October 13th 2023.
It has been a year since Shanquella Robinson's mysterious death during a vacation in Mexico, and her family are still no closer to finding answers. New details have emerged that explain why her body has still not been exhumed; her family attorney, Sue-Ann Robinson, told Radar Online that there are no plans for a third autopsy due to the inconsistencies of the first two.
Initially, Robinson's friends told her family that she had died from alcohol poisoning. However, the first autopsy performed in Mexico labeled her cause of death as a severe spinal cord or neck injury. A second autopsy conducted in North Carolina by the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's Office showed discrepancies, and found a hypoxic-ischemic brain injury, rather than injuries to Robinson's spine.
Videos that surfaced online after Robinson's death showed her being assaulted by a member of her travel group. This led many people to speculate if the woman seen beating her was responsible for Robinson's death. In April, federal prosecutors told Robinson's family that there was not enough evidence for a prosecution.
The family's attorney explained that the discrepancy in the autopsy results was due to the fact that the FBI had the local Mecklenburg County coroner examine the body after it had already been embalmed for transport and burial. Mexican authorities issued an arrest warrant for an unnamed suspect in Robinson's murder last November, but extradition proceedings have since come to a standstill.
Robinson's family are determined to fight for justice and are applying pressure to the Secretary of State to prioritize the case. They have also established a foundation, SBR Helping Hands, in her memory to do projects for the community that she was passionate about, such as supporting high school students.
The family are still grieving, with Sue-Ann Robinson saying that "there's days where they don't want to leave the home. They want Shanquella back." Nobody can bring her back, but her family are doing all they can to honour her memory and get justice for her.
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