]

Joeann Chaney Yep absolutely. I cried with frustration listening to Kenneka’s mother police really don’t not care about missing girls ever. 🤬

[@lola.odetola]

The dismissal from the damn police is genuinely breaking my heart...

[@timiahr2862]

I feel like as a professional, you talked it down as if it wasn’t serious..... and here we are. So how are you held responsible? For all we know KJ was still alive while he was searching her in the damn arrest database. I’m over it.

[@veronicawhite3826]

That's what they do. Keep living

[@starcherry6814]

All they needed was access to the cameras and she could've been found alive

[@Fuchsiababe]

"she could just be passed out?" Da faq??? What cop would say that to reassure a mother that her child is ok?

[@Darkempress45]

Fuchsiababe hoping she sued their lazy trifling asses

[@diva23luv]

Right?!!! He’a a cop. He know what folks do to drunk passed out teenage girls.

[@Fuchsiababe]

@@diva23luv My thoughts exactly!!

[@yakuvelspecialguest2519]

Becuz the cops were already in on the whole ordeal. The City of Rosemont is controlled by a very sick mafia-styled family with their own police,emt,etc LITERALLY A BUNCH OF MENTALLY SICK CREATURES

[@Fuchsiababe]

@@yakuvelspecialguest2519 It really does seem like it!! Especially since her friends weren't allowed to see the cameras after she went missing.

[@loralogue]

"Don't get drunk around people you wouldn't trust with your life." That is the biggest lesson my mother taught my sister and I about drinking. It's also very important that at least one of your friends is at least sober enough to be able to handle a crisis. Whether that's getting lost, or getting hurt, passing out, getting drugged, or whatever else, somebody in your squad needs to have the ability to identify a dangerous situation and make sure it doesn't become deadly. Take care of each other, never leave anyone behind, and never leave anyone by themselves. Stay safe.

[@awakatilluminado6129]

yes its so unfortunate the world we live in, this is good advice. its hard in reality bc everyone wants to drink and have fun at the same time and i was no different when i was younger. but shit can get serious quick. and even negating dangerous people, life is dangerous and alcohol is still deadly. my friends and i have had to interrvene multiple times of alcohol poisoning (even with that persons friends around), hypothermia, etc from strangers that weve just happened to pass by and notice something off. and ive def been saved from serious shit by friends. and police are shit help (as we know and see) . this story is extremely tragic considering how she could have been saved had they acted quicker, regardless if there was something more than a tragic accident. had they found her when her friends came in theres a chance she could have been rescued from that hypothermia. drink and use safely. research risks of drugs and of interactions. and remember just cuz you dont feel it within a few minutes doesnt mean it wont come heavy later on. drink and use safely!

[@anapadua24life]

It's a shame she had no real friends cause all them girls/demons are guilty RIP kj

[@ladyjadelindia]

Wow that's so true. "don't get drunk around people who you don't trust with your life" that should be every young woman's mantra. Or just don't drink at all. Either one

[@ray817oneDEEP]

U white tho. I meant, you're right though!

[@ray817oneDEEP]

@@anapadua24life Like your the best Ana.

[@ygujt]

When I was young my mom warned me to avoid huge parties and never ever get drunk , cause people are crazy and do a lot of disgusting things for fun , you never know who's your real friend

[@katherinemorelle7115]

My mum was about more realistic (for knowing me personally, that is), and never told me not to drink (because she knew that would be useless), but she did share enough with me to get me to follow her advice of- you go out with your girls, you come home with your girls and you never, ever leave each other’s sides. You go to the bathroom with them, you watch each other’s drinks, each other’s bags, you dance with them. You never leave each other’s sight. And she was right. The one time I thought I was safe (because I was drinking at work, but on a night off) I came in alone. And I woke up the next morning in some strange dudes bed. And then found out I was pregnant a month or so later. She gives good advice, my mum. I’ll be giving the same advice to my daughter when she’s old enough.

[@ygujt]

@@katherinemorelle7115 I'm sorry for you , hope you're doing great now

[@flowerpink33]

Your Mom is a very wise woman.

[@ygujt]

flowerpink33 she has a lot of life experience, thanks 🙏🏻

[@magnan2414]

It has taken me 40 years to know that I don't and have never had friends

[@djdkch]

The fact that they called the police on the mother makes me so angry. This whole thing is horrible, but the fact that they really called the cops on that poor mama....

[@jklax]

The reason they called the cops on her mother is because thats policy to protect the occupants of the hotel. You can't have someone trespassing and banging on doors that could create another avoidable situation. It's sad because you feel for the mother but that's how it is.

[@ambriaashley3383]

@@jklax Nah. If my baby is missing and no one will help, EVERYBODY gets woken up. You see she didn't get arrested! When the cops came, they helped her, too. Which they should've done in the 1st place.

[@EmphaticNod]

@@jklax Well, I mean, the solution in this case was fairly obvious: HELP the mother search the hotel, at least anywhere that wouldn't disturb other guests, and she wouldn't have been banging on doors. The fact that this policy was defaulted to instead of lifting a finger to help a SOBER, worried mom (I could've understood if she showed up drunk) is infuriating. Yes, there are certain procedures in place for certain situations. But we are not robots. As human beings, we have the power to practice discernment and decide which situations should be exceptions. The hotel was trying to cover its ass by defaulting to policy. Now a girl is dead and they are being sued for millions. And I'm sorry, but I just don't believe they would have been in such a hurry to employ this policy if Kenneka hadn't been black. You know damn well they would have bent over backwards to help a worried white mother if the missing child had been white...

[@jklax]

@@EmphaticNod There are probably dozens of cameras in that hotel. You think on that night they're just going to comb through footage to look for someone gone for a small amount of time? Who's even on call to do that watching every single monitor? Lets think logically. I don't know. This isn't a case of a 5 year old going missing in a department store or from the park. It was a 19 yr old adult woman. One who's idiotic dumb friends let her stagger into a hotel drunk and alone. They should sue her friends and figure out how she got prescription meds that when mixed with alcohol,helped facilitate the actions leading up to her death. The hotel and or cops may be negligent.. I don't know. This is sad and tragic. My heart goes out to the mother, but its not as cut and dry as it appears.

