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have your best interest in mind. When

1:00

you travel together, everyone tells you to

1:02

use the buddy system, which

1:05

essentially means you stick together. If

1:08

you go somewhere with a friend, make sure

1:10

you leave with them. But

1:12

in the story we have for you today, a

1:15

group of seven people would make their

1:17

way to Cabo for a fun and

1:19

relaxing vacation in October of 2022.

1:23

However, in the end, only

1:25

six would make it back. 25-year-old

1:28

Shinkwella Robinson had no

1:30

idea that these so-called

1:32

friends she traveled with did

1:34

not have her best interest in mind.

1:37

And just a few days into her trip, she

1:40

would wind up dead in a luxury

1:42

villa with her friends claiming

1:45

she died of alcohol poisoning. This

1:47

group, who would later be referred to as

1:50

the Cabo Six, quickly made

1:52

their way back to the United States and

1:54

tried their best to stay below the

1:57

radar. A Video would

1:59

surface showing- lynching while the

2:01

Robinson negate been brutally beaten

2:03

by one of the girls

2:05

in the group just hours

2:07

before her death. And sadly,

2:09

her autopsy would reveal that

2:11

she did not die of

2:13

alcohol poisoning. But by a

2:15

severe spinal cord injury. So

2:18

this is the story. As

2:20

soon Quello Robinson and the Cabo

2:22

Sex I'm Courtney brawling. And

2:24

I'm calling Brown and you're listening

2:27

to our new series Murdered American.

3:35

Sam's Club. Renata Robinson was born

3:37

on January Nine, Ninety Ninety Seven

3:39

in Charlotte, North Carolina to and

3:41

Salamander Robinson and by all accounts

3:44

San Kuala had a normal, loving

3:46

childhood Growing up, she enjoyed gymnastics,

3:48

basketball, cheerleading but she was also

3:50

intelligent, driven and are going to.

3:53

Father Bernard described her as a

3:55

growing sweetheart, a person most people

3:57

have to friends love to have.

4:00

One. Shank. Well as bubbly, sociable

4:02

nature allowed her to make friends easily and

4:04

even after all these years she saw at

4:06

a close bond with friends from kindergarten days.

4:09

San. Quello was popular in high school and

4:11

won the title of Prom Queen during her

4:13

senior year. After graduating from was

4:15

Charlotte hi Sharon Quello went on to

4:17

attend Winston Salem University which is a

4:20

part of the University of North Carolina

4:22

and as a store three Black University.

4:24

Now. Shank well ahead of very entrepreneurial

4:26

spirit so she decided to major in

4:28

business and she did really well. Since.

4:31

Hello was great managing her studies while also

4:33

keeping up with the socialize. One of are

4:35

best friends she met a college was a

4:37

young man named so we'll cut scenes. Leo

4:39

spent a lot of time together and he

4:41

would even go to her family's home on

4:44

the time, joining them for dinner, holidays, birthdays,

4:46

and even traveling with them for vacations. He.

4:48

Seemed to be a part of the family. Shank.

4:50

Was parents thought that Lille had a good head

4:52

on his shoulders and that they could trust him.

4:55

After college graduation, Sinclair decided

4:57

to use her business degree

5:00

in open several businesses in

5:02

Charlotte. One. Of the

5:04

businesses was cold exquisite to. Cheese.

5:07

Which. Was a women's clothing in

5:10

fashion store for other business.

5:12

Was cold exquisite. Kids. Here

5:14

breeding swine which siegfried for African

5:17

American children to fall in love

5:19

with their natural hair. And.

5:21

It's not easy having children sit in

5:23

a chair for hours while you breed.

5:25

They're here. Children. Get

5:27

distracted easily. Be can't

5:29

sit still. And. Many even

5:32

cry while they get their hair done.

5:34

This in Kuala was the perfect

5:36

person for the job. She loved

5:38

kids. And her main goal with

5:41

for them to be proud of their heritage.

5:43

Day. Kill agrees. A nail technician who

5:46

rented a sweet inside the same

5:48

building said that she admired for

5:50

work ethic. Same quote, she was

5:52

a hard worker. The matter what

5:54

was going on in her life,

5:56

she always worked. She would work

5:58

until past midnight. night to get the job

6:01

done, and would be back there

6:03

early the next morning doing another person's hair."

6:07

The two women instantly connected and often talked

6:09

about ways they could make their businesses better.

6:12

They also looked out for one another during and after the

6:14

workday. Daikala said her fondest memories

6:16

of Chanquela was when she brought her French

6:19

bulldog to work, something that she admitted

6:21

always made her laugh, saying, I'll always

6:23

remember her chasing that dog whenever people

6:25

were coming in. Chanquela

6:27

was a proactive go-getter who took

6:29

charge of her own life. She

6:32

made things happen through her own

6:34

determination and hard work. She

6:37

was young, successful, and had a

6:39

bright future ahead of her. She

6:41

also knew how to balance work and play.

6:44

So in 2022, when one of Chanquela's

6:46

best friends, Khalil, asked if she wanted

6:49

to go on a trip to Cabo,

6:51

she agreed. But it wasn't

6:54

just going to be them two. In

6:56

addition to Chanquela and Khalil, there

6:58

were five other people who were going,

7:00

two of whom were

7:02

celebrating their birthdays. Now

7:05

Chanquela had met these other five people

7:07

in college, but she wasn't close with

7:09

any of them. Her only

7:11

real friend on the trip was Khalil. But

7:14

that was okay with her. She

7:16

was just happy to go on a

7:18

nice relaxing vacation. And to

7:20

make matters even better, the group

7:22

had rented out this truly exquisite

7:25

villa. Online it was listed as

7:27

$2,500 a night. It

7:31

had multiple bedrooms with white marble

7:33

flooring, a jacuzzi, a private

7:36

chef, and a private pool with

7:38

a swim-up bar that overlooked the

7:40

Pacific Ocean. It was

7:43

paradise. And Chanquela was

7:45

so excited to go. And

7:47

being this incredibly hard worker who

7:49

never took time off, she deserved

7:51

this trip. The Day before

7:53

the group was scheduled to fly out,

7:56

Chanquela went to get her hair done

7:58

by Laveria Smith. The

8:00

Spring a neighbor. And. While she

8:02

sat in his chair. She. Talked

8:04

with and about how excited she was to

8:06

go to Cabo. She. Had

8:09

meticulously planned out where she was going

8:11

to pack for dedication. Stylish,

8:13

Swimsuits in cute dresses,

8:17

By. All accounts. Shoe.

8:19

Quello was really. Looking forward to

8:21

traveling with the Cabo Sex as

8:23

they would later be named. On

8:26

October twenty eighth, two thousand and twenty

8:28

two so full of boarded a plane

8:30

in North Carolina was glucose only dire

8:32

once or Donovan police highs and Asian

8:35

a Jackson and they made their way

8:37

to the beautiful coastline of San Jose

8:39

Da Capo. months ago. The some

8:41

of member of the group as you Wiggins

8:43

was to join them in excess. October Twenty

8:45

nice. But as soon as a group landed

8:48

Shank will have phoned her mom, Salamander and

8:50

Charlotte to let her know she arrived safely.

8:52

Salamander. Would later tell Cnn the same

8:54

follow was in good spirits on the phone

8:56

she said for i spoke with or see

8:59

seem to be pretty happy she was laughing

9:01

she seem very happy on that trip. I

9:03

said okay, enjoy yourself. Love you have

9:05

a party tomorrow and I never spoke

9:07

with her again. The group

9:09

checked into their luxurious resort Avila Linda

9:11

thirty two when the distinguished community of

9:14

for to Los Cabos and it was

9:16

even prettier and person. Avila was huge,

9:18

big enough for twelve people and the

9:20

views were stunning. Everyone ran

9:22

around going room to room he to

9:24

figure out which room they wanted and

9:26

after they founded the began unpacking their

9:29

face it was exciting. The group also

9:31

plan to go on boats and ride

9:33

as these was truly the vacation of

9:35

a lifetime and an experience never to

9:37

be forgotten. On

9:39

the first day of their vacation at

9:41

appeared that the group was housing at

9:44

the time to you aren't even kitchen

9:46

sink well as phone and recorded a

9:48

video of her that was later posted

9:50

to Instagram. To. Video showed

9:53

Sinclair passed out in Hammett.

9:55

It was posted around nine pm.

9:58

And shocking me. You can

10:00

be heard saying quote. He got

10:02

her first dead body. First

10:06

further. But

10:09

it but it was that it that

10:11

he sees to follow the rules. Aldo

10:14

ironic Israel didn't appear

10:16

to be a serious.

10:19

If anything it looked like to

10:21

friends sharing a funny light hearted

10:23

moment be given the events that

10:26

transpired the next day. That

10:28

video proved to be an ominous

10:31

prediction of what was that would

10:33

In the meantime, the group seem

10:35

to be having fun. Videos and

10:38

pictures posted on social media showed

10:40

the group laughing, drinking alcohol, playing

10:42

cards, and even skinny dipping. However,

10:46

the concierge working at the villa

10:48

on the day the group arrived

10:50

would later tell The Charlotte Observer

10:52

the something seemed off when each

10:54

has since in Kuala and the

10:56

other guests. He also noted

10:59

that she was the last person to join

11:01

the group at dinner. That he sorry. He

11:04

also noted that she was the last

11:06

person to join the group at dinner

11:08

that he theme and admitted quote she

11:10

seemed not to sit and will be

11:12

others. And quo. In

11:15

that was kind of true. The

11:17

other people on the trip were close

11:20

friends. Close in Kuala. Was

11:22

only really friends with Cleo. The

11:24

She wasn't going to let that bother her. In

11:27

fact, it was clear. That she

11:29

had been trying to connect with

11:31

the other five people. On October

11:33

twenty ninth in Kuala posted a

11:35

video to or Instagram account showing

11:38

her walking around the villa looking

11:40

for the other girls in the

11:42

group In the videos she jokingly

11:44

said quote. A sit that

11:46

long to get naked holes were yell

11:48

at. All the ills

11:50

everly elated. l

11:54

se I'm

12:00

gonna keep it hot. You gonna keep it hot? What?

