Shanquella Robinson’s family is planning to file a civil suit against the six people who hindered an investigation involving her death during a vacation in Mexico.
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As previously reported, Robinson arrived in San José del Cabo, a resort city on the southern tip of Mexico’s Baja California peninsula, with six friends on October 28, 2022. The next day, she was found dead in the rental property where they were staying. In a report by Newsweek, the 25-year-old woman’s family is suing the six people, including the three people “who lied by omission by failing to disclose that someone has been beating Shanquella,” said family lawyer Sue-Ann Robinson. The law firm she works for will file a civil lawsuit on the family’s behalf.
Robinson’s death made headlines after a 20-second video showed her being attacked by another woman, which went viral on social media. The woman who allegedly beaten Robinson before her death deleted all of her social media accounts after returning to the United States.
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The video and Robinson’s death was investigated by the FBI and authorities in Mexico. A report by Mexican authorities said Robinson might have been alive for hours and received care before her death. Additionally, the people she traveled with told the doctor that Robinson should be cared for in the house instead of the hospital.
Her father, Bernard Robinson, said that the friends told the family that Shanquella died from alcohol poisoning. Still, an autopsy report released last November said she had died from a “severe spinal cord injury and atlas luxation,” meaning there was excessive movement present in the first vertebrae in the neck.
In April 2023, federal prosecutors in the United States announced that they would not be pursuing charges in Robinson’s death, citing a lack of evidence.
Sue-Ann Robinson said the family is motivated by her legacy to fight for justice. She did not disclose when the civil suit will be filed but has already traveled to Mexico to get some of their investigation files.
