The attorney for the family of an American woman who inexplicably pἀssed away in Mexico last year is critἰcizing the FBI for what he calls a “lack of transparency” in the case and pointing out that the agency has refused to provide them access to the autopsy results after declining to seek chἀrges.
On October 29, Shanquella Robinson was discovered deἀd in a hotel room in Cabo San Lucas. Initially believed to have dἰed of al0ohol int0xication, the North Carolina native’s deἀth was later determined by an autopsy to have been caused by a br0ken neck and other injυries.
Unsettling footage purportedly captured one of Robinson’s friends beἀting the woman just before her body was discovered.
Robinson’s family claims they want direct access to the autopsy findings.
Family lawyer Sue-Ann Robinson, who is not related to the clothes designer, stated in an interview with the US Sun this week that the clothing designer’s loved ones are growing increasingly angry with the US authorities’ lack of action in the matter.
“The family is deeply disappointed,” she told .
“They’re concerned, obviously, about the red flags and the lack of transparency in the investigation, but they’re not deterred.”
The “Cabo Six,” the six companions Robinson traveled to the resort with the day before she dἰed, have at least one arr*st warrant, as per Mexican authorities who made the announcement in November that they were looking into Robinson’s deἀth as a h0micide.
The FBI then declared in April that due to a lack of evidence, it would not press chἀrges against any of the friends. The agency allegedly won’t provide Shanquella Robinson’s family access to the autopsy results, according to Sue-Ann Robinson.
The FBI says:
‘We cannot release the documents [autopsy results] to you because the case is still open, because we are waiting for documents to be translated to English that we received from the Mexican authorities”.
“Which again, red flags everywhere because you’ve made a decision in the case, you’ve announced the decision publicly to the family and to the public, but you’re saying the case is still not closed and admitting that some of the documents from the investigative file that arguably would affect your decision to chἀrge have not been fully translated.”
On May 19, to commemorate 200 days since Robinson’s pἀssing, Robinson’s family will come to Washington, DC, according to Sue-Ann.
She claimed:
“There should be a level of urgency, a level of prioritization by the US authorities that just isn’t there yet.”
“We all saw what happened on the video, and we demand that US authorities step in and prioritize the case and allow the extradition process to proceed, allowing Mexican authorities to prosecute the person they have identified as the aggressor in Mexican courts.”
The bereaved family’s legal team sent President Biden a lengthy letter in March asking him to extradite the “direct aggressor” in the beἀting video so that he can be tried in Mexico.
You can also take a look at the tweet provided by Daily Loud about Shanquella Robinson’s autopsy:
FBI refuses to share Shanquella Robinson’s autopsy results according to lawyer 😔 pic.twitter.com/jiGuTxGCES
— Daily Loud (@DailyLoud) May 17, 2023
Sue-Ann most recently visited Mexico to research the case. She informed the Sun that the preliminary investigation was finished and that the US authorities had been given an extradition packet.
Sue-Ann remarked:
“Given that I’ve been an attorney for almost 17 years, it was a weird experience. I’m a criminal defense attorney and former prosecutor. I’ve never actually had to travel to another nation to look into something for a famil.”
It was therefore surreal in that way because of the struggles this family has faced in attempting to both grieve and pursue justice for the loved one at the same time.
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In response to Sue-Ann’s comments, the FBI pointed the Sun to a mid-April press release in which it claimed that investigating the circumstances surrounding Robinson’s deἀth had been “a priority” for authorities. Sue-Ann mentioned that Robinson’s family is still hopeful that justice will be done, whether it happens in Mexico or the United States.
The family understands that there is still a way to justice, she said.
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