[@EmphaticNod]

@@jklax It is tragic, I agree on that. The first paragraph you wrote really struck me as particularly sad: why IS it so difficult to review camera footage, regardless of the time of day? Every hotel should teach their staffers how to review it EXACTLY for life-and-death situations like these. It would take, what? Two hours to train an employee how to do it? Less than that if a manual or SOP is kept near the camera station to provide step-by-step instructions? If it could save even one life, wouldn't it be worth it? That's why I'm guessing it isn't a lack of capability, but some kind of legal red tape. If you cannot immediately release your footage to the POLICE for review, what is even the point of having cameras, like Kim was saying. I'm sorry. I recognize that this isn't a clearcut case, and the hotel/police are not solely at fault here, but I just get angry when the "system" fails people like this so completely. Especially when I can't help but feel they would indeed have moved faster/done more if the people in question weren't POC. At this point, I'm mostly just venting.

[@roguesmith7066]

Her friends knew how intoxicated she was and sent her to go ALONE is complete BS nd I’d hold the “friends” accountable for not being there for her.

[@xtinamarie718]

They went ugh monifa and shamyia went to get her phone while neka was waiting outside of the hotel room look at other youtubers or news outlets even check out the mtv doc my life true crime

[@iheartmia2020]

Except being a bad friend isn't illegal?

[@mademsoisellerhapsody1868]

same

[@mademsoisellerhapsody1868]

@@iheartmia2020 but it IS unethical af

[@iheartmia2020]

@@mademsoisellerhapsody1868 according to whom? Some people think sewing up a woman's vagina is ethical some think it's barbaric, everyone has there own ideal of ethics!

[@MaryKing13]

I work in the hotel industry and I have never seen a walk-in freezer that isn't locked at night. I hope her mother's case against the hotel goes in her favor. No one should be treated the way her mother was treated.

[@simonealdrich5162]

Interesting.

[@Xerxesonyoutube]

The most frustrating part of this is how the enforcement reacted to this “just wait a couple more hours” is HIS parental advice and not proper action as a professional to help a concerned parent. You’re absolutely right Kim, these people were treated as another rowdy nuisance and not heard in critical moments. I remember being grabbed by the neck by an officer during a peaceful protest, what if I had a condition? Officers need to make better steps in this decade. Point blank.

[@lavancejackson4682]

She wasn't gonna go to the party in the first place she was gonna go to the movies with a friend but went to the party anyway I believe that no matter where she went or how she died that night death was coming to collect you can't escape death

[@vickiehaper4615]

She went looking for her phone and them monster already had it dam shame

[@phoebe543]

In the UK, a little blonde, white, upper middle class girl called Madeline McCann went missing over a decade ago and everyone still knows who she is because of the media coverage. In a telling article a national newspaper journalist wrote that, “you just don’t expect this sort of thing to happen to people *like* *us* “.

[@charles1413]

Hm, the difference lies in the fact that 1. She never was found. 2. Her parents were incredibly negligent 3. Multiple sightings have been reported over the years

[@b.6826]

Charles Just to add to this comment, it’s also different because she was such a young child missing in a foreign country. This led to speculation about how it would affect tourism etc so it’s not really the same

[@charles1413]

@@b.6826 YES. Screaming racism at everything is annoying af.

[@b.6826]

Charles I think that in the case in the video that racism did play a part, but I just found this comparison to Madeline a bit ludicrous, I’m sure there are better examples to compare possibly also occurring within Chicago.

[@charles1413]

@@b.6826 Well I'm not even sure her arguments are valid. Cops can't intervene right away, there's a window of time before a disappearance is considered suspicious, the officer seemed pretty keen on reassuring the mother. Calling the cops on her wasn't cool though

[@ttothet1807]

Her poor mom was so sensible and polite while the 911 operator was not helpful whatsoever.

[@heatherrainwater5748]

SHE CAN'T WASN'T DRUNK, SHE WAS DRUGGED!!!!

[@iiam.janiy4h806]

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[@mackhomie6]

you can't wasn't to be taken seriously...!!!!!

[@cheburrell3989]

She was DEFINATELY drugged!

[@TahtahmesDiary]

Black women always seem to die by the hands or in front of those we trust. Usually a man, but women betray for the patriarchy often! Sad, but we must keep our circle small and look out for ourselves ladies RIP Kenneka 💔

[@Sassysunset]

Tahtahme Xero Women betray Us for patriarchy OFTEN!! Listen 👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾

[@mykzalot]

@L.B.E. Vanguard exactly "women betray for the patriarchy" what?

[@octbaby88]

Women betray for the patriarchy??? This is sometimes true but we can't blame everything on the patriarchy. There are people that are horrible people, with or without the patriarchy.

[@Pursuepeace0715]

there was a case last year in texas of a woman who covered for her boyfriend who murdered her toddler daughter. it was disgusting to see her in tv pleading for the return if her child when all the time she knew she was murdered at the hands of her boyfriend. I hope they are noth buried so deep in prison where the sun dont shine.

[@alexhallow5119]

Why does no one address how black men are abusive and predatory? It’s in the music and reflects the lifestyle they try to imitate

[@stellashepherd844]

Anything could have happened to that girl. I don’t understand why the police couldn’t go check the cameras. Why couldn’t the hotel check the security footage, how hard could that be.

[@shonnie1203]

Even if they didn't check cameras, which they should have, aren't we supposed to be able to call our civil servants to complete a wellness check?! Ppl have gotten killed during wellness checks so I know they can get their asses up and go look.

[@eileennguyen842]

Maybe the police would have needed a warrant to look at the tapes without the hotel's consent? (I don't know, just guessing) What I don't get is why the hotel wouldn't volunteer them. No one was looking for cameras from guests' showers or anything like that - they just wanted to find one young woman whom they assumed was in an at least reasonably public area. And even if the hotel didn't care about her - wouldn't they prefer she be found so she'd go home, instead of having a drunk teen stumbling around their hotel in the middle of the night?

