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 Something's not right. 
 
 Earlier this month, Gynnya McMillen, a 16-year-old girl described by others as a “quiet, beautiful person” was found unresponsive in a juvenile detention center cell in Elizabethtown, Ky., about 45 minutes south of Louisville. 
 
 As the demand for answers grows louder, the deafening silence from the Lincoln Valley Regional Juvenile Detention Center rings hollow. The local coroner has stated it will likely be weeks before an autopsy is released, but that McMillen did not appear to have any visual bruising and that it was doubtful that she had any heart ailments. 
 
 Color me skeptical. 
 
 According to Stacy Floden, a spokeswoman for Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice, the last young person to die at such a facility in Kentucky was all the way back in 1999. 
 
 Several aspects of this story raise my suspicion. 
 
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 Who determined McMillen was dead? Jailers? Was an ambulance dispatched? Why was she not rushed to the nearest hospital? 
 
 Speaking anonymously to the Daily News, a former employee of the juvenile justice center stated that McMillen had just entered the facility less than 24 hours before she died. A local police spokesperson confirmed this. The former employee stated that if McMillen died in a holding cell, something would be seriously wrong. Holding cells all have cameras and the children being held in them, according to the former employee, are supposed to be looked at in 15-minute increments to guarantee their well-being. Furthermore, it is not normal for children to be held in holding cells overnight. 
 
 Lastly, if McMillen was being checked on every 15 minutes, it’s highly unlikely she went from being alive and well to being so dead she didn't need to go to the hospital in that short period of time. 
 
 The 16-year-old was found unresponsive in a juvenile detention center cell earlier this month. (Gynnya McMillen via Facebook) 
 
 To be frank, we are all justified in being skeptical about the circumstances of in-custody deaths. If any type of foul play or negligence lead to the death of Gynnya McMillen, it is highly doubtful that those who were negligent or even criminal in their actions are going to voluntarily be forthcoming about it. An enormous amount of trust, over the years, has been given to law enforcement, such that the practice of believing their first version of events became rather standard. 
 
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 The past two years, though, have brought a renewed scrutiny to law enforcement and we've found that the first version of events that they give often does not match up with the recorded reality of what happened. 
 
 The officer who arrested Sandra Bland was recently indicted for lying under oath about his arrest of her. 
 
 The University of Cincinnati officer who shot and killed Sam Dubose lied and said Dubose tried to run over him. 
 
 Officer Michael Slaeger lied to his superiors about why he killed Walter Scott before a video was released of it. 
 
 If any of us expect a law enforcement officer to come out and admit their own wrongdoing, we're fooling ourselves. 
 
 This case is no different. 

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 Jan. 22 update: “New Details Emerge in Gynnya McMillen’s Death” 
 
 As family and friends gathered earlier this week in Louisville for the funeral of a teenage girl who died in state custody, memories of her life competed for attention with an unanswered question circulating through Kentucky and beyond: 
 
 What caused the death of Gynnya Hope McMillen? 
 
 “We are simply trying to find out what happened,” her aunt, Felicia Garr, told WFPL’s Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting prior to Tuesday’s funeral at the Fifth Street Baptist Church. 
 
 “Why did Gynnya die? What caused her death? We are trusting that our family attorney will find the answers. Any further questions we will direct to our attorney. Today is a day of family grief, pain and sorrow.” 
 
 Garr declined to talk further or release the attorney’s name. Other family members were unavailable for comment. 
 
 The 16-year-old girl died Jan. 11 in a state-run juvenile-detention center in Hardin County. News and the ensuing mystery surrounding her death have rocketed across the Internet and social media. 
 
 Citing their ongoing investigations, the Kentucky State Police and the state Department of Juvenile Justice have said little publicly about Gynnya’s death. 
 
 Investigators routinely do not disclose preliminary or incomplete findings in death inquiries, and instead wait until all information from interviews and the results of laboratory testing has been gathered. 
 
 Here’s what we know: 
 
 The Incident 
 
 Gynnya was taken into custody following a physical altercation at a Shelby County residence shortly before 2 a.m. on Jan. 10, according to Kelly Cable, spokesman for the Shelbyville Police Department. Cable said Gynnya was the “perpetrator,” and that she was charged with misdemeanor assault after the alleged victim incurred what Cable described as “minor injuries.” Gynnya was transported to the Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center in Hardin County. 
 
 Her Death 
 
 Gynnya was dead less than 24 hours after being detained. Dr. William Lee, the Hardin County coroner, said he pronounced her dead on the morning of Jan. 11 at Lincoln Village after emergency medical services personnel were called to the scene and determined there was no possibility of resuscitating her. The teen was in a cell by herself at Lincoln Village, according to Lee, who said he knew of no report or medical evidence of a physical altercation there. 
 
 The Investigation 
 
 An autopsy was performed the following day. Lee, who was present, told KyCIR that there were no “outward signs of injury” that might explain Gynnya’s death. Lee said her neck was not broken, there was no head trauma, and there were no severe wounds on her arms or legs. Lee also said there were no visible indications of a drug overdose, such as remnants of chewed-up pills in Gynnya’s esophagus or stomach. 
 
 “It’s a complete mystery right now,” Lee said of the cause of death. 
 
 A toxicology report could take weeks. 
 
