The family of Shanquella Robinson, a North Carolinian woman who during a trip with friends in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, last December is outraged over the decision by US law enforcement not to charge anyone with her death.
US authorities tag Shanquella Robinson cause of death as ‘inconclusive’
While officials closed the case without holding anyone accountable, the family is not ruling out the possibility of a civil lawsuit to seek justice in civil court.
The family members are confused and devastated as the results of different investigations conducted in Mexico and the US are vastly different.
As reported by TMZ, there were two autopsies conducted after Shanquella died, with the initial one carried out by Mexican officials almost immediately after she was pronounced dead.
It reported her cause of death as “severe spinal cord injury” and instability of her vertebrae, suggesting she had suffered trauma.
A widely-circulated video shows Shanquella taking a beating from a woman she was vacationing with at the time, leading her family to believe that the attack played a role in her death.
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However, US investigators felt differently and conducted their own autopsy, which was inconclusive on the cause of death despite the presence of swelling in her brain.
Sue-Ann Robinson, the family’s attorney, says that justice was not served, as US prosecutors failed to take action. The family is not giving up and plans to pressure elected officials, including President Joe Biden, to reopen Shanquella’s case.
They are also considering civil legal action, as they believe that some of Shanquella’s friends who vacationed with her may know more than they have revealed.
The family was offered the option to exhume Shanquella’s body for a third opinion but declined it.
The discrepancy between the results of the two autopsies, one conducted by Mexican officials immediately after her death and the other by US officials after her body was embalmed and shipped, has yet to be properly explained.
The family’s attorney believes that US prosecutors failed to act and that the family will continue to seek ways to pursue criminal charges.