12:03

I don't know where the fruit club. They, what's the old saying? They

12:05

crook. One of them is like mediocre and my chicken. I can't

12:07

do it. But Shinkuela's

12:09

video ended after she

12:12

found the group of

12:15

girls in one of the bedrooms.

12:29

She was fully clothed and standing in a

12:31

circle. And you know when

12:34

you walk into a room and everyone gets

12:36

quiet and you just get this

12:38

feeling that they were talking about you before you

12:40

walked in? Well that's

12:42

the energy this video gave off. Many

12:45

people that have watched it said that

12:47

it almost felt like the girls were

12:49

plotting something. And maybe they were. Or

12:52

maybe they were just simply chatting with

12:54

no ill intent. But

12:57

based on what happens later, this

12:59

video is pretty eerie.

13:02

However, whatever was going on inside of Villa Linda

13:04

32 on the morning of October 29th, Shinkuela

13:09

continued to be energized, bubbly,

13:11

and positive. She

13:13

wanted to enjoy her trip. And

13:16

on that day, she wanted to start it

13:18

with a dip in the pool. But sadly,

13:20

the fun day she had planned

13:22

would end in tragedy. Many

13:25

hours after Shinkuela's video was posted

13:27

to social media, at around

13:29

1.50pm, it

13:31

was reported that one of the girls in the group,

13:34

Dejanee Jackson, texted the concierge

13:36

at the Villa and asked

13:38

him where the nearest medical

13:40

facility was located. The

13:43

text read, quote, I think

13:45

my friend has alcohol poisoning and

13:47

needs emergency service and

13:50

someone to translate or speak Spanish for

13:52

us. End quote. The

13:55

concierge responded that he could send a

13:57

doctor that spoke English and

13:59

they would be able to determine if their friend

14:01

needed to be taken to a hospital. De

14:04

Janay agreed and told him to send

14:07

the doctor, quote, as soon as possible.

14:10

About 10 minutes later, at 2 p.m.,

14:13

the concierge phoned the on-call doctor at

14:15

the villa, who was a

14:17

woman named Dr. Carolina Gutierrez

14:20

of the American Medical Center. Now,

14:22

for whatever reason, Dr. Gutierrez

14:25

wouldn't show up to the villa until

14:27

3.15 p.m., over

14:30

an hour after she was called. When

14:33

she did finally get there, she determined

14:35

that Shinquela was, quote, minimally

14:38

responsive and clearly dehydrated,

14:41

but her vital signs were stable.

14:44

It was reported that Shinquela

14:46

was making sounds, but she

14:49

wasn't able to make full sentences. Which

14:52

is something you would expect if someone

14:54

was so drunk they had alcohol poisoning.

14:57

Shinquela's friends told the doctor that she

14:59

had been drinking all day and that

15:02

she probably just needed an IV

15:04

to get rehydrated. So

15:07

Dr. Gutierrez attempted to administer

15:09

an IV, but she wasn't able to

15:11

find a vein, which is

15:13

pretty common if someone is

15:15

extremely dehydrated. So

15:17

from here, Dr. Gutierrez told the

15:20

group that it would probably be

15:22

best to take Shinquela to the hospital,

15:24

but the friends refused. They

15:27

wanted the doctor to treat her at

15:29

the villa. It was later reported that one

15:31

of the group members said that the reason

15:33

they didn't want to take her to the hospital was

15:36

because of the cost. So

15:39

because of that, Dr. Gutierrez continued

15:41

to help Shinquela in the video.

15:44

And while she did that, her

15:46

friend Khalil decided to call her parents

15:48

in Charlotte to let them know what

15:50

was going on. Shinquela's

15:52

mom, Selimandra, said that

15:54

she received a phone call at

15:57

4pm from Khalil's phone when she

15:59

answered she expected to hear her

16:01

daughter's voice, because the

16:03

day before, she promised to give her mom

16:05

a call. But instead

16:07

of hearing Shinkuela, she

16:10

heard her friend Khalil on the other end.

16:12

He appeared calm as he told her

16:14

that Shinkuela wasn't feeling well, and

16:17

she most likely had alcohol poisoning,

16:20

which is so scary to hear for

16:22

any parent. Salamandra

16:24

said she was shocked, and

16:27

she begged Khalil to take Shinkuela to

16:29

the doctor. But Khalil told

16:31

her that the doctor was already in the

16:33

room with Shinkuela, and that everything

16:35

was okay. So Salamandra asked

16:37

if she could speak with the doctor, but

16:40

Khalil responded that she was busy taking care

16:42

of her daughter. Everything would

16:44

be okay, and he would give

16:47

her an update if anything changed. Then

16:49

from there, he hung up the phone. Of

16:52

course, Salamandra was upset and nervous.

16:54

Her daughter was sick with alcohol poisoning in

16:56

another country, and she could do nothing to

16:59

help her. But she trusted Khalil and

17:01

believed that he would have done anything to make sure

17:03

she was taken care of. So while

17:05

Salamandra waited for updates, Dr. Gutierrez stayed

17:07

beside Shinkuela in the villa and attempted

17:09

to help her to the best of

17:11

her ability. But Shinkuela would not get

17:14

any better. In fact, 4.49 p.m., it was

17:16

reported that Shinkuela

17:18

started convulsing and had a seizure that lasted

17:20

less than one minute. It was

17:22

also obvious that Shinkuela was struggling to

17:25

breathe, and soon enough, she was in

17:27

full-blown cardiac arrest. Dr.

17:29

Gutierrez quickly called paramedics while she

17:31

and the friends took turns administering

17:33

CPR, as Shinkuela's pulse stopped. When

17:36

the ambulance finally arrived, they administered a total

17:38

of 14 rounds of CPR, five

17:41

doses of adrenaline, and six discharges

17:43

AED shocks without success. Unfortunately,

17:46

Shinkuela Robinson was pronounced dead

17:49

at 5.57 p.m., but the cause of

17:51

death was not listed as cardiopulmonary

17:53

arrest. A police report was

17:56

written after her death, and it stated

17:58

that Shinkuela passed away two hours and 45 minutes. minutes

18:00

after Dr. Gutierrez arrived at the scene and

18:02

that there were no visible injuries on her

18:04

body. Of course, this information

18:07

would later be disputed. Back

18:10

in the United States, Salamandra

18:12

anxiously waited for Khalil's phone

18:14

call with an update

18:17

on Chinquela's condition. The

18:19

news she received would leave the

18:21

Robinson family devastated. Soon

18:24

after Chinquela's death, Khalil

18:26

called Salamandra back and told

18:28

her the news that

18:30

her daughter was dead due to

18:33

alcohol poisoning. From

18:35

that moment on, Salamandra's life would never

18:37

be the same. She

18:39

was understandably distraught, but

18:41

she was also shocked as

18:44

she listened to Khalil calmly speak on the

18:46

other end of the line. He

18:48

didn't appear to be upset or panicked

18:50

that he just lost his best friend.

18:53

Salamandra was also confused because

18:56

although her daughter did drink alcohol,

18:59

she was a responsible young woman who

19:01

knew her limits. Chinquela

19:03

had never had any issues with

19:05

alcohol consumption and she never

19:07

drank to the point of where it was a

19:09

problem. But back in Cabo,

19:12

Chinquela's body was taken by the

19:14

Mexican authorities for a

19:17

partial autopsy that was conducted

19:19

on the morning of October 30th.

19:22

The concierge later reported in a

19:24

witness statement that after he

19:26

learned of Chinquela's death, he was

19:28

instructed by his supervisor to go

19:31

to the villa and find out if there was anything

19:33

he could do to help. When

19:35

he arrived, he found a

19:37

group of police officers outside speaking to

19:39

one of the house guests and

19:42

as he made his way inside, he found

19:44

the remainder of the group calmly sitting in

19:46

the living room near the bar.

19:49

He said, quote, my purpose was

19:52

to look for the main guest, Ms.

19:54

Jackson, and give her my

19:56

condolences. When I talked to her,

19:58

I gave her my condolences. He

20:00

seemed me and told me that they

20:02

i talk to her friend's mother and

20:04

mention that this was so fast. Quote

20:06

to lose her in an instant

20:08

for having too much alcohol. I.

20:11

Asked her if I could give her a hug

20:13

to which she said yes. And she

20:15

gave me a very indifferent hog. Very

20:18

cold. As saw a very

20:20

sad guest. A skinny girl. And

20:23

I saw that she was in pain.

20:25

I left that area and stayed outside

20:27

the main entrance to give them space

20:29

to mourn. Degree. But.

20:31

Minutes later I heard laughter.

20:35

And applause. Now.

20:39

As really, kabul Six, they all decided

20:41

to end their vacation early and rebook

20:43

flies out of Mexico and went back

20:45

to North Carolina almost immediately. Shockingly.

20:48

It was also reported that the Cobbles Six

20:50

had already started looking into earlier flight back

20:53

to the U S A throw being in

20:55

Mexico for twenty four hours before same clothes

20:57

death. And this prompted people to

20:59

wonder about their underlying intentions while of for

21:01

flights home or when you get there. Were.

21:04

Novice and Kuala had passed there are

21:06

rushing to get back now. the cobbles

21:08

six and enough stuffing our same clothes,

21:10

belongings and or suitcase and would later

21:12

returned them to her family in Charlotte.

