Agency: Rosemont Public Safety Police Incident #: 201700024677 Case_Nr: Report No. 16 Entered: 09/12/2017 22:39 By Officer: 01080104 Det. Anthony Diiacova Interview (aka “Bre Bre”) DOB:
Detective Rooshanfekr #1445 and I, Detective DiIacova #1444, conducted an interview with on 12 September 2017 at approximately 1220 HRS. The interview was conducted at ’s residence (listed above). The follow is a summary of the interview:
stated she has been friends with Kenneka Jenkins for approximately 6 years. On 08 September 2017, , and had plans to attend a hotel party for ’ and “Killa’s” birthday at the Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont. stated they arrived at the hotel at approximately 0100 HRS on 09 September 2017. Prior to getting to the hotel, they picked up a Bluetooth speaker for the party, alcohol (large bottle of Hennessy Cognac, unknown exact size) from a liquor store near the intersection of Kedzie/Franklin (later determined to be Franklin Food & Liquor), and cannabis. After picking up the aforementioned items, the group headed towards the Crowne Plaza Hotel. Once they arrived at the hotel, they called Irene to ask about parking. told them to charge parking to Room #926. Kenneka was nervous about doing this because a sign for the hotel stated a lost parking ticket is a $200.00 fee.
After contacting , Kenneka parked in the rear of the hotel and the group entered through a rear entrance. The group went upstairs to Room 926 and remembers the following people who were in the room at this time: , ’s sister ( ) ’s friend ( – later identified as ), (legal name believed to be ), (later identified as ), (aka “Neph,” short for nephew) (later identified as ), , “Mike Mike” (later identified as ), “Killa” (later identified as ), and possibly one other guy (unknown name). Shortly after getting to the room, began posting a Facebook Live Video on ’s phone.
I informed the live video has gone viral on the internet and some people are speculating it sounds like someone is saying help me in the background. stated she does not hear anyone say help me in the video and the sound people are referring to came from the song that was playing on the Bluetooth speaker: Chief Keef – Check It Out (Prod By Zaytoven). played the song for me off her phone and it sounded consistent with the sound from the live video (a copy of the live video has been sent to a private lab to enhance video/audio, results still pending).
I informed some people are also speculating that audio from the live video suggests Kenneka was sold for $200.00. stated Kenneka was talking about how she didn’t want to pay $200.00 for parking at the hotel if it didn’t work out charging parking to the room. stated no sexual activity was occurring inside the hotel room during the party. (Note: photographs of the parking sign were taken and attached to this report; the sign states “Lost Ticket Pays $200.00”).
also stated Kenneka was sad because her boyfriend recently went to jail. At one point during the live video, told Kenneka to relax and have fun. Kenneka responded by saying that she was having fun.
stated the live video was taken at the beginning of the hotel party, before most of the people showed up. stated Kenneka was not in any harm or danger during the live video. stated the people who were in the room during the live video were friends of Kenneka.
After the live video, stated the following people showed up at the hotel party: “Pz” (first name unknown last name – Facebook name John Doe), (later identified as ) and 4 or 5 females who showed up with (later identified as , and ).
stated she left the party at approximately 0215 or 0230 HRS with . stated needed a GPS to go pick up her friends and she did not have a GPS on her phone. left with so could use ’s GPS. picked up her friends with , and brought back to the hotel ( and her friends did not stay at the hotel). stated she sent two text messages to Kenneka on her way back to the hotel at approximately 0303 HRS. One message stated, “I’m 10 mins away,” and one message stated, “N is Smacks there.” Kenneka did not respond to the text messages.
stated she returned to the hotel at approximately 0310 HRS. Upon returning to the room, stated there were about 20 more people who showed up to the party, including: Kenneka’s cousin “Winky” (later identified as ), Wayne, “Smacks” (legal name believed to be ), “Cocky” (legal name believed ), and ’s uncle (legal name believed to be ). stated she noticed Kenneka was gone when she got back to the room. saw and in the room and asked them about Kenneka. At this time, and informed that Kenneka was missing. and stated they walked out of the hotel room with Kenneka and realized they did not have Kenneka’s cell phone or keys. They went
back inside the room to retrieve Kenneka’s belongings, and realized Kenneka did not follow them back inside the room as they were searching for her phone and keys.
stated they began searching for Kenneka at approximately 0330 HRS on 09 September 2017. stated she was walking around with , and as they were searching for Kenneka. stated “Pz” and the females who showed up with also helped look for Kenneka. stated they walked up and down stairwells, bathrooms, and throughout the hotel for Kenneka. called Kenneka’s mother, , at approximately 0400 HRS on 09 September 2017 and asked if Kenneka was at home. said no and told her Kenneka was not missing. stated they continued searching until approximately 0500 or 0600 HRS. They called back and informed her Kenneka was missing and they could not find her. then drove ’s vehicle back to ’s residence (the same vehicle Kenneka drove to the hotel).
stated she was unsure how much Kenneka drank because she left the party with , and Kenneka was gone when she returned. stated people were drinking and smoking weed at the party. I asked if any other drugs were present. stated there was probably people with ecstasy pills at the party, because it is common in their circle of friends that people take ecstasy. stated she has known Kenneka to take ecstasy pills in the past, but did not see her take any pills on the night of the incident.
stated she was close friends with Kenneka and is very upset about her death. stated she is afraid to attend any of the funeral services for Kenneka because she has received several death threats. I explained to that a thorough investigation was underway and her name would be cleared if that is what the investigation revealed.