[@aj7058]

And they were guests! They weren't loitering they had paid for the room for this party and they were treated as if they had wandered in off the street to cause trouble.

[@TNDCBaby]

@@shonnie1203 Yes an no. They've overextended and they would have had to deal with the hotel giving them permission to check cameras which a lot might not because of privacy concerns when it comes to the other guests. They're also jaded by all of the false reports. It sucks because they could have all saved this girl if they just checked the damn cameras.

[@PiscesRus]

BC they don't care enough about black women.

[@ssc1377]

I don’t think she was drunk at all. She appeared to be drugged and trying to resist the medicine that was put in her system. It’s clear as day on the video something was slipped in a cup & given to her.

[@joitameka3700]

Yes ON POINT!!! # SPEAK ON IT!!!👍

[@fiesty6082]

Simply Shameka You are on point I feel the same way it was the drug they put in that cup

[@ItssShayy]

Right cuz the way she was stumbling. The police were no help like 🤦🏽‍♀️

[@veronicaevans7486]

At the same time why did she have an epilepsy medication in her system and she doesn’t have seizures. I take the same kind of that medicine. Topiramate is not a party drug

[@EDeeDeeS]

Well her toxicity report says she was taking topiramate for a extended period of time. So, she had been taking it for days. It's not a good medicine to mix with alcohol, which explains why she seems so out of it

[@kellyflores4931]

I love the fact that her mom went looking for her. I would have been knocking door to door for my daughter as well!

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

I didn't know about the show but this poor girl didn't deserve what happened. I've seen people comment "well she shouldn't have done this or that." Were they never a teenager? Does getting black out drunk warrant a horrible death/murder? I wonder about some people's capacity for empathy

[@kerstinxoxo8983]

Madeleine Swann I just can’t with victim blaming. It’s disgusting. xoxo

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

@@kerstinxoxo8983 yeah, really disturbing

[@rodneymills6477]

I mean, she wasn't murdered. She was drunk and stumbled into a freezer and froze to death. They absolutely should have tried harder and worked faster and taken this more seriously. She didn't have to die. Also, I'm not blaming her, but if you are that drunk, people are supposed to be helping you. The people around her were not taking care of her in the way they should. And I would like to know which 21-yo bought the liquor so he or she can be charged with her death. It's not a murder, but it's wanton endangerment.

[@mj-yo7vt]

If you think that's bad, 2 years ago there were 2 cases in Russia where underaged girls were raped by several men. It was separate cases, but they were both on TV and they were bullied to the point where they had to drop school and move. P.S.: sorry if my English is not good

[@MadeleineSwannSurreal]

@@mj-yo7vt jesus, I wish I was surprised by this kind of thing still but it just happens so often

[@LiotaR]

This whole situation was so eerie

[@mikaylafuller4286]

Another note to young women: NEVER let you friend go alone. Ever. Even if it's to the bathroom sis.

[@syrenarch251]

this is just not to women but also men and anyone in general

[@lulhad]

@@syrenarch251 I doubt someone is even going to try putting a man in a freezer.

[@freeman-kx9ps]

@@lulhad I don't think your getting the point. Talking about in general anything can happen.

[@rellie_90]

I’ll say it. Her “friends” were trash. If I see my friend having a lil too much fun, I limit my drinks immediately to make sure I keep an eye on her. It’s just instinct to do that for friends...well my friends at least. And, then the police department acting as though they just can’t fathom this girl is missing do to no fault of her own. She just *had* to have left w/ friends. I swear, I just can’t w/ U.S police departments. They’re trash, as well. 🙄

[@CafeConLentes]

It’s never gonna stop bothering me how this hotel had no security measures in place before this to avoid guests stumbling into their kitchen in the middle of the night, with a walk-in freezer (that they have but apparently don’t use at all?) and all of its other kitchen related hazards.

[@tokismth319]

ok! I used to work at a hotel how did they go 21 hours without going into the freezer??? 21 hours? at a hotel? with it's own kitchen? so the cook didn't do prep for 21 hours? And they didn't check the tapes? Our hotel would have gone straight into checking the tapes if someone went missing on our property especially a drunk person like naw

[@mykzalot]

And how no one saw a drunk lady wandering around

[@CafeConLentes]

Right like, did they have like one employee? Was the only person working there this one girl who’s first instinct upon hearing a guest went missing is to call the cops on the people looking for her? They didn’t have at least one person on the clock who had access to just look at the cameras themselves for 21 whole hours?

[@tokismth319]

@@CafeConLentes I don't even know because they said security was there to help and first thing security would have done at our property was look at the tape ESPECIALLY if she was drunk. In fact they would have seen her stumbling in the kitchen and gone STRAIGHT to find her. Because the minute you're like "they're drunk and they came into the hotel" it's a "oh shit we have to find them and get them off property/into safety" so just based on what we would have done (and idk maybe this girl this was the first time something like this happened so she truly didn't know what to do) would have been 1. review the tapes 2. see her stumbling in the kitchen so go get her. 3. keep her behind the front desk while we call her mom because she's 19 and drunk.

[@tokismth319]

also how did they get the room because you have to be 21+ at a LOT of hotels to rent rooms I just....whew the questions

[@mailyroze4384]

I know this may sound bad, but please use your white person voice when calling the police.

[@annholl1603]

🎤

[@annholl1603]

🙌

[@leavecowsalone]

It’s true, it’s the only way they’ll take you seriously and actually consider what you have to say. Otherwise they literally just dismiss you.

[@joannasaadati8810]

That doesn't sound bad, it's just sad that it's good advice 😔

[@whoopsydaisy6389]

Code switching when dealing with the police can mean the difference between life and death. It's disgusting but that's the truth. Try to sound like a Karen who will demand to speak to a manager, or expect to be gaslighted and condescended to.

[@doombuggy123]

The fact that she was covered in dirt and missing a shoe makes it sound like she was running away from someone and hiding in the freezer. What reason does someone, even an intoxicated person, have for sitting in a freezer? And where’s the footage of her walking up to it?

