Kindra Darnell Chapman
Kindra Darnell Chapman was 18 when she died in July 2015 while held at the Homewood City Jail in Alabama, and her family described her as a wonderful person who loved her sisters, her brother and everybody. Jail staff said they found her unresponsive in her cell and that she had hanged herself with a bedsheet; she was pronounced dead at Brookwood Medical Center. The Jefferson County Coroner's office listed asphyxia by hanging as the cause of death, and police said video showed her taking her own life, though the final minutes have not been released. Her mother believes police killed her daughter, and her family has called for an investigation, which the Jefferson County District Attorney's office was reviewing.
Cause of death, as reported: Died by suicide (disputed; neglect alleged). Homewood police say Chapman hanged herself in her cell and that video shows it, and the Jefferson County Coroner ruled asphyxia by hanging, but her mother believes police killed her daughter and her family has called for an investigation.
Reported by: Jefferson County Coroner's office (medical examiner or coroner); Homewood Police Department (the agency that held her); Homewood City Jail officials (the agency that held her); Chapman's family (family or their lawyers); Jefferson County District Attorney's office (outside investigators).