21:15

Ones. Back in the states, One

21:17

by one. Each member of

21:19

the Cabos six would visit the

21:21

Robinson family. And give their side

21:23

of the story. In immediately

21:26

Salamander knew that they were

21:28

all lined street to her

21:30

face. She said that

21:32

the story between each person

21:34

was somewhat consistent. As they

21:37

all told her that simpler had passed

21:39

away. Due to alcohol poisoning.

21:42

However, she noticed that smaller

21:44

details. Such as who

21:46

called for medical services were

21:48

her body was found in

21:50

Who found. Her. Body All appeared

21:52

to be different between each

21:55

person. One. Friend told

21:57

Sell Em on draw.and made had

21:59

discovered her unresponsive on the bathroom

22:01

floor. While. Another friend said

22:04

they found her unconscious in bed.

22:07

But. The one person solomon just Salt

22:09

Lake City tries to was coolio.

22:12

After. All she was her daughter's

22:14

best friend. The. Had known each

22:16

other for years and can you have

22:18

even gone on vacations with then surely

22:20

see would be the one that has

22:22

heard the true. That. Would

22:25

see sat down and their family living

22:27

room. He too was acting. Strange.

22:30

Salamander are expected him to

22:32

be grieving. along with their families.

22:34

As they dealt with this loss. With.

22:37

I didn't seem to be the case. In

22:40

with all of the inconsistency in

22:42

their stories, Salamander knew

22:44

that something. Was wrong here. Even.

22:47

Further, after this initial meeting

22:49

with the Cabos Sex. For.

22:51

Each of them came to tell her what

22:53

happened. The. Group seem to

22:55

have disappeared. Wanting. To get

22:58

as far away from sin close family

23:00

as possible. But. For now

23:02

for parents had a lot on

23:04

their please. Late. Getting

23:07

her body back to the Us. Her

23:09

father Bernard uphold the vacation villa

23:12

in Mexico. And the Mexican

23:14

authorities numerous times to find out what

23:16

she had to do. To extradite

23:18

her body back to America. But.

23:21

He said it was almost impossible to get

23:23

anyone on the phone. There. Was

23:25

also a language barrier which didn't

23:27

help as well. And

23:30

on top of all with this. Be.

23:32

We're still trying to figure out

23:34

exactly what happened. Without.

23:36

Any information from any one in

23:38

Mexico? The. Robinsons were forced to

23:40

rely on what the cargo six had

23:42

told them. A deep down

23:45

they knew that the group was lying. And

23:47

not would be confirmed days later.

23:50

When. Salamander received an anonymous

23:52

phone. Call on the other end

23:54

of the line. this person

23:56

told her that her daughter's death

23:58

was not accidental In

24:01

fact, they said Shanquela had, quote,

24:03

been beaten into submission. From

24:06

that moment on, the Robinsons made it their

24:09

life mission to get to the bottom of

24:11

what happened. On the

24:13

morning of October 30th, Shanquela underwent

24:15

a partial autopsy by medical examiner

24:18

Dr. Renee Adalberto Galvan Osiguera from

24:20

the Secretariat of Health. He determined

24:22

that Shanquela's cause of death was

24:24

a severe spinal cord injury and

24:27

an atlas flexation. An atlas

24:29

flexation is defined as a separation of the

24:31

skull base from the atlas bone, which is

24:33

the first cervical vertebrae of the spinal column.

24:35

In addition to her internal injuries, Dr.

24:38

Osiguera also noted a three-inch bruise on

24:40

her forehead, bruises on her anatomic snuff

24:42

box, which was located on her left

24:44

wrist, and bruises on both sides of

24:46

her pelvis, a split lip, and internal

24:48

hemorrhaging behind her right eye. The

24:51

autopsy report also said that Shanquela obtained these

24:53

injuries more than 12 hours before

24:55

her death. The final assessment stated that

24:57

the type of manner of death was

24:59

violent. Unfortunately, the Robinson family

25:01

did not know these new details, as

25:03

Bernard was still struggling to find someone

25:05

in Mexico who could speak English. Every

25:08

day, multiple times per day, Bernard called

25:10

to get information from someone who could

25:12

help bring Shanquela home. And

25:14

finally, after calling the villa, someone picked

25:17

up. It was a woman from the

25:19

management team who could speak English. She

25:21

informed Bernard that Shanquela had not passed

25:23

away from alcohol poisoning. She had died

25:25

because her neck had been broken. Bernard

25:28

told The Washington Post, She is an angel. She

25:30

is the one who first told us the truth.

25:33

She said, Mr. Robinson, your daughter didn't

25:35

die of alcohol poisoning. She died of a

25:37

broken neck. Both Bernard and

25:39

Salamandra were devastated and shocked at the

25:41

news, and even more so because Shanquela's

25:44

so-called friends had blatantly lied to them

25:46

about what happened. Salamandra

25:48

vowed to find the truth as to what happened

25:50

to her child and who was responsible, and it

25:52

would only be a few weeks before she uncovered

25:54

the truth. The

26:00

video was horrific and extremely violent. It

26:07

showed a naked Shanquella inside of a bedroom at

26:09

the Villa Linda 32. She

26:12

was being beaten by one of the girls on the trip. A

26:16

witness later identified her attacker in the video as

26:18

Dejanay Jackson. It

26:21

appeared that Shanquella's best friend, Khalil

26:24

Cook, was the one recording it.

26:27

Khalil could also be heard saying, "'Quela,

26:30

can't you at least fight back?' to

26:33

which she defeatedly responded, "'No.'"

26:37

"'Quela, can you at least fight back?' to

26:40

which she defeatedly responded, "'No.'"

26:45

"'Quela, can you at least fight back?'"

26:47

"'No.'" "'At

26:50

least something.' "'At

26:53

least fight back, something.'" "'Get

26:57

off, bro, get off.'" The

27:00

date of the video was October 29th. The

27:04

same day Shanquella died, and

27:06

it showed her vulnerable, attempting

27:09

to maintain distance from her attacker.

27:12

But despite this, the girl

27:14

continued to beat her. At one

27:16

point, Shanquella was thrown to the ground, and

27:19

Shanquella just continued to sit by the foot

27:21

of the bed, while the

27:23

woman beat, yanked, and repeatedly

27:26

hit her in the head. Dejanay

27:28

then kicked Shanquella's head with her

27:30

knee, which sent her stumbling to

27:32

the other side of the room. And

27:35

it was only then when the video stopped

27:37

recording. Now to this day,

27:39

no one really knows why Shanquella was

27:41

being beat up. But it's

27:44

clear in the video that she was extremely

27:46

vulnerable. Keep in

27:48

mind she was naked, and

27:50

while she was getting beaten, her

27:53

so-called friends are videoing it. When

27:56

the video went viral after being uploaded

27:58

to Twitter, The people

28:00

who saw I wondered why nobody

28:02

intervene to stop the attack. And

28:05

instead choose to film it. Especially

28:08

when the person recording. Was chimp

28:10

well as best friend. For. Father

28:12

Bernard was out searching for a grave

28:14

site for his daughter. When you learn

28:16

there was a video of her attacked.

28:19

And when her parents watched. It be

28:21

so sift the it always speculated

28:23

that the cobbles said have been

28:25

lying about would happen. With

28:28

now they had proved. Simplest

28:30

sister, Quill along said that after

28:32

she saw the video. She.

28:35

Immediately called Camille Cook.

28:37

She said pull a cold his ass

28:39

after I saw the video. He

28:42

won't even take up the phone. And.

28:44

Call. Now. After the autopsy,

28:46

results from Mexico were get to

28:49

the Robinson family. Who November Force.

28:52

Salamanders said She asked each one.

28:54

Of the Capos sex with he did to

28:56

her child. She said. One

28:58

of the males broke out into a

29:00

sweat and immediately left. Her. House.

29:03

Be. Salamander. I'd never heard from them

29:05

again, but after the video went

29:07

viral, people began to theorize on

29:09

what went down on the Paabo

29:11

geek. He said a sub reddit

29:14

forum was even created title Chimp

29:16

while a Robinson and people were

29:18

quick to offer. Their Opinions:

29:20

Many people believed her

29:22

death was premeditated. In.

29:24

That the Pablo said had lords

29:26

and quality Mexico. With. The

29:28

intention of murdering her. Some

29:31

people stated that maybe there was tension

29:33

between the women because of one of

29:35

the men on the trip with their

29:38

have never been any reports that proves

29:40

and Kuala was romantically involved with anyone

29:42

there. Other people suspect that

29:44

she was attacked. Because. Of

29:47

jealousy. Or greed. But.

29:49

In the end, we don't really know.

29:52

Suspicions. Also sell on not

29:54

videos and club posted on the morning

29:56

of October. Twenty ninth, the one

29:58

where she walks into the room.

30:01

In. Those girls were standing in

30:03

a circle talking about her. Some

30:05

people speculate. That the group was

30:08

conspiring to jump her keep in

30:10

mind and not videos in Kuala

30:12

was naked and hours later she

30:14

was being jumped while also needed.

30:17

The salamander said that she believes

30:19

the women attacked her daughter when

30:21

she was asleep because simpler was

30:23

known sleep naked. She said that

30:26

the women attacked her when she

30:28

in Kuala with most vulnerable. And

30:30

he wanted to humiliate her find

30:33

recording it. Has all of

30:35

this was unfolding. Internet Says search

30:37

for clues on the social media

30:39

accounts of the Capos. Sick with

30:41

One soon videos went viral,

30:43

many of them to read

30:46

their accounts. He stopped communicating

30:48

with the Robinson family altogether.

30:51

When they get a ride back the Charlotte they came

30:53

over to the house the be as it can tell

30:55

us what what had happened. What?

30:58

Was that conversation like what are they tell you exactly. Where.

31:02

They tell us it was. Alcohol poison, an

31:05

arms. Weeds. Irina

31:07

Corsi each one on because we're her

31:09

Be afraid we're gonna cause saying that

31:11

eggs or without fight her it was

31:13

no such thing as account for isn't.