[@drasco61084]

I don't understand how the hell hotel guests are just RANDOMLY WANDERING INTO AREAS THAT SHOULD BE OFF LIMITS! What?!? Where was the security watching the cameras? It's not a 7-11 it's a hotel with a bunch of people in it. Why wasn't the kitchen locked? Why are all the floors accessible to guests through the elevator? That seems like negligence on the hotel's part... Like you said not only how can her friends leave her stumbling around drunk but where are the other people in this hotel? Why are guests not forced to pass through the lobby or something what is with the design of this hotel?

[@aliciad4192]

I think it's strange that her friends would leave her alone in such a state. And I think it's strange that she would enter a completely dark and ice cold freezer after swinging open a heavy door with a freezer handle. But it's shameful how the police and hotel staff seem to have handled it. I'm one of those weirdos that watches way too much true crime, although yes the ethics are questionable. Have you heard of the Tamla Horsford case?

[@ForHarriet619]

I haven't heard of that case and I'm, honestly, not going to get into the habit of consuming tragedy for fun. Not shade to you at all. Just putting that out that in case others see this.

[@aliciad4192]

@@ForHarriet619 Fair enough.

[@jmc5910]

her friends wee there to have fun, the didnt care about a drunk girl

[@joannasaadati8810]

I don't think those of us who like True Crime do it for fun? I find it interesting to see how cases are solved, how people behave under certain circumstances, etc. I'm also a paralegal so I see these cases at the end when we go to court but not during investigations.

[@aliciad4192]

@@joannasaadati8810 I don't really have a reason to be into True Crime except being morbidly fascinated by the extremes of human interaction and behavior. So I question myself some times. And there are definitely True Crime shows out there that shamelessly sensationalize tragedies. I can't stomach those. But just because some shows are more subtle about it than others doesn't make it that much different. I dunno. Although I do think some cases need some light shone on them in a public sphere since the police so often seem to be incompetent if not worse.

[@kerstinxoxo8983]

My friends went out this one weekend when we were 14, yes we partied young, I stayed home. A girl who normally did not come out went and got way too drunk. She’d never drank before. None of our group of friends helped. Another group of girls who previously bullied this girl called her an ambulance and saved her life. You never know who your lifeline will be in certain situations. Someone should be held accountable for Kenneka’s death. She could’ve be any of us, any of us who partied as a teen. She deserved better. xoxo

[@doesnotbelievinanygod7403]

That’s probably what she meant when she said she was not drunk someone slipped her something.

[@eshna2012]

I honestly don’t understand what kind of friends would leave their clearly drunk friend alone.

[@blazesmith6409]

She wasn't drunk

[@margolane8529]

The buddy system never goes out of style. You go to a party with your friends and you leave together. And as women we gotta look out for each other. She might still be alive if she wasn't left wondering around drunk by herself 😔

[@lahbody7047]

margo day exactly

[@joshuamcdowell5782]

Or have thst one sober friend with you. If you are going to go to a party and get drunk, you need a sober friend.

[@anthonymede9216]

I am a veteran and I teach my kids the rule of three buddy system.

[@TNDCBaby]

It looks like they tried. The reason that her mama knew is because they contacted her. They left her because they went to go and find her things for her.

[@miriammm1312]

Big freezers like that are supposed to be padlocked at the end of the day bc theyre dangerous, at the very least the hotel messed up

[@whoopsydaisy6389]

Yes they did and the other needs to sue.

[@TheICEgirl6100]

never in my life seen a padlock on a freezer... that would add danger not decrease it. i close the freezer door while putting away stuff inside. i would not want a padlock anywhere near the freezer or cooler they reported the handle on the inside was in good condition

[@miriammm1312]

@@TheICEgirl6100 ah maybe its the wrong word i dont speak english that often lol i meant the type where they chain the handle and put a lock on the chain, its what my old job always had

[@aharper12]

Exactly, when I worked in dining services in college and at a country club we locked the freezers and refrigerators.

[@kiru86]

Ebony_Love_R_007 as to why you’d run an unused freezer - they take a long time to cool down so if it’s needed in a pinch (like main freezer fails), they can’t wait the hours and hours or a day for the backup freezer to get down to temperature. It’s cheaper to keep it running than risk losing all the food and the money from restaurant sales.

[@alphacharm]

She was betrayed by her “friends” at the party. None of them looked drunk like kJ looked

[@joitameka3700]

Yess True!! # SPEAK ON IT!!!👍

[@zeesproductions1834]

Excellent point

[@Cherry-nl4qq]

She wasn’t drunk more like drugged

[@juicyplumplum2841]

The really sad part is that if it really was an accident she may have been saved if a thorough search had been conducted earlier.

[@serenity6831]

Black women and girls are constantly downplayed and disregarded in the eyes of society. It's horrible to imagine you will most likely get misdirected when being genuinely worried about a missing family member. This was a sad story

[@strawberry10261026]

I mean, when ur own kind doesn’t care about u …

[@melindatournay8005]

I THINK THAT 911 DISPATCHER SHOULD BE FIRED!!!!! HE COULD TELL HER MOM WAS BLACK AND DIDN'T WANT TO DO ANYTHING!!!!!!!!!!

[@ericaalmanzar7010]

Because of stories like this I have always volunteered myself as the "mom" of any group that I go out with not just friends. I have stayed with,driven home(I always get dropped off or picked up by my bf whenever I go "out" dont ever have abstranger in your car by yourself) contacted friend or family of women I encounter who are clearly beyond capable of taking care of themselves.I always share my location with my best friend,my boyfriend and my younger brother. Everyone (especially women) stay safe.

[@ACNEBOSS]

Erica Almanzar God bless you!

[@TNDCBaby]

yep yep. They've called me mom since I was in my early 20s. We check on one another. one girl ditched us for a booty call around midnight. She weighed all of 90 lbs. We were pissed at her. Just say "I'm bout to get this and I'm out" and we would have laughed and kept it going.

[@sewgeekdesigns9113]

Same I know drug overdose protocols and everything I’ve stayed up when friends have been drunk and drugged out

[@squidtitties4197]

Careless friends, negligent hotel staff, and incompetent cops. Period point blank.

