Jenny Lupton, a Southwest Airlines flight attendant who died after falling from a hotel balcony during a layover in Hawaii, has had her family share details of a final text she sent moments before her death. Amid the ongoing investigation into the circumstances that led to Lupton's death during the Hawaii layover, her family offered some insights.
Lupton's niece, Hannah, in an interview with CBS affiliate KWTV, revealed that she spoke with witnesses who saw her aunt the night before her apparent fall from the 24th-floor balcony of her Waikiki hotel room. These include friends, fellow flight attendants, and a tattoo artist who worked with Lupton; all told Hannah she seemed happy and contented before her tragic death.
Hannah revealed her aunt's last text, saying, 'She was even texting one of the other flight attendants asking, "What are we doing tomorrow?"' Hannah shared that her aunt was a devoted mother to her 15-year-old son and possessed an outgoing personality. Jenny, 50, was discovered dead outside a hotel in Waikiki on August 20, 2026.
At the time, authorities from Hawaii briefed her family that she died from an apparent fall. The probe is currently ongoing with the Honolulu Police Department, while the local medical examiner's office has yet to officially determine the cause of death, pending the final autopsy report. Separately, Southwest Airlines previously confirmed that Lupton died during a layover in Hawaii.