31:16

So. We saw x and each one

31:18

I'm forced is about the situation

31:20

and I'm bay on. That.

31:22

Night and say the I was never fight. You.

31:25

Know it was alcohol. poets. Who

31:27

told you that there was a flight? Who told

31:29

you that. Where.

31:32

It was someone called on the phone we

31:34

don't know who bush is it called us

31:36

and told us this said they was owed

31:38

our finest so the video head to be

31:40

already out mainly cause it's tell us that

31:42

because they have seen video and we get

31:44

on seems. So. I see okay

31:46

as I we learned that information. That

31:49

now Cnn deliberately as not air this videos

31:51

as it appears to show your daughter being

31:54

attacked. Do

31:56

you have any idea that anyone

31:58

it'll tell you who? Sale? But

32:00

no matter what the motive, the

32:03

video made one thing clear. The

32:22

combo 6 didn't like Shanquella. It

32:24

has also been reported that there was another

32:26

video recorded that afternoon which showed that Winter

32:28

Donovan, another woman on the trip, brutally

32:31

beating Shanquella after Desjane had stepped

32:33

back. Now, this video has not

32:35

been released and there is no sufficient evidence to

32:38

conclude that it even exists. But

32:40

apparently, Shanquella's parents and authorities have seen

32:42

it. However, due to the

32:44

first video going viral on social media

32:47

and the story being thrust into the

32:49

spotlight, Mexican authorities and the FBI finally

32:51

got involved. The Robinson family and everyone

32:53

following the case closely on social media

32:56

were outraged after the autopsy results indicated

32:58

that Shanquella had suffered a brutal and

33:00

violent death. But the police

33:02

report from Mexico still stated that she had

33:04

passed from alcohol poisoning. It was also upsetting

33:06

for people to learn that the Cabo Six

33:09

had fled Mexico and gone back to the

33:11

US without being questioned and were back to

33:13

living their normal lives. Mexican

33:15

authorities were investigating the death of Shanquella as

33:17

a femicide, a gender-based homicide that's similar

33:19

to a hate crime in the US. Serbian

33:22

judge Ivana Milovanovic explained to UN Women

33:24

that, �Femicide differs from other forms of

33:26

murder because it's the gender-related killing of

33:29

a woman only because she's a woman.

33:31

This indicates that the root causes of

33:33

femicide differs from any other types of

33:35

murder and are related to the general

33:37

position of women in the society, discrimination

33:39

against women, gender roles, unequal

33:42

distribution of power between men and

33:44

women, habitual gender stereotypes, prejudices and

33:46

violence against women.� The United States

33:49

does not differentiate between femicide and

33:51

homicide, But certain countries, including those

33:53

in Latin America, recognize that violence against

33:55

women is in a category of its

33:57

own. Fournier

34:00

Sir Daniel though Rosa Nine said the

34:02

fight wasn't a quarrel, but instead a

34:04

direct aggression. It's about to Americans, the

34:06

victim and the culprit. Unfortunately, Beatrice Garcia

34:08

Nice, a project lead for Wilson Centers

34:10

Initiative on Gender based violence, admitted that

34:12

Mexico is one of the countries that

34:15

really struggles with these types of homicides

34:17

against women, and added if you commit

34:19

a crime of some aside, there's really

34:21

not that much of a chance for

34:23

you to get convicted for it. And

34:25

that's one of the reasons why we see that rates

34:28

are still very, very high. Know

34:30

what? The Robertson family was hopeful that

34:32

be Mexican authorities as well as the

34:34

F B I. Would. Do

34:36

their jobs and bring justice to

34:39

their daughter. Bernard would later say

34:41

quote, there's a whole lot of

34:43

unanswered questions about her death. I

34:45

just want justice for. My daughter.

34:47

She was my only child. However,

34:49

by the end of November, Twenty

34:51

twenty to be original police

34:54

report and same clothes autopsy

34:56

report were given to her

34:58

family. In. There were

35:00

major inconsistency between the two.

35:03

For instance, the police report.

35:05

Which was released on November twenty

35:07

first. State. Aid from

35:09

Doctor Carolina Gutierrez in the

35:12

two police officers who responded

35:14

to deceive. The Sinclair

35:16

had passed away. Due to a

35:18

seizure brought on by alcohol poisoning.

35:21

The police report also listed her

35:23

time of death as five fifty

35:25

seven pm. But her

35:27

autopsy report said something totally

35:29

different. The doctor who

35:31

conducted her autopsy said the she

35:33

had to have died along. We

35:35

plan. Which. Is almost as

35:37

three hour difference from what the

35:39

police report says. Her. Official

35:42

death certificate said that in

35:44

college died. At a spinal

35:46

cord injury and or manner of

35:48

death was considered violent. It

35:50

also stated that simple his

35:52

death occurred within fifteen minutes.

35:55

Of receiving the final blow that snapped

35:57

her neck. With how could that

35:59

be? Plus. If that were

36:01

true, then that would mean that

36:03

Shinkuella died right around the time the

36:06

doctor arrived at the villa. But

36:08

the doctor claimed she died hours later.

36:11

And believe it or not, in the police report,

36:14

there was no mention of Shinkuella's

36:16

physical injuries to her body, while

36:19

the autopsy report mentioned numerous

36:21

bruises, a split lip, and

36:24

hemorrhaging behind her right eye. So

36:27

why wasn't any of this noted in the

36:29

police report? Interestingly

36:31

enough, the autopsy report also

36:33

had no mentions of alcohol

36:36

or any other substance found in

36:38

Shinkuella's system at the time of death.

36:41

Now toxicology reports usually take weeks

36:43

to come back, but it is

36:45

important to note that the medical

36:48

examiner did not mention alcohol at

36:50

any point in the autopsy report.

36:53

A criminal defense attorney in

36:55

Mexico named Fabian Meneses told

36:57

WSOC-TV that autopsies are more

37:00

trustworthy documents. He said, The

37:02

autopsy should overrule the report because the police report

37:05

is written by cops and the cops are not

37:07

forensic experts. They're just taking notes. They're just going

37:09

to write out what they're told by witnesses. I

37:11

would say that most police reports don't have the

37:14

truth because it's either hearsay or they're being custom

37:16

tailored to what the police need to be in

37:18

the report. I don't want to say that all

37:20

police reports are false, but you definitely cannot rely

37:22

just on a report. But the police report

37:25

in the autopsy report only created more

37:27

questions for the Robinson family. How

37:29

was Shinkuella alive for two hours and 45 minutes

37:32

while Dr. Gutierrez attempted to revive her?

37:34

But the autopsy report suggested she was

37:36

deceased within 15 minutes after receiving the

37:38

fatal blow to her neck. It's been

37:40

speculated that the police and Dr. Gutierrez

37:42

lied, but of course, this is mere

37:45

conjecture at this point, but it created

37:47

more suspicions about what exactly happened to

37:49

Shinkuella on October 29th. The

37:52

media attention continued to invoke a global

37:54

outcry with the hashtag justice for

37:56

Shinkuella trending on Facebook, TikTok and

37:58

Twitter. Pablo Sixx remained

38:00

radio silent after information and footage leaked

38:03

regarding Chancuela's death and Azir Waggons, the

38:05

friend who arrived late to the vacation

38:07

on October 29th, went live

38:09

on his social media and talked about what he

38:12

witnessed. So far, he's the only

38:14

person to ever speak about what happened inside

38:16

Villa Linda 32. But

38:18

keep in mind, this is a live stream, so some

38:20

of the audio is a little messed up. Azir

39:19

said that he arrived after 3pm to

39:21

the villa on the afternoon of October

39:24

29th, and when

39:26

he got there, he had no knowledge about

39:28

a fight. He said

39:30

when he arrived, he was told by

39:32

the group that Chancuela had alcohol poisoning,

39:34

so he went into her bedroom, turned

39:37

on some soft music, and

39:39

stroked her hair until the doctor

39:41

arrived. I was not there

39:43

until the next day. I didn't see a fight, I

39:46

didn't know it was a fight, I didn't know

39:48

it was a video, I didn't know they did any

39:50

harm, anything. I went in there and told those alcohol

39:52

poisoning, so that's what I helped her as. That's what

39:54

I helped her as. I didn't leave her side. I

39:57

fell on soft music, saw her walker rubbing her head

39:59

to the nurse. He went on

40:01

to say that Shonquella was alive when he arrived at

40:03

the villa. And

40:30

by the time the medical examiner got there,

40:32

at around 3.30, she was deceased. He

40:36

said he was told by the rest of

40:38

the Cabo Six that the maids had found

40:41

her slumped over on the toilet inside of

40:43

her bedroom. Again,

41:30

none of these timelines are adding up.

41:32

Nazir, the guy in the video you just

41:35

listened to, said that he got to the villa

41:37

at 3 and Shonquella was

41:39

alive. Then by

41:41

3.30, the medical examiner said she was

41:44

deceased. But again, the police

41:46

report said she died around 6. And

41:49

another thing people wanted to know Is:

41:51

why wouldn't the doctor at the

41:54

villa immediately send Shonquella to the

41:56

hospital once she saw her condition?

42:00

She was rough shape by she just

42:02

continue to treat her at the villa.