[@princessmuchrison9008]

I cant believe her so called friends let her go back into that hotel by herself.. as drunk as she was.. not good friends.

[@estheradao]

PRINCESS Muchrison even some strangers have more empathy than her called “friends” so bad smh

[@Estrellitawilliams]

Her “friends” didn’t give a shit about her. They probably hated on her and that’s why they didn’t keep an eye on her when she was inebriated.

[@browneyesblackdragon7999]

Yuuup

[@cloudydays6277]

That's why jealous friends are dangerous. Moments like this

[@Phatcakesuga]

Exactly what I was thinking. Also thought they could have been under the influence from drinking too much. But they knew she was drunk, why would they let her be alone. Smh

[@mrs.haynes4636]

That exactly what it sounds like to me they also said she wasn't a party girl type when MTV did a series on Kenneka Jenkins death if she not that type why didn't her so call friends look out for her Kenneka wanted to go to the movies that night not a party at a hotel

[@Sammybnailz]

Where is the security guard watching the cameras all night!

[@ninaboosexy]

He was allowed to leave the country

[@Sammybnailz]

Ninaboosexy sanchez wow!

[@ttootie79]

He was sent on a all paid expense vacation to Las Vegas after this happened.....to let the craziness cool down ...he has feared for his life since this happened but he's a pretty good distance from everything now....which I would have did too....get ghost...but he did explain his part and the cameras cover his moves as he explained....he knew what happened so they had to pay him to stay away...

[@Sammybnailz]

toot chain wowwwwwwwww that’s deep! What’s the big cover up anyway? Did someone rich have to do with this? I get the hotel not wanting things to get out but that still would not stop their flow! People die everyday in Vegas hotels.. FISHY FISHY

[@ttootie79]

@@Sammybnailz huge cover up it would hurt the hotels business if a murder occurred there...plus bill Murray caddy shack restaurant was bout to open....

[@fattie2baddietv805]

I remember I was drunk asssf leaving a bar and it was closing. I was just hanging around socializing with ppl who were leaving. I was introduced to this girl through a mutual friend and she literally stayed there with me until my cab came and put me in the cab. Didn’t even know her. That’s love. #GirlCode

[@Thisbratbelongs2kristopher]

I had this happen to me at my school/bar at college except it was a group of guys. They dropped me off home and didn't let anything happen to me. I didn't know them either.

[@bellaroserela]

Be careful who you call friends PERIOD!

[@starfox0u0]

The appeal of the tru crime genre is finding answers to the “how was this allowed to happen?”. Not every show or podcast nail that but the big ones usually do because they have the time and money to dig in and find out. I used to like shows like serial but I grew to dislike the ambiguity of it. The “what if” about it left a bad taste because it feels like playing with people’s emotions and there are real lives at stake. I prefer learning about older cases and finding out why it happened as in how was it allowed to happen and can this still happen. And a note about rosemont police. They’re dumb af. As in they are notorious for mishandling things and yet at the same time over reactive to small uneventful things. They will nail anyone for the most minor of infractions but yet do nothing about the rampant sex trafficking that happens in the hotels in their area.

[@rob_cd]

The first season of Up and Vanished (podcast) is AMAZING. It's the catalyst for incredible things that have unfolded. Check it out if you haven't. We're on the same page with the open-ended crime dramas.

[@TylaStark]

This story is incredibly distressing. I was also questioning who lets someone stumble around alone. It's also distressing that the cop suggested she was still with friends. Sure some parents expect to not hear from an older child for a day or so occasionally, but there are plenty of parents who expect texts every couple hours or some other system. Every relationship is unique, sometimes someone is actually missing after two hours. Ugh. The negligence is heartbreaking. I initially heard of this case from The Philip Defranco Show. Hearing that two others died after is really making alarms go off in my head. Also if they had actually done a sweep of the hotel when asked about her she very well might be alive

[@kerstinxoxo8983]

Tyla Stark Exactly. They should listen to family. They know when something’s not right. My sister ran away when she was 14, for like the millionth time. I found her at her friends house. There were multiple police cars, dogs there in under a minute because the father of her friend was awaiting trial for rape - he was later found guilty. But she’s a white girl. So... xoxo

[@jmc5910]

they suggested that because this isnt their first call on missing young people, they get hundreds and in many cases the kids are with their friends,

[@rellie_90]

j mc suggesting it once or twice is fine. But, he tried to convince her that it just had to be the reason. As we can see, her mom was right.

[@kerstinxoxo8983]

j mc I agree that the police get calls all the time and we only hear about the ones where they made errors not the successes. However, many of the errors come from not listening to family who know their loved ones and know their typical behaviour. The officer could have at least sent someone to do a welfare check. xoxo

[@misstiffanee7589]

I agree. If they had acted sooner she could have been saved. I dont understand that an airport hotel wouldnt have someone constantly monitoring the footage. Meaning a guard should have seen this girl stumbling through the halls at the moment she was doing it. Also the laws need to change, missing persons should be based on the familys choice. The police shouldnt get the decidng choice. Again alot of abductions can be stopped prior to the victims assault and murder if there wasnt so much paperwork to see surveillance footage or deem missing persons.

[@RevertedRashidah]

The dismissal by the police is just horrific. I can’t comprehend it. Rest in Peace Kenneka.

[@caminandoyflotando]

My best friend and I work in a big city hospital. Her in ICU me in the ER. We’ve seen countless young men and women die/end up intubated, later extuabated with brain damage because their “friends” let them drink to the point of passing out and aspirating on their own vomit because they were left alone. One night my beat friend and I went to a friends house warming party and I had wayyyy to much wine and ended up vomiting on the way back to my house. In my inebriated state I sat shivering on the porch because I had forgotten my house key and my parents were out. My best friend got a blanket from her trunk, wrapped it around my vomit soaked body, and told me she wasn’t leaving until my parents got home. THAT is the kind of friend you want to have in your corner not just for going out and drinking but just in life in general.

