Wednesday, January 6, 2010

Police: Chris Henry investigation 'complete'

Here is the statement released by Charlotte-Mecklenburg police today in the Chris Henry investigation:

Investigation into the death of Chris Henry complete January 6, 2010


Detectives with the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Police Department Homicide Unit along with the Highway Interdiction and Traffic Safety Unit (H.I.T.S.) have completed their investigation into the death of Mr. Chris Henry.

The H.I.T.S. Accident Reconstruction Unit determined that there was no evidence of reckless driving or excessive speed by Ms. Tonga. The speed limit on Oakdale Road is 35 mph and the estimated speed at the time of accident was between 19-23 mph.

Homicide Detectives interviewed Ms. Tonga who was cooperative throughout the duration of the investigation. Her statement was consistent with witness accounts; however, there were no witnesses that actually saw how Mr. Henry came out of the back of the truck. Homicide Detectives obtained a witness statement that indicated that there was a verbal altercation that took place at the residence where Mr. Henry jumped in the back of the truck and began beating on the back of the vehicle when Ms. Tonga drove away from the residence.

The Medical Examiner ruled the death of Mr. Chris Henry accidental with the cause of death being blunt force trauma to the head from a fall. Ms. Tonga will not be charged in connection with Mr. Henry’s death.

- Doug Miller

2 comments:

Unknown said...

MediaCurves.com conducted a study among 302 viewers of an interview with Chris Henry’s fiancĂ©e, Loleini Tonga, regarding his death. Results showed that the majority of viewers (78%) reported that Tonga should be investigated in connection with the death of her fiancĂ©. The percentage of viewers who reported that Chris Henry intentionally jumped off of the truck increased from 16% to 29% after viewing the video. More in depth results can be seen at:
http://www.mediacurves.com/Sports/J7694-ChrisHenryDeath/Index.cfm
Thanks,
Ben

Anonymous said...

well i see that ms.tonga got by with killing chris henry. how sad is that. she so killed him she knew he had one arm to work with and she could of stopped that truck that belongs to chris henry. no she did stop just going even when he was layen on ground in bad shape did she stop to help no she didnt. she kept going. this is so sad for the henry family. god bless his family. and she is maken or tryen to make who ever believe she is married to chris not...on her myspace ...mrs.c henry.....not married to chris....