Monifah Shelton
Monifah Shelton
Monifah Shelton (born September 15, 1998) is a resident of Chicago, Illinois.
Career
Monifah worked as a crew member at a McDonald's franchise in the Chicago area since May, 2016.
In the Media
Jenkins was allegedly set up by Monifah Shelton
Monifah allegedly was paid $200.00
Facebook post made by Cornell Mitchell
On September 10, 2017, Kenneka Martin was found dead in a walk-in freezer at a Crowne Plaza Hotel in Rosemont, Illinois where she had gone for a party with friends and had been missing for a day.
She was discovered after an hours long search and was pronounced dead at 12:48 a.m. Sunday morning.
Kenneka left her house in the 2100 block of West Warren Boulevard around 11:30 p.m. Friday September 8, 2017, to attend a party with friends in a hotel room at the Crowne Plaza Chicago O'Hare Hotel & Conference Center in Rosemont.
Witnesses stated they seen Kenneka at a party on the ninth floor of the hotel.
Teresa Martin, the mother of Kenneka, stated her daughter's friends called her after 4:00 a.m. Saturday to say they had lost track of Kenneka in the hotel and left after they were unable to find her.
The friends stated they were in the car Teresa had lent her daughter for the night and they had Kenneka's cellphone.
Teresa headed to the hotel at around 5:00 a.m. Saturday to try to find her daughter.
Hotel staff told her they needed a missing persons report from police before they could start reviewing surveillance video of the premises.
Teresa then called the Rosemont Police Department and was told to wait a few hours before filing the report to see if Jenkins turned up.
Jenkins' friends have accused Shelton of setting her up in exchange for $200.00, the accusations have not been proven to be accurate.
Another accusation spreading on social media is that Kenneka was drugged, raped and murdered by three men at the hotel.
A Facebook Live video recorded by Irene Roberts, depicts a girl yelling for help in the video, the last time Kenneka was seen alive.
Cornell Mitchell had also posted about the incident on a Facebook post. [1]
A clickbait site called vybzmedia.com, falsely claimed that Shelton had committed suicide. The post went viral on Facebook, spreading rumors that she died.
The incident has received international media attention due to the mysterious circumstances of Kenneka's death.
Investigation Updates
Kenneka walking to the freezer
An autopsy on September 10, 2017, failed to determine a cause of death for Kenneka, and the medical examiner's office stated it was awaiting toxicology tests and further investigation by police.
Rosemont police have released few details, citing an open investigation.
Teresa Martin stated authorities told her the freezer, though in a vacant part of the hotel complex, was functioning and cold. It’s unclear who found Kenneka’s body, however, or whether there were signs of trauma.
Authorities are also investigating the Facebook Live video uploaded by Irene Roberts, that appears to show Kenneka in the hotel room with a group of people before she went missing.
The video went viral on social media and has been viewed over 4 million times on Facebook.
In the footage, Roberts is wearing mirrored sunglasses while smoking cannabis and talking to the camera. The other side of the hotel room can be seen in her glasses. In the background a woman who looks like Kenneka appears to be sitting on a bed.
Most of the commenters believe some form of foul play happened in the room, but police have yet to confirm this.
Police have stated that it may take weeks to determine what exactly happened to Kenneka and the medical examiner's office is still awaiting toxicology tests.
On September 12, 2017, another Facebook Live video initially uploaded by Ty Roland, shows more people at the hotel party Kenneka attended.
On September 13, 2017, police released a stated that they are conducting an active death investigation and detectives have been in daily contact with Teresa Martin.
They have also interviewed 12 people who were involved in some way and are analyzing video from 47 hotel cameras.
Andrew Holmes, a local community activist also stated that detectives showed him surveillance video that shows Kenneka staggering alone through a deserted hotel kitchen and disappearing around a corner.
On September 15, 2017, authorities released surveillance video of Kenneka walking in a disoriented manner before she was found dead.
The videos show Kenneka was alone during her final moments alive.
Rosemont police stated that the hotel room used for the party was booked by two people using a stolen identity and a fraudulent credit card.
On September 16, 2017, friends and family of Kenneka marched to the Federal Bureau of Investigation offices in Chicago to demand a federal investigation into her death.
On October 20, 2017, the Rosemont Police Department closed the case of Kenneka Martin's death.
Photos of her body when she was discovered deceased were also released.