On Jan. 10, Gynnya McMillen was taken to Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center in Elizabethtown, Kentucky. The 16-year-old spent 14 hours alone in a holding cell that night and never woke up the next morning. Officials have not been forthcoming with information about the young girl’s death.
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A cause of death has not yet been released. The Kentucky Justice and Public Safety Cabinet released a statement simply saying, “The youth appears to have passed away while sleeping and the preliminary autopsy report shows no cause or manner of death.” William Lee Jr., the county coroner, did not see any physical signs on McMillen’s body attributable to trauma and said the young girl likely did not have a heart condition. With no foul play suspected, no criminal charges are currently pending.