42:05

Now the doctor would later say that

42:07

the friends didn't once in Kuala going

42:09

to the hospital because it would be

42:11

to expenses. Would hospital visits

42:13

and Mexico. Are wage cheaper compared

42:15

to the United States. And

42:18

even is it was very expenses. You

42:20

have a twenty five year old girl who is

42:22

dying in front of you. The

42:25

cost shouldn't matter. And she

42:27

should have been sent. To the hospital immediately

42:29

but all with this information

42:31

only clouded the case even

42:33

more. And. The one question that

42:36

lingered in everyone's mind was what

42:38

in the happened. And why

42:40

we're people. I. Once. And

42:42

close body was back in the Us

42:44

vs. The I ordered another autopsy which

42:47

took place on November seventeenth. two thousand

42:49

and twenty two. That morning around nine

42:51

am, the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner's office

42:53

started the autopsy with the report when

42:56

be made public until April two thousand

42:58

and Twenty three. Meanwhile, forty

43:00

five days after senseless death on November

43:02

Twenty Fourth, Attorney General Daniel Dealer Rosa

43:04

Night in Mexico announced that award for

43:06

rest and extradition has been issued for

43:08

one of the female members of the

43:11

Compost Six. He stated this case is

43:13

fully clarified, even have a court order

43:15

there's an arrest warrant issued for the

43:17

crime of them aside to the detriment

43:19

of the victim and against an alleged

43:21

perpetrator a friend of hers who was

43:23

the aggressor. Actually, it wasn't a quarrel

43:25

and said a direct aggressive we're carrying

43:28

out all the pertinent procedures such. As

43:30

the Interpol Alert and the requests for

43:32

Extradition to the United States of America.

43:34

It's about to americans the victim and

43:36

the culprit. Who. Was later reported that

43:38

the American Citizen was days in a Jackson.

43:40

The woman who was observed is being the

43:42

aggressor in the video that went viral. according

43:45

to the charlotte observer there isn't a

43:47

had to prior arrests in north carolina

43:49

before the cabo incident both were nonviolent

43:51

offenses with one being a speeding ticket

43:53

in guildford county but despite an arrest

43:55

warrant being issued for days in a

43:57

jackson there have been no legitimate report

44:00

that indicate she was ever brought into

44:02

police custody. However, a Mexican

44:04

news outlet titled Metropolamix reported that

44:06

Dejune was arrested by Interpol agents

44:08

on November 28, 2022. Metropolamix said

44:12

that she was apprehended in Connecticut and was

44:15

being held in federal custody, but the

44:17

Robinson family stated that they were never

44:19

made aware of any arrest in their

44:21

daughter's murder. In response, Metropolamix stated that

44:23

the Mexican government wanted the arrest to

44:25

be kept secret to avoid violating the

44:28

due process of extradition, but this

44:30

information has not been confirmed. Salamandra

44:33

hoped that Dejune Jackson, as well

44:35

as the rest of the Cabo

44:37

Six, would be arrested and sent

44:39

back to Mexico for prosecution. Under

44:42

federal law in Mexico, if the

44:44

Cabo Six was convicted, they could

44:47

each face up to 60 years in

44:49

prison. Salamandra told ABC

44:51

News, I would

44:53

like to see each of them sent back

44:55

to Mexico because their plan was to come

44:58

back here thinking they weren't going to be

45:00

prosecuted. She further added,

45:03

Shanquela was a caring person, and

45:05

I want them to always remember that. We're

45:08

going to keep her legacy alive. And

45:12

it appeared that the Mexican authorities and the

45:15

FBI were finally taking the

45:17

murder of Shanquela seriously after

45:20

her sister Quilla Long created

45:22

a GoFundMe page. The

45:24

page read, the United

45:27

States released a statement claiming, no

45:29

clear evidence of foul play. Yet

45:32

there is a video circulating of

45:34

a woman violently attacking Shanquela. This

45:37

statement is unacceptable and we

45:39

are beyond devastated. We

45:41

continue to fight for the truth. The

45:44

GoFundMe would ultimately raise $407,982 for

45:46

the Robinson family, which

45:52

included a top donation of $50,000 from

45:56

the American professional basketball player,

45:58

Kyrie Irving. Quilla said

46:01

that the donations would help with

46:03

Shankwela's funeral expenses as well

46:05

as legal fees. Now, in

46:07

December of 2022, Quilla

46:09

Long spoke to Nancy Grace on

46:11

her podcast, Crime Stories with

46:14

Nancy Grace, about the ongoing

46:16

investigation into her sister's murder.

46:19

Nancy asked Quilla Long, what

46:21

are the police telling your mom? And

46:24

Quilla responded, as of now,

46:26

nothing. The FBI, when she's

46:28

in contact with them, they tell

46:30

her they can't give her any more information and to

46:33

just be patient." Nancy

46:37

Grace ripped into the American authorities about why

46:39

no arrests had been made after a warrant

46:41

and extradition was issued. According

46:43

to Nancy, finding the Cabo Six shouldn't be

46:46

a hard process if American authorities were doing

46:48

their jobs. As for Quilla, Shankwela's

46:50

so-called best friend, Quilla said that she tried

46:52

to track him down at this residence but

46:54

found that he had moved. Meanwhile,

46:57

while the Cabo Six remained free to go

46:59

about their lives, the Robinson family was forced

47:01

to lay Shankwela to rest. On

47:04

Saturday, November 19, 2022, Shankwela's

47:06

funeral service was held at

47:08

the Macedonia Baptist Church in

47:11

Charlotte, where she and her family worshipped. Hundreds

47:14

of friends, family, and members of the

47:16

community arrived to show their support and

47:18

grieve the untimely death of the 25-year-old

47:20

woman. Her pink and white coffin

47:22

was brought in on a horse-drawn carriage, and

47:24

mourners wore pink in her honor. She

47:28

was a very humble spirit, very,

47:30

just very sweet girl. Shankwela

47:33

Robinson's coffin brought into the church

47:36

by a horse-drawn carriage. Her

47:38

celebration of life services bringing out hundreds

47:40

of people. Loved ones wore

47:43

pink in her honor. Danny

47:45

Griffin, a family friend, says she'll always

47:47

be remembered as a kind soul and

47:49

daddy's little girl. Sometimes, my

47:51

daughters just don't do wrong in front of my father's

47:54

eyes and everything. She

47:56

was the twinkle of his eyes. Robinson's

47:58

death remains a mystery. The after a

48:00

trip with friends in Pobl last month,

48:03

but her death captured the hearts of

48:05

communities beyond the Queen City. It

48:07

means a lot to see Charlotte supporting

48:09

her and her family have a daughter.

48:12

I have nieces. That's our was

48:14

a month for his. And she

48:16

should have been able to feel comfortable and

48:18

still face. Decision Investment Robinson's neighbor

48:21

and stylist love our As

48:23

Smith starter here for the

48:25

trip and says she's heartbroken.

48:27

The Sousa's excited about mourn or

48:29

through. All the

48:31

monsoons as talk about a lot of

48:33

person was low light winds as quick

48:36

lesson learned. My lesson. Well

48:38

known activists to meet. A D. Mallory

48:40

says she stands in solidarity with the

48:42

Robinsons losing a loved one in the

48:44

heinous ways in which had happened some

48:46

same kuala there probably will never be

48:48

peace Finance flat they have had. not

48:50

just the and an open situation. it

48:53

has to be close. The truth on

48:55

and it has to be that there

48:57

is accountability for those who are responsible

48:59

for her deaths. Griffin says this is

49:01

a tough loss and he is leaning

49:03

to his face. Who by the have

49:05

sued. Or

49:08

father or daughter or anything to

49:11

make you wanted his view them

49:13

as you need. for this family

49:15

it improved would have protection over

49:18

your own sewage. Jesse

49:20

Pierre De B, C and C. Charlotte. With.

49:22

No progress in the case On

49:25

December tenth. Twenty Twenty two. Seen.

49:27

Close friends and family held a rally.

49:30

At. Little Rock am he sign

49:32

on Turks and Uptown Charlotte. And.

49:35

They were there to demand justice. Be

49:38

served. Those. In Attendance

49:40

honored simplest life and demanded that

49:42

the Coppers six be punished for

49:44

the crime of murder. School.

49:51

Community. Members by the hundred

49:53

gathering inside his of town

49:55

servicers. Somber

49:58

moments with in helping a. Grief

50:00

I wish I could yell at

50:02

a top of my mom. So

50:04

far have been my hands on

50:06

the table and. And

50:09

says. A

50:14

pad search honoring sync with a

50:16

Robin same the twenty five road Charlotte

50:18

native who died on vacation in Mexico

50:20

was are incredibly said. Young.

50:26

Unanswered questions leaving the family

50:28

and community members heartbroken in

50:30

related subjects. Mexican authorities confirming

50:32

this was not an accident,

50:34

A disturbing video circulating online

50:36

Wcnc Charlotte choosing to not

50:38

air the footage out of

50:40

respect but in the video,

50:42

Robinson. Father confirming it shows Robinson

50:44

being beaten in what appears on

50:46

the trip to Mexico. According to

50:48

the death certificate, Robinson's cause of

50:50

death was severe spinal cord injury

50:52

and l a slug see him

50:54

which is instability of the uppermost

50:56

that vertebrae. Recently according to a

50:58

max him prosecutor an arrest warrant

51:00

has been issued for one of

51:02

Robinson's friends in relation to her

51:04

death. One of my. Window

51:08

when they're less through the a most

51:10

in a call for action fills. The

51:13

Sanctuary. Racer

51:17

words captivating

51:21

everyone inside

51:24

risks. As each

51:26

person takes the mike, the same take

51:28

away was given. Keep alone and limited.

51:32

Seating. Remembering The

51:34

Lights include Robinson Whys. And

51:37

hows you will forever be in

51:39

the hearts of many across the

51:42

world's in Charlotte Austin Water wcnc

51:44

Charlotte. In January of Twenty

51:46

Twenty Three. After. Family members,

51:48

friends in the community release balloons

51:51

on what would have been sink

51:53

well as twenty. Sixth birthday.