[@littlewillowlinda]

I feel so connected to her, I've been following this case for a while. This could've been preventable if the police or staff moved with haste. Please look out for your friends and don't leave them alone. Something here irked me and feels so off

[@littlewillowlinda]

Also yes i agree about the staff calling the police about her mom. Like are you kidding me?? And the cops come out for that? At the very best it was a series of systematic errors

[@urbantacticalasylum]

The gang, the staff and her so-called friends did something terrible to her. They were all responsible.

[@cece5464]

Agree, definitely don’t think this was an accident

[@GETFITJADA]

I was following this story from day one and I had to stop, there is something really dark about her death.

[@carltonbanks6025]

I agree, even with all the facts and reasonable conclusions something still just doesnt feel right about it.

[@madeinchina1835]

Yes it is because when ever I would look up this story I would feel really creeped out!

[@lynseyorocio1590]

Me too. I always felt bad and I can’t explain the way it effected me mentally.

[@beantown3900]

You. Said it

[@beantown3900]

You said it

[@ninaedwards345]

Also the fact that Zack tv recieved threats and the fact that he was murdered

[@angie-im9cn]

he was murdered?

[@Spooklilly-Latina4Freedom]

sophia Yup n got anonymous calls a bit b4 telling him to stop looking into this case

[@Starr0010]

Yes he was murdered! He got calls from Her MOTHER saying stop trying to get justice for Kenneka. And that it’s for his safety and Zack didn’t think he was dumb nothing wrong but try to get justice for her and he end up getting shot up while in his car.

[@xxxtahce06]

"She could just be in a room passed out" what would make you say that!!!

[@magsyilden670]

What would cause you to believe that a young girl in a hotel without her friends is safe to be passed out in a room somewhere and that isn't concerning asf. Passed out girls are like a rapists bread and butter and that hotel is famous for being sketchy. Either way, they knew they were leaving that girl for dead. Even if they thought that was true. IMO.

[@yellpatzy2764]

It’s clearly not an accident to me. The cut , the tooth missing, the dirt on her whole body, that autopsy...

[@kerstinxoxo8983]

Yell Patzy Why did she have topiramate in her system? I take it as prescribed but it’s not a party drug. xoxo

[@rewirestitch]

Kerstin xoxo couldve been slipped to her, she couldve decided, after already having been heavily inebriated, that she might want to try pills w her friends now, or maybe a friend gave her the pill unwittingly bc maybe she had a headache and asked if they had anything for it (kinda a reach but her say “im not drunk” makes me feel maybe she wouldve taken a pill for any discomfort). at this point its all just speculation, but i dont think theres much of a real conspiracy here, except when kim mentioned those other two dying. that is actually very suspicious to me

[@kerstinxoxo8983]

MAX It’s an odd thing to spike someone with. But mixed with alcohol, a normal prescription dose would easily incapacitate someone. Whomever gave it to her should’ve been charged. xoxo

[@kyky6825]

Watch the whole mtv documentary it proves it was just an accident.

[@kerstinxoxo8983]

SB I will as I’ve not seen it. Though people have said it doesn’t look at all the evidence. I still think whoever provided her with a prescription only drug should have been charged as it’s clear it contributed to her death. If I gave someone my topiramate, even if they asked for it and it harmed them, I’d be charged. xoxo

[@classassignment3643]

This current “friend” culture is so unstable. People are calling each other friends way too fast, college roomate friends murdering each other over a boy (Alexis Crawford), RIP to them both. This current cancel culture bleeds over into ghosting, (in extreme/callous cases) people just treating others like they’re disposable. It’s so sad. We need to provide this generation with more. So sorry for these young women and these horrific deaths.

[@Llupe9021]

How many of you would willingly to get into a car with a driver who is stumbling around the way Kenneka was? Just before she went missing, Kenneka's friends were about to get into a car with her. Interesting.

[@Kida001]

My adult daughter still has to check in with me when she's out with her friends. I have her friends and their parents phone numbers. I don't play.

[@ilovenikk_2650]

Those were not her friends, I had the one friend who would get sloppy drunk and we would take turns sitting with her in the club and we were the same age as Kenneka and her friends and we were all females.We had the motto we came together we leave together........this story is sad but this tragedy was avoidable

[@sheranlanger247]

You said it. @I love Nikk_

[@selty]

Absolutely! My friends and I once on a night out in the city came by a woman from a rural town who was blind drunk and abandoned by her friends to lie on the street. It’s disgusting but you know I like to think most of us look out for each other.

[@fmvp6892]

Honestly why would you let your friend go by herself to go find her phone and you KNOW she’s drunk? Dumbasses smfh

[@lrs1519]

You’d be surprised at how many people’s parents, especially girl mothers, don’t teach their children not to leave a friend drunk or high when they start going out. I saw it a lot in college. It happened to me ONCE and I never spoke to those “friends” again.

[@lrs1519]

MVP Season hell no! Somebody should have got out the car and went with her.

[@mbd6054]

"Where were her friends?" was my very first thought. Friends have got to look out for each other. Don't leave anyone behind, go out together, leave together.

[@respiir]

I personally am against the whole “drink when you’re an adult” thing. I think at 21, sit at home, have some drinks with your parents or some close friends. Please don’t go out to party especially if it’s your FIRST time drinking. I’m only 20 but I’m really afraid to drink because of hearing/seeing things like this on TV and just knowing these things happen everyday.

[@cyleaseabrook8211]

Sis, I love your commentary. It's refreshing to see such an articulate and beautiful sista doing this. Keep doing what u do.

[@strawberryloli]

Ugh yes, about time someone spoke on this

[@AnimeAngel115]

Many ppl have spoke on this lol

[@moemoe-uq8nk]

Fuk that it took them three years for them to speak on it tf🤦‍♀️

[@cherieamourofficial]

Thank you for keeping Kenneka's memory alive.

[@PaintMePretty]

That week moved in slow motion for me. Still chilling, completely changed the way I move with friends + alcohol.

[@NikkiLove9022]

'Give it a little bit of time. Go back home and relax.' RELAX?! Her child is MISSING. In this day and age, it's rare for someone not to pick up their phone, or text, or something. This is so infuriating.

