Police release video of inmate who died in jail cell

July 26, 2015

9:12 PM

The Homewood Police Department has made the decision to release the video recordings from July 14th 2015 regarding Kindra Chapman arriving at the police parking lot and then walking down the hallway to the booking room. The entire video shows the booking process, Ms. Chapman being led to her cell, and finally, Ms. Chapman taking her own life. Out of respect for Ms. Chapman and her family, the Homewood Police Department is not making the final minutes of the video public.The entire video was shown to the legal counsel representing Ms. Chapman’s biological mother. The video confirms preliminary reports from the Coroner's Office and the Jefferson County District Attorney regarding Ms. Chapman's cause of death.
Posted by Homewood Police Department on Saturday, July 25, 2015

Kendra Chapman Video

The Homewood Police Department has released video footage of an inmate who committed suicide in a jail cell last week.

On Saturday the department posted the video from July 14 to its Facebook page. It shows Kindra Chapman arriving at the police parking lot and then walking down the hallway to the booking room.

The entire video shows Chapman taking her own life, but out of respect to her family, the Homewood Police Department is not making the final minutes of the video public.

The video confirmed preliminary reports from the Coroner's Office and the Jefferson County District Attorney that Chapman's cause of death was suicide.

http://thehomewoodstar.com/news/chapman%E2%80%99s-family-says-death-was-suicide-723/.