51:55

They. were still no updates were

51:57

progress and the investigation Salamandra

52:00

Bernard Quilla, and those closest

52:02

to Shanquella, could only wait

52:04

for word that someone had

52:06

been arrested. The balloon

52:09

release on January 9, 2023, was hosted

52:11

by the Million Youth March. Hundreds

52:16

of balloons were released. In one

52:18

of Shanquella's closest friends, a

52:21

woman named Shannadika told

52:23

WCNC Charlotte that birthday

52:25

celebrations were always Shanquella's

52:27

favorite. One of the

52:30

group organizers stated, quote, the

52:32

Robinson family became Charlotte's family

52:34

when this tragedy happened. So

52:37

ensuring and seeing the hashtags on

52:39

social media is very important. The

52:42

case's momentum appeared to hinge solely

52:44

on its social media presence, and

52:47

the hashtag justice for Shanquella

52:49

Robinson continued to make

52:51

its rounds on Twitter, Instagram, and

52:54

TikTok. On January 17, 2023,

52:57

the Baja California sewer attorney general, Daniel

52:59

de la Rosa Anaya, held a press

53:01

conference and gave an update on the

53:04

progress of the case. He said, there's

53:06

no impunity in this case. Right now,

53:08

it is important to obtain, above all,

53:11

the judicial order of the presumed person

53:13

responsible for these unfortunate events. He

53:16

also said that through their work with Interpol,

53:18

a red notice was issued for the location

53:20

and arrest of Dejanay Jackson. A red notice

53:22

is a request issued by Interpol to be

53:24

on the lookout for a suspect pending extradition.

53:27

Although it is not an international arrest

53:29

warrant, a red notice serves as a

53:31

request for countries to work together to

53:33

locate and detain a suspect pending legal

53:35

proceedings. It was a positive step

53:37

forward for the Robinson family, but of

53:39

course, there were limitations with the murder happening

53:42

outside of the US. Chris

53:44

Sweaker, a retired FBI agent, spoke

53:46

with WCNC Charlotte and admitted, if

53:48

the foreign country is willing to

53:50

prosecute that individual, they will exercise

53:53

the jurisdiction. The other one is,

53:55

if that perpetrator is out of the country where

53:57

the murder took place, then that country has no

53:59

means of prosecuting or investigating the perpetrator.

54:02

During her podcast, Nancy Grace slammed the United

54:05

States efforts in helping locate the Cabo Six

54:07

and said that it shouldn't be a hard

54:09

task. She also said that if

54:11

any of the family members were actively hiding the

54:13

suspects, then they too should be charged with harboring

54:15

a fugitive. But despite the

54:17

international attention on Shancuella's case, the Cabo

54:20

Six were still going about their normal

54:22

routines, while the Robinson family endured torment

54:24

day in and day out. On

54:27

February 18, 2023,

54:29

the Robinson family,

54:32

friends, and community activists once

54:34

again gathered at the Little

54:36

Rock AME Zion Church to

54:39

demand justice. This time,

54:41

the group sat down and wrote

54:43

letters to Mexican authorities and

54:46

White House officials, begging them

54:48

to take action in her case. One

54:51

hundred letters were mailed to Mexico

54:53

and Washington, D.C. in

54:55

pink envelopes. Shancuella's favorite

54:57

color, civil rights

54:59

activist John C. Barnett said, quote, every

55:01

time they see a pink envelope, they

55:03

are going to know that we are

55:06

trying to put pressure on them to

55:08

execute the warrant to arrest these

55:10

individuals. End quote. It's

55:13

been nearly four months since a

55:16

local woman, Shancuella Robinson, mysteriously died

55:18

during a vacation with friends while

55:20

in Cabo. Her death

55:22

is being investigated as a homicide

55:24

after a video surfaced showing Robinson

55:27

being violently attacked during her trip.

55:29

An arrest warrant has been filed by

55:32

Mexican authorities, but no one has yet

55:34

been arrested. Today, as

55:36

the search goes on for answers,

55:38

dozens of people taken to the

55:40

streets to demand justice. The CNC

55:42

Charlotte's Jesse Pierre has that part of the

55:44

story. The people

55:46

who really love her and genuinely know her and

55:49

genuinely, you know, have been around her. We

55:51

know we're not letting up. The call

55:53

for justice in the case of Shancuella

55:56

Robinson continues. Family, friends and supporters putting

55:58

their demands in writing. Doing

56:00

each pink envelopes with a letter to

56:02

Mexican authorities asking them to take action.

56:05

So everytime I see a pink envelope they're

56:07

gonna know that we're trying to put pressure

56:09

on them to execute the wants to lock

56:11

up these under bridges in. October Robinson tragedy

56:13

lost her life during a vacation with

56:15

friends and Paabo. Mexican authorities filed an

56:17

arrest warrant in her case the following

56:19

months after video showed her violently been

56:21

by one of her friends. A month

56:23

later no one has been arrested for

56:25

her death and my letter state make

56:28

mainly state we want justice now or

56:30

you guys won't be able to rest

56:32

but I may so I put an

56:34

outlet a how we generally feel how

56:36

is It hasn't been easy since since

56:38

it happened. Smile. On his and

56:40

safe to say letters make phone

56:42

calls to more March is what

56:44

have we have to do for.

56:50

The group march. To the post office the

56:52

mail about one hundred letters and not only

56:54

Mexican authorities that also the White House holding

56:56

a banner with Robinson photo and the word

56:58

to Fight for Kuala T. Is from

57:00

North Carolina. see as our daughter

57:02

says, everybody's.everybody says and everybody system

57:04

Everybody's granddaughter and we need to

57:07

support her family and continue to

57:09

say her name. Loved

57:13

ones hoping that with every letter mailed

57:15

it is a step closer to getting

57:17

justice for Robinson. She deserves justice has

57:19

family deserves as as her friends or

57:21

clients kid client everyone deserves justice because

57:23

as that was a said at what

57:25

happened to her disappeared. To be Cnc Charlotte.

57:28

The. Despite their efforts, the keys

57:30

to still. In. There was

57:32

no word from Mexican officials were

57:34

guarding and arrest or extradition. And

57:37

any of the top of set. So

57:39

on March. Third, The. Robinson family

57:41

in a group of activists traveled to.

57:43

Washington. D C. To

57:45

plead to lawmakers to take action.

57:48

Then Chromed and Sealand Robinson,

57:51

two attorneys hired by the

57:53

Robinsons. Said. That same qualities.

57:55

Was in the hands of the United

57:57

States government. Then. Chrome.

58:00

a renowned civil rights attorney, was

58:02

responsible for bringing attention to the

58:05

justice of high profile, was

58:07

responsible for bringing attention and justice

58:10

to the high profile cases of

58:12

Trayvon Martin, George Floyd, and the

58:14

residents of Flint, Michigan, who were

58:16

poisoned by the water of the

58:19

Flint River. Now with

58:21

this help in the case of

58:23

Shambhuella, the Robinson family was hopeful

58:25

that the United States would finally

58:27

listen and bring justice to their

58:29

daughter. Ben Crump would

58:32

later say, quote, it's not a

58:34

hard ask. Either extradite

58:36

the killer or take jurisdiction

58:38

so you can prosecute the killer.

58:41

It's simple. We are asking for

58:43

a high level of diplomatic intervention from

58:45

the president of the United States and

58:48

for the Department of Justice to do what

58:51

is necessary to bring the person

58:53

and people who are responsible for

58:55

her murder to justice. I'm

58:58

attorney Ben Crump, along

59:01

with my great co-counsel

59:03

and partner, attorney Sue

59:05

Ann Robinson and

59:08

attorney Nabiha Sheer, Monique

59:12

Presley. We

59:14

have the honor of

59:17

representing the mother

59:20

of Shambhuella Robinson and

59:23

her family. We

59:25

also have present with us a

59:29

force of nature in

59:31

the name of Tamika Mallory

59:35

with Until Freedom. Also

59:38

we have my son, the general. We

59:41

have Angelo, the professor, Linda

59:45

Sarson and

59:47

other freedom fighters and activists,

59:50

not only here in Washington,

59:52

D.C., but especially in

59:55

her hometown of Charlotte, North

59:57

Carolina. And we applaud those.

1:00:00

activists in Charlotte from being there

1:00:02

from the beginning till

1:00:04

the end. We

1:00:07

are delighted and so

1:00:09

thankful to have one

1:00:11

of our true icons, one

1:00:14

of our heroes standing for

1:00:16

justice for the family of Shinkuela

1:00:18

Robinson. And that is

1:00:20

none other than Dr. Ben Chavis,

1:00:22

the head of the National Newspaper

1:00:25

Association. Thank you so much, Dr.

1:00:27

Chavis for being here. Attorney

1:00:32

Robinson and Ms. Mallory,

1:00:36

we talked about this day with the family

1:00:39

long before it happened. And

1:00:41

we were praying that we

1:00:43

would not have to come here on this

1:00:45

day. Six months

1:00:47

later, 200 days later from when Ms. Alemandra's

1:00:54

baby, Shinkuela was tragically killed

1:00:57

on that video. To

1:01:00

Quilla, her sister is also

1:01:02

present with us. And

1:01:04

we were hopeful that

1:01:06

the killers of

1:01:09

Shinkuela Robinson would have

1:01:12

already started to face,

1:01:16

would have already started to face

1:01:19

their... We

1:01:27

want to make sure everybody can hear. Okay.

1:01:36

We want to make sure everyone can hear. We

1:01:43

were hopeful that this day never had to happen.

1:01:46

Six months, March from when

1:01:48

Shinkuela Robinson was killed, we

1:01:51

were hopeful that her killers

1:01:53

would have already been bought

1:01:56

to justice, that they would have already

1:01:58

been picked up. with the warrant

1:02:01

that the Mexican government issue

1:02:03

for the immersive

1:02:06

for beating brutality

1:02:09

that saw this young black

1:02:11

woman who at the time was

1:02:13

naked and not fighting back and

1:02:16

when acts right, Miss Mallory, why

1:02:19

don't you fight back? She said she's not

1:02:21

going to fight back, but yet her

1:02:24

killers continued to brutalize her.