[@jasminv8653]

As someone who loves crime drama but gets seriously uncomfortable with true crime, I loved hearing you mention the suspicious ethics in that kindova entertainment. I get the appeal, psychological and immoral stuff and how things get or don't get solved is really interesting! And of course the issues that lead to murders and other violent crime should be discussed. But it's a bit scary how much we seem to take these kinds of real tragedies as just curiosities and not what they are. Started following you a while ago and I love what you do, your discussions are always really interesting to listen to!

[@thebatonmaster]

Yes, great point. It's not "cool and exciting" to endlessly recount homicidal depravity that happened to real people.

[@tayo2810]

I dont watch, they depressing

[@KaijaSchmauss]

Agreed. I have an interest in true crime because I think there are things that can be learned, like how to prevent these things from happening. However, it definitely is a very sensitive subject that does need to be handled with extreme care. It can be very easy to cross into exploitative territory.

[@melissasmith6762]

@@thebatonmaster It's not "cool", it's fascinating and interesting. Stop trying to turn that into crime. If you don't like it don't watch it.

[@cam4636]

@@melissasmith6762 We're literally talking about crime

[@norelle8705ify]

I was just thinking of this story the other day while walking through the halls at work in the hospital. Thank you for bringing light back onto this story. What a tragedy.

[@LahTahShuh]

I work in food service and was working a hospital when this incident occurred. I thought about Keneyka Jenkins everytime I went into the walk-in freezer. It was never a fearful feeling, but an overwhelming feeling of sadness and empathy! The situation was just so horrific and unbelievable!

[@USNMelDaria]

No attentive parent can relax if their child has not checked in!!! It’s so sad that as parents and loved ones.... we have to warn and protect our kids and other loved ones from the dangers of this wicked world! 🙏🏽🤯😢😢

[@lesleywillis3650]

Even when sober, my friends and I never leave eachother side. Not even to go to the bathroom. Let alone go wandering into a hotel. That’s just crazy. This is so sad. If the hotel would’ve told the guest they were looking for a missing child the guests would’ve understood. This was handled horribly.

[@AndreasTabuMuntu]

Yes, a new content format!!! This should definitely become a series on your channel. Talking about black unsolved crimes; emphasis on female black unsolved crimes. Last but not least, what you said about "we're all tryna figure out how not to get murdered" as a 31-year-old black man, I felt that!!! Thank you!

[@applecoreeater]

Not to mention the fact that the freezer just "happened" to be out of sight of the cameras. That's very suspicious. Also, would love to see a video on Cheer, particularly the way that doc comments on opportunities for underprivileged kids.

[@gotnojams3679]

I agree, this could have been avoided if the hotel cared enough to just check the cameras and also why wasn't anything locked? It's late and there're no body in kitchen which should only be used by the staffs/workers, why wasn't anything locked.

[@nobody-iw1fb]

Not only that but why tf was the freezer on and they said it was suppose to be an "unused kitchen"

[@imightnotmakeit]

I’ve worked in a hotel before and the cameras are in the kitchen but don’t usually reach the back where the freezer is. Also with how dirty the freezer was it was in use somewhat recently

[@applecoreeater]

@@imightnotmakeit it's more that where she died just happened to be in the one place that was not covered by the cameras. That's more what is suspicious.

[@PlsWaLuigiDomMe]

applecoreeater how is that suspicious? Those cameras were installed probably years before this girl even stepped in the freezer. You think they were planning this? I'm sure you could go to plenty of places and find the cameras do not.reach everywhere

[@eyin8765]

They twisted it. It's not an accident when someone Spike her drink with the toprimate. So either way that hotel is a whole ass murder scene.

[@therabbit9830]

EVERYONE knows in GIRL CODE you NEVER let someone in your party this fked up go ANYWHERE ALONE🤨 I hold her friends accountable!

[@DIGITALEMPRESS]

There’s an anonymous story I read somewhere that she encountered someone she knew in the hotel that actually worked there. The worker tried taking advantage of her and she wasn’t going for it and knocked her out. Then it resulted in her being put in the freezer. Like where is the footage of her actually getting into the freezer???

[@RTCPhotoWork]

There was footage of her in that kitchen where it looked like she was not alone.

[@jaquaveonandress649]

Where did you hear this from?

[@postivek3y]

@@jaquaveonandress649 she said she read it somewhere

[@cancandoit]

I don't believe her death was accidental. 🤷🏿‍♀️

[@joniaaskew-dobbins4362]

Candace S. Me either

[@nilamilo4348]

she was set up...there is no way that was an accident. who let's their friends walk around like that?? in that condition?? in an unknown place at wee hours in the morning...it's just messed up everyone did her dirty

[@PJ-wb1eo]

@@nilamilo4348 and the missing teeth...explain that

[@grapesyrop]

thank you for issuing a TW, very appreciated

[@browneyeblues12]

Your coverage on this case should go viral. Thank you for this❤

[@magnola4ever]

That phone call from the mom to the police drove me absolutely insane!!! That mom tried her best to save her daughter from a terrible situation!!! He completely disregarded the mother! I'm disgusted!!!!

[@lynns4426]

So when I was younger, only some of my friends would try to keep track of everyone we came with. Some of my "friends" said it's not my responsibility🤷🏽‍♀️. So I made the choice to only go out with my girls who had the same mindset of making sure everyone was safe.

[@rachelesmith3342]

I love your commentary. So articulate and powerful! I couldn’t agree more with everything you said

[@renabvby1557]

She wasn't by herself someone was carrying her throughout that hotel

[@libraempress2069]

No disagree with this but I do believe she was met by her attackers in the kitchen.

[@Teddygramtoast]

I am epileptic and I take those drugs. When you overdose on those drugs it has the effect of seeming like you are extremely drunk. Interesting..

[@aleciaist]

Rosemont and crown plaza is known for organ trafficking.. 🤦🏾‍♀️ This is sketchy asf!

[@Itsunclegabby]

Someone said it!

[@Bufekana]

What?

[@xohmydarlene]

Really?? I’ve never heard that before. So crazy. Also from Chicago which is why I’m so shocked that this might be a “thing” people hear.

