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US authorities will not seek charges in death of Shanquella Robinson in Mexico, but family’s attorneys hope justice could still be found through suing in Mexico

&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpcnt">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"wpa">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<span class&equals;"wpa-about">Advertisements<&sol;span>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<div class&equals;"u top&lowbar;amp">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<amp-ad width&equals;"300" height&equals;"265"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; type&equals;"pubmine"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-siteid&equals;"109460728"&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab; data-section&equals;"1">&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;amp-ad>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;&Tab;&Tab;<&sol;div>&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>US authorities will not seek charges in death of Shanquella Robinson in Mexico <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>Robinson&comma; 26&comma; was found dead in a hotel room in the Mexico resort city in October last year <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>The clothing designer had traveled to Cabo San Lucas for vacation with six friends and her death was originally thought to be related to alcohol poisoning&comma; as her companions reported <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>Death certificate later said Robinson suffered &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;severe spinal cord injury and atlas luxation&comma;” or damage to a neck vertebra <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>Disturbing video footage later revealed that one of the women she traveled with had savagely beaten her inside the hotel room<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>Justice Dept&period; prosecutors met with Robinson&&num;8217&semi;s family and told them that after &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;careful deliberation&comma;” they determined there was not enough evidence to seek charges<&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>An arrest warrant was issued for an unnamed person in Mexico&comma; but no one was ever arrested in the case <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>Bereaved family&&num;8217&semi;s attorney Sue-Ann Robinson wondered why &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Mexican autopsy says there’s a spinal cord injury&comma; but according to them &lbrack;DOJ&rsqb;&comma; there is no spinal cord injury” <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>It&&num;8217&semi;s discouraging for the family that their own Justice Dept will not be pursuing charges against Shanquella’s aggressor&comma; attorneys Ben Crump and Sue-Ann Robinson said Wednesday <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<h1 class&equals;"wp-block-heading has-text-color has-small-font-size" style&equals;"color&colon;&num;332727"><strong>Crump and Robinson believe &&num;8220&semi;there is still a chance at justice in Mexico” <&sol;strong><&sol;h1>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;Shanquella-Robinson-7&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-423148" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"817"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Federal prosecutors will reportedly not pursue charges related to the death of Shanquella Robinson&comma; &lbrack;photo&rsqb;&comma; the North Carolina woman who died while on vacation in Mexico last year<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>US federal prosecutors will not pursue charges in the death of a North Carolina woman who died after being beaten in a hotel room while vacationing with friends in Cabo&comma; Mexico&comma; reports said Wednesday&period; <br>Department of Justice prosecutors met with the family of <a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;24&sol;its-about-two-americans-the-victim-and-the-culprit-mexican-prosecutors-issue-arrest-warrant-for-suspect-in-murder-of-north-carolina-woman-shanquella-robinson-who-was-brutally-beat&sol;">Shanquella Robinson <&sol;a>and told them that after &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;careful deliberation&comma;” they determined there was not enough evidence to seek charges in the case&period; <br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;As in every case under consideration for federal prosecution&comma; the government must prove&comma; beyond a reasonable doubt&comma; that a federal crime was committed&comma;” federal prosecutors in North Carolina said&comma; <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsoctv&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;feds-say-evidence-shanquella-robinson-case-doesnt-support-federal-prosecution&sol;WEIBJYIJC5EHPINQMKYDGBPF4U&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">according to local reports<&sol;a>&period;  <&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-large"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Shanquella-Robinson-autopsy-1-1024x578&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437346"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Civil rights attorney Sue-Ann Robinson&comma; representing her family&comma; revealed the U&period;S&period; autopsy performed after Shanquella was embalmed show she did not have a spinal cord injury&period; That information directly contradicts the findings of Mexico’s autopsy report<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Shanquella-Robinsons-family-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437339"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>DOJ prosecutors met with Robinson&&num;8217&semi;s family and informed them that there isn’t enough evidence to pursue charges<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;Based on the results of the autopsy and after a careful deliberation and