 The Authorities 
 
 Trooper Jeff Gregory, spokesman for Kentucky State Police Post 4 in Elizabethtown, said “no foul play” is suspected. Gregory declined further comment pending receipt of the autopsy results. 
 
 The Department of Juvenile Justice also declined comment beyond two brief statements it issued in the hours immediately following Gynnya’s death. The agency said additional information is forthcoming. 
 
 The Detention Center 
 
 The Lincoln Village Regional Juvenile Detention Center sits near Interstate 65 just south of Elizabethtown. It opened in 2005, can house up to 44 youths and is one of eight state-operated “secure” juvenile-detention centers in Kentucky. 
 
 These facilities provide programs such as education, counseling, medical and mental health care, behavior management and more, according to the state. The last in-custody death at a Department of Juvenile Justice facility occurred in 1999. 
 
 The Fallout 
 
 A photo on Facebook page called “Justice for Gynnya McMillen” and purportedly created by her sister, LaChe’ Simms, bore the headline, “I died under your supervision and you can’t tell my family why.” Another post states: “We deserve to know what happened to her! And if there’s nothing to hide, there’s no reason why our questions should be unanswered.” 
 
 Inquiries to the page’s owner have not been returned. The page notes that supporters are raising money to “not only bring Gynnya’s case to justice but to also raise awareness” of what takes place in juvenile-detention centers. According to the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe, $325 of a $2,500 target amount had been raised as of Wednesday night. 
 
 Reporter R.G. Dunlop can be reached at rdunlop@kycir.org or (502) 814.6533. 

 NEW YORK -- It's been nine days since 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen died in a juvenile detention cell, where police say she spent the night alone. Her family and friends mourned her at a funeral in Louisville, Ky., Tuesday, despite having no answers to one fundamental question: What happened? 
 
 Police say McMillen was found the morning of Jan. 11 by an employee at the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center. But few details have been released about the hours, less than 24, which the girl spent there. 
 
 On Jan. 10, police in Shelbyville, Ky., were called for what they describe as a "domestic incident" at McMillen's home. Police say they called a court-designated worker -- a Kentucky official who makes legal decisions related to juveniles. That worker contacted a judge and requested that McMillen be detained, according to police. 
 
 By 10 a.m. on Jan. 11, McMillen, described in interviews with 48 Hours' Crimesider as a "quiet, beautiful person," had died. 
 
 It is not clear why McMillen was alone in a cell, and officials have not said how often she was checked on during the night and morning she was at the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center. The Kentucky Department of Juvenile Justice has not responded to requests for comment. 
 
 Family members have also had similar experiences trying to get information about McMillen's time in detention. 
 
 Kentucky state trooper Jeff Gregory, a spokesperson for the trooper post called to investigate McMillen's death, said in an interview Tuesday that investigators do not believe McMillen was the victim of a homicide or suicide. 
 
 "On face value, our detectives didn't suspect that foul play was involved," Gregory said. "They interviewed anybody that had any contact with her." 
 
 A coroner said she had no visual bruising and it is unlikely she had a heart condition. 
 
 Gregory said McMillen had died by the time police arrived. It's not clear if investigators asked detention center staffers about how frequently she was checked on, or why exactly she was in a cell by herself, instead of with a roommate. 
 
 For those who knew McMillen, the question of how an apparently healthy teenager comes to spend her final minutes alone in a cell are haunting. 
 
 Her sister made a Facebook page, "Justice for Gynnya McMillen," which has been shared thousands of times, and as word has spread, officials say they've received an increasing flood of calls about the case. 
 
 Still, they say there will be few updates until a full autopsy is completed weeks from now. 
 
 Nara Goode said she knew McMillen as a small child, and has been thinking of the girl playing ball with other kids on the sidewalk. 
 
 "I hope they get to the bottom of it," Goode said. "It won't bring her back. But her family deserves to know." 

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– The morning after 16-year-old Gynnya McMillen was brought to the Lincoln Village Juvenile Detention Center in Louisville, Ky., she was found alone in her cell, dead. It's been almost two weeks, but neither local nor state officials are going public with any information regarding how she died, reports CBS News. Not only is it unclear why she had no roommate in the cell or how often she was checked on, the teenager was apparently healthy, with the Hardin County coroner saying there were no physical signs of foul play and expressing doubts that she had a heart condition. "It's a complete mystery right now," says Dr. William Lee, who notes it could take weeks to get toxicology results. The last person to die in custody at a Department of Juvenile Justice facility was in 1999, the year of Gynnya's birth. What we do know, according to the Kentucky Center for Investigative Reporting, is that Gynnya was taken into custody just before 2am on Jan. 10 following an alleged altercation in a private residence. A police department rep calls Gynnya the "perpetrator"; minor injuries were observed on the victim, and Gynnya was charged with misdemeanor assault. She was found dead Jan. 11. Her sister has started a Facebook page calling for justice, and more than 20 people have contributed to a GoFundMe campaign to "not only bring Gynnya's case to justice but to also raise awareness of the things that go on in these facilities." The New York Daily News, meanwhile, spoke to an unnamed former employee of the detention center who said that juveniles kept in holding cells are to be checked at 15-minute intervals, though it's unclear if that's the type of cell Gynnya was in. (A report last year slammed the juvenile justice system for failing our girls.)