1:02:27

We were hoping that that

1:02:29

was enough evidence to say

1:02:32

you should be arrested and

1:02:36

let the wheels of justice start

1:02:38

turning because she quelled a life

1:02:40

matter. And

1:02:43

then we got the autopsy reports

1:02:46

and we just believed in our heart

1:02:48

of hearts that that was

1:02:51

enough to bring the

1:02:53

killers to be

1:02:55

arrested. So the wheels

1:02:58

of justice would start turning,

1:03:01

but yet that did not happen. We

1:03:04

were hopeful that

1:03:06

once the FBI got

1:03:08

engaged, that they

1:03:10

will respect this American

1:03:12

citizen, this young

1:03:14

black woman who based on

1:03:17

the video did absolutely nothing

1:03:20

to warrant such a savage

1:03:23

beating. But

1:03:25

yet here we

1:03:27

are six months later and

1:03:30

everybody who participated and

1:03:33

the maiming

1:03:36

and brutality of Shackella Robinson

1:03:39

is still completely free.

1:03:44

Imagine if this is your child. Imagine if this is your

1:03:48

daughter who you bear and you bought

1:03:51

into this world. Just

1:03:55

imagine that. and

1:04:00

nobody is being

1:04:02

held accountable for

1:04:05

how they killed her. And

1:04:07

that's why I'm so thankful to my

1:04:11

partner attorney Sue Ann Robison

1:04:13

and Tamika Mallory, these strong

1:04:15

black women, saying that

1:04:18

it's not just your sister, Chiquilla.

1:04:22

Chiquilla Robison is all our

1:04:24

sister. And if it can

1:04:27

happen to Chiquilla Robison, then it

1:04:29

can happen to your sister too. So

1:04:31

we all got to stand up for

1:04:33

justice for Chiquilla Robison. Justice

1:04:36

for Chiquilla Robison. Justice

1:04:38

for Chiquilla Robison. Justice

1:04:41

for Chiquilla Robison. Justice

1:04:44

for Chiquilla Robison. Sue

1:04:47

Ann Robinson traveled to Mexico on the

1:04:49

family's behalf and publicly stated that the

1:04:51

treatment of black women in cases like

1:04:53

Chiquilla's is unfair. She said, going to

1:04:55

the police station, going to the attorney

1:04:57

general's office, going to the Mexican Red

1:04:59

Cross, going to the doctor's office and going

1:05:01

to the actual villa where she had

1:05:03

spent her last moment. Trying to

1:05:06

find answers for this family was actually

1:05:08

unreal. Nobody should have to do that

1:05:10

for something that is equal and fair.

1:05:12

Activist Tamika Mallory compared Chiquilla's case to

1:05:14

the disappearance of Natalie Holloway in

1:05:17

2005, the story that we just

1:05:19

covered. She added, forget about her

1:05:21

being a black woman. She is a woman

1:05:23

and she is a United States citizen. And

1:05:25

we know what you can do. Let me

1:05:27

tell you how we know what you can

1:05:29

do because we've seen you do it before.

1:05:31

When Natalie Holloway went missing in Aruba, America

1:05:33

stopped and stood still. Natalie Holloway was in

1:05:35

our homes every day and she should have

1:05:37

been. And so should Chiquilla Robinson. Salamandra

1:05:40

stated that while the Cabo Six returned to

1:05:42

work and their normal lives, their lives had

1:05:44

been turned upside down and they were left

1:05:46

to wait and beg for answers in their

1:05:48

daughter's case. On March 13, Ben

1:05:50

Crump and Sue Ann Robinson shared a

1:05:52

letter that they wrote to President Joe

1:05:54

Biden and Secretary of State Anthony Blinken

1:05:56

that identified Dejanay Jackson as the aggressor

1:05:58

in the video. that showed Shanquela

1:06:01

being beaten to death. Included with

1:06:03

the letter was an 18-page document that

1:06:05

included the Mexican autopsy, police

1:06:07

report, the original Cabo Villa's rental

1:06:09

agreement, and multiple interviews with witnesses

1:06:11

after the murder. The letter stated,

1:06:14

Dear President Biden and Secretary Blinken,

1:06:16

On behalf of the family of

1:06:18

Shanquela Robinson, we write to request

1:06:21

immediate diplomatic intervention from the U.S.

1:06:23

government in this transnational criminal case.

1:06:25

The case involves the death of

1:06:27

Shanquela Robinson, a 25-year-old ambitious, bright

1:06:30

entrepreneur and American citizen. Given

1:06:32

the nature and scope of this

1:06:34

case, we believe that diplomatic intervention

1:06:36

from the U.S. government could help

1:06:38

facilitate the necessary cooperation and coordination

1:06:40

between the involved parties to ensure

1:06:42

that justice is served timely, that

1:06:44

the accused are tried under the

1:06:46

appropriate legal system, that extradition is

1:06:48

possible, and that international cooperation is

1:06:50

fostered. The document included

1:06:53

an official statement from the administrator of

1:06:55

the villa on November 19, 2022. Although

1:06:57

the name is blacked out,

1:07:01

the man admitted that he saw the

1:07:03

video of Shanquela being beaten inside

1:07:06

the bedroom, and he concluded

1:07:08

that after watching the video and

1:07:10

looking at the sun rays, he

1:07:13

indicated that the video was taken between 7

1:07:15

and 8.30 a.m., saying, In

1:07:20

the video, it can be seen that the

1:07:22

headboard is illuminated by the sun's rays, and

1:07:25

due to the location of the sun's rays, I

1:07:27

can deduce that it is between 7 and 8.30

1:07:29

a.m., since

1:07:32

the bedrooms 1 and 3 are

1:07:34

waterfront, and it's easy

1:07:36

to deduce the morning schedule since

1:07:39

the sun rises on the seaside,

1:07:41

illuminating those rooms. That

1:07:43

is room number 3, because that is

1:07:46

the only one that has a hammock outside of

1:07:48

it, and the hammock can be seen

1:07:50

in the video." Also

1:07:53

included was the official statement

1:07:55

from the concierge, who

1:07:57

admitted to hearing the Kaposik's laugh

1:07:59

after after Shinkuela's death and how the

1:08:01

group packed up their belongings and

1:08:03

left the villa without informing anyone

1:08:06

at the front desk. The

1:08:08

concierge said that Dejanay Jackson

1:08:10

texted him at 9pm on

1:08:12

October 29th and asked

1:08:14

for a driver to take them to dinner

1:08:16

in San Jose. Apparently

1:08:19

the group hadn't eaten all day and they

1:08:21

were hungry. But the concierge was

1:08:23

later informed that instead of going

1:08:25

to a restaurant, the group had

1:08:27

the driver take them to the

1:08:30

airport where they quickly flew back

1:08:32

to the United States on October 30th. He

1:08:35

would later say, quote, When I

1:08:37

saw the video on social media,

1:08:39

I realized that practically the main

1:08:41

guest Ms. Jackson had manipulated me

1:08:43

with the information she provided of

1:08:45

what happened to leave the country

1:08:47

as soon as possible. End

1:08:50

quote. But months later, on

1:08:52

March 16th, the White

1:08:54

House publicly addressed the murder of

1:08:56

Shinkuela Robinson for the first time

1:08:58

with a press conference given by

1:09:00

the White House press secretary. A

1:09:04

letter to the White House about

1:09:07

this case. The shown

1:09:09

woman was killed in Mexico in October

1:09:11

of last year. The

1:09:13

suspect is in this country,

1:09:16

along with those back here,

1:09:18

along with those who were present

1:09:21

during the group, the dead look

1:09:24

beating. He sent

1:09:26

a letter asking for extradition

1:09:28

of the suspect to Mexico for an

1:09:30

ex- The

1:09:49

tragedy is just devastating. We've been following

1:09:51

the news here, but

1:09:54

because there's an FBI investigation underway, there's

1:09:56

very little that we can say. We

1:10:00

are very careful about criminal

1:10:03

investigations or any investigations that

1:10:05

are currently happening through DOJ in

1:10:08

this particular case, FBI. But

1:10:10

our hearts go out to, again,

1:10:13

to the families. And I would have

1:10:15

to refer you to the DOJ and the State Department on

1:10:18

this. Let me ask you this. Since there's

1:10:20

an FBI investigation, does that mean nothing happens

1:10:22

until the investigation is complete? Or

1:10:24

I mean, could, I mean, the United

1:10:26

States has extradition, an extradition treaty with

1:10:29

Mexico. Is all

1:10:31

of this contingent upon the FBI

1:10:33

investigation? What I can say is there's

1:10:35

an investigation going on. So this is something that the

1:10:37

FBI has to speak to. So that's why I'm referring

1:10:39

you to the Department of Justice. And

1:10:42

it's also an issue of the State Department, again. So

1:10:44

I would refer you to the State Department as it

1:10:46

relates to another country and

1:10:48

the diplomatic conversations that occur there. But

1:10:51

again, this is something that we're clearly

1:10:53

following here. And our

1:10:55

hearts go out to her family. And last

1:10:57

question on this. Are there capabilities for

1:11:00

the United States to take jurisdiction over

1:11:02

this if it doesn't go, if the

1:11:05

suspect does not expedite that? April,

1:11:08

I understand the question. And I appreciate the

1:11:10

questions, all important questions to ask of me.

1:11:12

But again, there is an ongoing investigation. So

1:11:14

I would refer you to the Department

1:11:16

of Justice. It's not a process, not

1:11:18

necessarily the investigation. But

1:11:20

there is a process that's currently

1:11:22

happening because of the investigation. So

1:11:24

I would refer you to the Department of Justice and also

1:11:26

the State Department as there are, this

1:11:29

is a diplomatic issue that needs to be

1:11:31

handled on that end. Okay.

