Flight Attendant’s Falling Death Ruled A Suicide, So Why Are Homicide Detectives Keeping Her Case “Open And Active”?

This has been a, a several months-long mystery.

Nothing about this story initially sounded right, and right now it doesn't sound right either.

[laughs]

It, it doesn't.

Nothing has added up, even with this announcement from the medical examiner.

There's an asterisk next to it, and we'll explain.

So we got word that the Honolulu medical examiner officially determined that 50-year-old Southwest flight attendant Jenny Lupton died from suicide.

They actually specifically said she died from multiple injuries after falling from the 24th floor of her Hilton hotel room.

Now, the asterisk is this.

Police then put out a statement saying that the medical examiner's determination doesn't change their investigation.

They have a criminal investigation.

Their homicide division is investigating her death, and they say that it is still open and active.

Their official, uh, statement was, "No additional information pertaining to this incident will be released at this time as the investigation remains active and ongoing."

Is this where we scratch our heads?

Yes, and look, we even have some more information because we've mentioned before Jenny Lupton's family has been adamant.

Her sister, her son, her niece, her nephew, multiple family members have been speaking out and loudly saying there is absolutely no way the woman they knew, this bright-eyed Funny, fun-loving mother who worshipped her 15-year-old son.

There's no way she would have leapt to her death.

And they say that the medical examiner, they spoke to the medical examiner, and they say, quote, "He acknowledged that additional information could warrant reconsideration of his findings, but that information must be provided through the Honolulu Police Department."

Okay, that, that's vague and general and all kinds of bizarre, but it, it's a suggestion that maybe there is other evidence out there, or he's just open to more evidence coming in that he has no idea if it's out there or not.

It doesn't, I don't know.

It, it seems like the medical examiner and the police department would be in, working in some type of concert here.

But babe, if someone tells you that someone took their own life, you do not start a criminal investigation.

So why is the medical examiner's answer not good enough for the police? And I would argue if it ain't good enough for police, it shouldn't be good enough for the family.

Exactly, and I think it's interesting, and again, we're getting this from the family.

They're claiming that the medical examiner is saying, "Hey, right now, this is all I can, this is the only conclusion I can come to unless I'm given additional information.

This has been a, a several months-long mystery.

Nothing about this story initially sounded right, and right now it doesn't sound right either.

[laughs]

It, it doesn't.

Nothing has added up, even with this announcement from the medical examiner.

There's an asterisk next to it, and we'll explain.

So we got word that the Honolulu medical examiner officially determined that 50-year-old Southwest flight attendant Jenny Lupton died from suicide.

They actually specifically said she died from multiple injuries after falling from the 24th floor of her Hilton hotel room.

Now, the asterisk is this.

Police then put out a statement saying that the medical examiner's determination doesn't change their investigation.

They have a criminal investigation.

Their homicide division is investigating her death, and they say that it is still open and active.

Their official, uh, statement was, "No additional information pertaining to this incident will be released at this time as the investigation remains active and ongoing."

Is this where we scratch our heads?

Yes, and look, we even have some more information because we've mentioned before Jenny Lupton's family has been adamant.

Her sister, her son, her niece, her nephew, multiple family members have been speaking out and loudly saying there is absolutely no way the woman they knew, this bright-eyed Funny, fun-loving mother who worshipped her 15-year-old son.

There's no way she would have leapt to her death.

And they say that the medical examiner, they spoke to the medical examiner, and they say, quote, "He acknowledged that additional information could warrant reconsideration of his findings, but that information must be provided through the Honolulu Police Department."

Okay, that, that's vague and general and all kinds of bizarre, but it, it's a suggestion that maybe there is other evidence out there, or he's just open to more evidence coming in that he has no idea if it's out there or not.

It doesn't, I don't know.

It, it seems like the medical examiner and the police department would be in, working in some type of concert here.

But babe, if someone tells you that someone took their own life, you do not start a criminal investigation.

So why is the medical examiner's answer not good enough for the police? And I would argue if it ain't good enough for police, it shouldn't be good enough for the family.

Exactly, and I think it's interesting, and again, we're getting this from the family.

They're claiming that the medical examiner is saying, "Hey, right now, this is all I can, this is the only conclusion I can come to unless I'm given additional information.