[@madison3514]

19:40

[@Xerxesonyoutube]

I’m from Chicago and have never heard of this

[@dannitee8934]

Your point about how the police acted toward her mother is EXACTLY why I watch and listen to a lot of true crime content. I've learned a lot about myths surrounding filing missing persons reports, victims rights, stalking, self defense techniques, etc. The cop condescendingly telling her mom to go "relax" and wait a few hours made me so angry and frustrated. It could have meant the difference between finding her in time or not. We need to know our rights and how hard we can push with law enforcement. I remember another young lady (Meltrice Richardson I think was her name) where the police put her mother off and told her to just wait and see. She also turned up dead.

[@amberdb04]

Bravo 👏🏽Kim great analysis

[@cassandram3911]

This story broke my heart.

[@TyraHigh]

When she was lost I dove into it tranced for days, followed leads, watched videos; had to recover from deep anxiety. It was refreshing but alarming to see YOU talking about this in my feed. Thank you Kim.

[@RTCPhotoWork]

I remember watching it unfold, and I had the same reaction. I know there's a layer of it I don't understand/fear, but it was eye-opening.

[@OGfromQueens]

The way the cops were not the least bit concerned and told her mom to go home and go to sleep. SMH

[@Wherethewindblows524]

Ur the 1st person to say say something about drinking or drugs. Thank u so much. To many r encouraging all that!

[@BrittneyDior]

This was no accident there is a reason she's on our mind and won't go away you don't follow the whole story I have I've noticed alot I've seen more videos that they didn't show and more pictures like her tooth missing but they dont show that and the other strange people walking around the hotel and coming in but they don't show that the fact that Zach tv got strange phone calls telling him to leave the kenneka case alone but they don't show that there's so much to this than that fake documentary

[@TheLamehipster]

If it wasnt for social media no one would know

[@MorganCPaige]

Brittney Green regardless of what actually happened and we may never get that answer I’m glad this is stuck in our minds. WATCH OUT FOR YOU FRIENDS

[@Ooohokay]

And ZackTV ended up dying

[@veronicamency6174]

@@Ooohokay I was just about to ask didn't he get killed or something...

[@RTCPhotoWork]

@@Ooohokay What? Really?

[@bd10232003]

I’m so glad I was never into drinking and partying. I was the “boring” one who had a radio, a VCR, a DVD player, and a tv with cable in her room and was very contented to chill out with a sandwich and jam to my music. But the one thing I can say is my friends were truly my friends. It’s so important to teach our daughters (and sons) that not everyone that smiles in your face is your friend. And that sometimes the little things say so much more than anything a person says. I’m a huge reader of body language, intent, seeing why things were NOT said and done. These things gives a much clearer picture. And to ALWAYS follow your gut instincts. I’ve never led myself wrong when I did that and anyone who talks to me gets the same speech. Oh one last thing... not to succumb to peer pressure. It’s okay to be lame. It just may save your life one day.

[@mademsoisellerhapsody1868]

truth!

[@kpopcougar6832]

You are such an amazing young woman. Please keep doing what you do, it is needed & valuable.

[@dontdomeboo81]

I appreciate you doing this story thanks🥰

[@makedathomas3707]

I'm in the Hospitality industry. I can easily see how this happened because the hotel party guests will walk around all night and will get into every nook and cranny of the property. You spend most of the night monitoring them and also handling complaints from the guests that are actually there to sleep. It's just hard to keep track of everyone, especially during the overnight shift when one person is on staff. The overnight staff making $13 an hour doesn't have the training required to take on all of this to be honest. Then you have to be really careful because you don't want to get accused of discriminating. You kind of have to let guests do their thing. People buy a room and think that they can do whatever they want and go wherever. Most guests stick to the common areas and elevators but the party crowd will randomly be in back staircases, the kitchen, supply rooms. SMH. A lot of parents are having hotel slumber parties for their kids that are under 12 years old which is absolutely fine but the parents allow those babies to leave the room and walk around the hotel at all hours of the night. It's terrifying because there are a lot of adults going in and out of the property and anything can happen. Most hotels don't lock their doors at night. Most properties only have security guards on staff on the weekends to help with the party crowd. One night I found some girls that weren't even 10 in the breakfast area in the back of the building at around 2 am. I try to lock as many doors as possible to limit where the guests could go but doors are usually open so that staff can access those areas. Most guests just stick to the general common area but the party crowd...oh boy! I agree that this was an accident.

[@thebatonmaster]

Thanks for your input. I also do not think it is far fetched that a very drunk person would wander into a freezer. People frequently wander and pass out on the ground when on drugs. Tragically, in this case it was in a freezer, otherwise she would have slept it off and woken up in some broom closet with a hangover.

[@bd10232003]

Makeda Thomas Wow. You gave me a lot to think about. I always thought foul play was involved, but seeing how folks behave in hotels shows me that it could have been a terrible accident.

[@Ctwosrer]

Thelondonbadger what??? 🤦‍♂️

[@AnimeAngel115]

This story is incredibly saddening, but I'm glad you're covering it~💕

[@Nashaytrowerauthor]

My friends rolled deep. Not one of them would have let me wander like that and would have cut me off if I was getting that wasted and vice versa. It's true what you said- don't get drunk/mentally altered around people you wouldn't trust with your life.

[@seanightshad4670]

My mother knows her mother and my mom help all she can after the news dropped.

[@BoobooThaFooI]

I really enjoy your intelligence and precision 💜 I'm still disturbed by the case of this baby. Drinking or even lying to your parents and "being grown" does not warrant death.

[@elishiataylor4030]

Wow just checking the cameras when she first called could have made this a different experience.

[@Shardesangz]

Thank you for covering this! People forgot about her

[@deIcorazon]

thank you for this

[@christinecanzano2498]

I think the hotel is 100% responsible.

[@125loopy]

I'm so glad I was never interested in any sort of drugs or alcohol. I get high off life lol. I worry for my friends when they go out. The one time I went out with them and they were drinking, one of the guys we were out with almost got into a fight.

[@AsIs2884]

I literally just thought about this young lady and here your video shows up in my timeline.... your vid is appreciated and the auntie PSA is always needed