Alabama Authorities Say 18-Year-Old Girl Hanged Herself in Jail



According to authorities, an 18-year-old girl hanged her self in an Alabama jail. The inmate has been identified as Kindra Darnell Chapman by the Jefferson County Coroner's Office.

Chapman was arrested on a first-degree-robbery charge for allegedly taking a cellphone and booked at Homewood City Jail Tuesday around 6:22 p.m., AL.com reports. She was last seen alive at 6:30 p.m by jailers and found unresponsive at 7:50 p.m. Officials report that Chapman used a bed sheet to hang herself.


Chapman was pronounced dead at Brookwood Medical Center. Homewood police are currently investigating this death.

News of Chapman's death broke the same day as the death of Sandra Bland.

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