review of the investigative materials by both U&period;S&period; Attorneys’ Offices&comma; federal prosecutors informed Ms&period; Robinson’s family today that the available evidence does not support a federal prosecution&comma;” they added&period; <br><strong>Related Articles&colon;<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;i0&period;wp&period;com&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;image-52&period;png&quest;resize&equals;174&percnt;2C131&amp&semi;ssl&equals;1" alt&equals;""&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;24&sol;its-about-two-americans-the-victim-and-the-culprit-mexican-prosecutors-issue-arrest-warrant-for-suspect-in-murder-of-north-carolina-woman-shanquella-robinson-who-was-brutally-beat&sol;"><&sol;a><a href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;2022&sol;11&sol;24&sol;its-about-two-americans-the-victim-and-the-culprit-mexican-prosecutors-issue-arrest-warrant-for-suspect-in-murder-of-north-carolina-woman-shanquella-robinson-who-was-brutally-beat&sol;">Mexican prosecutors have issues an arrest warrant for suspect in the murder of North Carolina woman Shanquella Robinson in Cabo&comma; Mexico&comma; on October 30 Shanquella Robinson&comma; &lbrack;&&num;8230&semi;&rsqb;<&sol;a><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>Robinson&comma; 26&comma; was killed in a hotel room in the Mexico resort city in October last year&period; <br>The clothing designer had traveled to Cabo San Lucas for vacation with six friends — and her death was originally thought to be related to alcohol poisoning&period;<br>Civil rights attorney Sue-Ann Robinson&comma; representing her family addressed the public about the case on Wednesday afternoon&period; <br>While expressing her disappointment&comma; Robinson also revealed the U&period;S&period; autopsy performed after Shanquella was embalmed show she did not have a spinal cord injury&period; That information directly contradicts the findings of <a rel&equals;"noreferrer noopener" href&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;www&period;wsoctv&period;com&sol;news&sol;local&sol;police-report-charlotte-womans-death-mexico-doesnt-show-spinal-neck-injuries&sol;ZLIVXMAKQ5AY7GX2F2YCAQF26Y&sol;" target&equals;"&lowbar;blank">Mexico’s autopsy report<&sol;a>&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Shanquella-Robinson-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437337"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Robinson’s death was originally thought to be related to alcohol poisoning<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>The Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office released a statement to Channel 9 Wednesday about the findings of the autopsy report&period; <br>The office performed their autopsy on Nov&period; 17 and&comma; along with additional examination from a neuropathologist&comma; found no evidence of any spinal cord injury or atlas subluxation&period;<br>Speaking on Wednesday&comma; Sue-Ann Robinson wondered why &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;The Mexican autopsy says there’s a spinal cord injury&comma; but according to them &lbrack;DOJ&rsqb;&comma; there is no spinal cord injury”&period;<br>Since the U&period;S&period; autopsy did find brain swelling&comma; she is questioning the decision of federal authorities&comma; not to prosecute&comma; when Shanquella’s cause of death was still undetermined&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;How are you closing an investigation on a case where the cause of death is undetermined&quest;” she asked&comma; adding that the &&num;8216&semi;undetermined cause of death&&num;8217&semi; could be the result of the autopsy being delayed&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;image-30&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437335" width&equals;"837" height&equals;"937"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>An autopsy determined that Robinson died from trauma suffered in the attack<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<figure class&equals;"wp-block-image size-full is-resized"><img src&equals;"https&colon;&sol;&sol;konniemoments&period;com&sol;wp-content&sol;uploads&sol;2023&sol;04&sol;Shanquella-Robinson-being-attacked-1&period;png" alt&equals;"" class&equals;"wp-image-437342" width&equals;"835" height&equals;"1395"&sol;><&sol;figure>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p class&equals;"has-small-font-size"><strong>Video shows Robinson getting beaten by another woman in her hotel room in Cabo<&sol;strong><&sol;p>&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;&NewLine;<p>A death certificate later said Robinson suffered &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;severe spinal cord injury and atlas luxation&comma;” or damage to a neck vertebra&period; The report also states that she died within 15 minutes of injury&period; Alcohol poisoning&comma; which her family said Robinson’s friends blamed her death on&comma; is never mentioned&period;<br>Disturbing video footage from inside Robinson’s hotel room later revealed that one of the women she traveled to Mexico with had savagely beaten her inside the room&period; <br>A person off camera yelled&comma; &OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;At least fight back&comma;” while the woman trounced Robinson&comma; according to the viral video&period; <br>A final autopsy determined Robinson likely died from trauma suffered during the beating about 15 minutes later&period; <br>An arrest warrant was issued for an unnamed person in Mexico&comma; but no one was ever busted in the case&period;<br>&OpenCurlyDoubleQuote;While it is discouraging for the loved ones of Shanquella that their own Department of Justice will not be pursuing charges against Shanquella’s aggressor&comma; it is our stance that justice is still possible for her death&period; We hope that there is still a chance at justice in Mexico&comma;” attorneys Ben Crump and Sue-Ann Robinson said Wednesday&period;<&sol;p>&NewLine;

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