1:11:34

The information provided by the White House

1:11:36

was limited and didn't provide any important

1:11:38

information regarding Shancuella's case other than it

1:11:41

was an active investigation and questions should

1:11:43

be directed to the FBI, State Department,

1:11:45

and the Department of Justice. But

1:11:48

the Robinson family continued to demand federal

1:11:50

action. And on March 23, the family

1:11:52

and attorney Ben Crump promised to maintain

1:11:54

pressure on authorities to either prosecute the

1:11:56

combo six in the United States or

1:11:59

extradite the U.S. them back to Mexico.

1:12:01

In addition to Ben Crump, there were

1:12:03

several other civil rights advocates in attendance

1:12:05

inside the Verrick Auditorium at Livingston College

1:12:08

in Salisbury, North Carolina. The

1:12:13

development, as you all

1:12:15

know, attorney Sue Ann

1:12:17

Robinson, co-counsel,

1:12:20

and I offered a

1:12:23

letter that we sent to President

1:12:25

Biden and Secretary Blinken, asking

1:12:28

them to do one or two things, and

1:12:33

that was either to

1:12:36

extradite the

1:12:39

killers of Shacwill and

1:12:41

Robinson, because

1:12:44

there's an outstanding warrant

1:12:47

by the Mexican government

1:12:51

based on the evidence, not just

1:12:53

on the video, but evidence of

1:12:55

autopsy, that her neck

1:12:58

was broke, that that was the

1:13:00

cause of death. And we

1:13:02

see how her neck got broke based

1:13:04

on the video, or

1:13:08

to accept

1:13:12

the concurrent jurisdiction that

1:13:15

the Mexican government has offered

1:13:17

America to

1:13:19

come and have a

1:13:22

federal prosecutor prosecute

1:13:24

the killers of

1:13:27

Shacwill and Robinson. And the reason

1:13:29

that is an option,

1:13:33

when you think about it, everybody involved

1:13:35

were U.S. citizens. I don't have

1:13:38

to tell you all the story.

1:13:40

Her and these alleged

1:13:43

friends went

1:13:46

to Mexico for a vacation,

1:13:49

and for reasons

1:13:51

we cannot think of, it's

1:13:56

inexplicable whether it's envy or

1:13:58

why they would. murder

1:14:03

while he was murdered, and

1:14:06

it's still heartbreaking to think about the

1:14:09

video. And so we

1:14:12

have put the issue

1:14:14

right at the footsteps of

1:14:17

the White House, from PQT. We

1:14:21

expect Senator Menendez, who's

1:14:23

over the Foreign Relations

1:14:25

Committee, and he's telling

1:14:28

us to have a meeting with

1:14:30

our legal team and the family,

1:14:33

Tamika Mallory and other people who

1:14:35

have been advocating for justice, to

1:14:38

explain to us why

1:14:40

they can do all these things

1:14:42

for other people, where they have

1:14:45

no video evidence, but when you

1:14:47

have video evidence of what happened

1:14:49

to this angel from Charlotte, you're

1:14:52

all a slow-tragger. They

1:14:55

don't make any sense to any of us. And

1:14:58

then also we expect that

1:15:01

we're going to have, whether

1:15:04

virtually or in person, a

1:15:07

meeting with the White House after the

1:15:10

1st of April. And

1:15:12

these are something from them in

1:15:15

regards to our request. Now, they have

1:15:17

been very cautious to say they don't

1:15:19

want to interfere with the

1:15:22

State Department and

1:15:24

prosecutors, and we

1:15:27

respect that. However,

1:15:30

she was an American citizen. She

1:15:33

was killed on a foreign

1:15:36

land on video.

1:15:39

We expect for you to care about

1:15:41

this Black woman, just like you would

1:15:44

care about any other American citizen killed

1:15:46

in a foreign country on video. So

1:15:49

we want you to use the full

1:15:51

weight of your

1:15:53

office to get

1:15:55

justice, because as we talked

1:15:57

about so Eloquently.,

1:16:00

Possibly live in college and

1:16:02

equal justice? Not for justice.

1:16:04

Delays is justice demands and

1:16:06

we're not a good just

1:16:08

as missing. Well a rather

1:16:10

than a sweet I'll just

1:16:12

as one way or the

1:16:15

other forces will receive just

1:16:17

as was Sports. Justice

1:16:21

for sick will run just. Then

1:16:27

from continued by saying that the Mexican

1:16:29

authorities offered to encourage jurisdiction to the

1:16:31

United States, which meant they would allow

1:16:33

an American prosecutor to handle the case.

1:16:35

Since when the Robinson. On.

1:16:38

March Twenty to Twenty Twenty Three

1:16:40

to legal team representing the Robinson

1:16:42

Family. He stated that a meeting

1:16:44

with the White House officials We

1:16:46

scheduled to happen during the first

1:16:48

week of April. Two and

1:16:50

Robinson stated quote. The

1:16:53

purpose of the meeting is essentially

1:16:55

to find out where the United

1:16:57

States Administration is in the Protocol.

1:17:00

The Protocol dictates that the State

1:17:02

Department has to ask communication with

1:17:04

Mexican authorities in order to either

1:17:07

initiate an extradition process which would

1:17:09

then generate a federal case and

1:17:12

United States. Our government is

1:17:14

not. when is set a precedent a

1:17:16

you can murder citizens overseas and in

1:17:18

flew back home and get away with

1:17:20

said. We're. Asking for a

1:17:22

high level as diplomatic intervention.

1:17:25

If we don't get it by the two

1:17:27

hundred days and will have to demand louder.

1:17:30

And. quo. It. Was now size

1:17:32

months after the murder us in Kuala

1:17:34

and nothing had been done to arrest

1:17:36

the people. Responsible. Sue.

1:17:39

Ann Robinson also stated that all

1:17:41

of the Capos six have been

1:17:43

located. With no one had reached

1:17:45

out to them. And more importantly,

1:17:47

no. One had been taken into custody.

1:17:50

She. Said quote. There. Are sleeping

1:17:52

in their beds at night. They're. Not

1:17:54

in custody anywhere. And.

1:17:56

quo. The. Robinson family

1:17:58

along with. Everyone who has followed

1:18:01

the case from the beginning were

1:18:03

frustrated, as there was no progress

1:18:05

in the case. From

1:18:08

the streets of Charlotte to the

1:18:10

street of Washington, D.C., the call

1:18:12

for justice and demand for the

1:18:14

U.S. to take action in the

1:18:17

case of Shanquila Robinson continue. It's

1:18:19

been five months since she died

1:18:21

in Cabo, Mexico. Justice delayed could

1:18:23

become justice denied because every day

1:18:26

that dissipates, every moment that dissipates,

1:18:28

witness memories fade, physical evidence dissipates.

1:18:30

Suanne Robinson, the family's attorney, traveled

1:18:32

to Mexico herself for answers. She

1:18:35

said Mexican authorities told her this

1:18:37

case is a priority for them. One

1:18:39

of the witnesses, one of the personnel,

1:18:42

then was brought in and

1:18:45

they watched the video and

1:18:47

identified the person attacking

1:18:50

and beating Shanquila Robinson.

1:18:53

And that person was named as

1:18:55

the aggressor by the Mexican authorities.

1:18:58

Mexican authorities have filed an arrest

1:19:00

warrant and extradition proceedings for the

1:19:02

aggressor identified, but no one has

1:19:04

yet been arrested. Robinson says they

1:19:06

want the U.S. to intervene to

1:19:09

either extradite the person identified or

1:19:11

ask for a concurrent jurisdiction to

1:19:13

do their own investigation. Only the

1:19:15

United States highest office, the president,

1:19:17

the Department of State really has

1:19:20

the authority to do those things

1:19:23

and has the authority to say to

1:19:25

the Department of Justice, to say to

1:19:27

the head of the FBI, you

1:19:29

need to prioritize this case. Robinson

1:19:32

says their legal team is meeting with White

1:19:34

House officials next week to find out the

1:19:36

status of the case. As previously

1:19:38

mentioned, after Shanquila's body was brought

1:19:40

back to the United States, another

1:19:42

autopsy was performed by the Mecklenburg

1:19:44

County Medical Examiner's Office in Charlotte.

1:19:47

Forensic pathologist Dr. Thomas Owens examined

1:19:49

Shanquila's embalmed body on November 17th.

1:19:52

However, during the second autopsy, Dr. Owens

1:19:55

said there were no injuries to Shanquila's

1:19:57

spinal cord and he ruled her death

1:19:59

as undeterred. determined. He pointed out

1:20:01

that Mexican officials did not properly

1:20:03

or fully inspect Shanquila's spine during

1:20:05

the initial autopsy and attributed this

1:20:07

to a partial autopsy. As

1:20:10

for the toxicology reports, both found that

1:20:12

there were no traces of alcohol in

1:20:14

Shanquila's system. But Dr. Owens stated

1:20:16

that if she had consumed large amounts of

1:20:18

alcohol the previous night on October 28th and

1:20:20

because she was not taken to the hospital

1:20:23

when she became unresponsive, it cannot be determined

1:20:25

what the alcohol content was in her system

1:20:27

leading up to her death. According

1:20:30

to the original police report, Shanquila was found

1:20:32

passed out inside the bathroom by the maid

1:20:34

on the afternoon of October 29th. There was

1:20:36

a large bruise found on Shanquila's forehead and

1:20:39

hemorrhaging inside her right eye that Dr. Owens

1:20:41

said either happened when she fell or perhaps

1:20:43

blunt force trauma from the assault caused her

1:20:45

to get a concussion which led to the

1:20:47

fall. If Shanquila received a concussion

1:20:50

from the repeated beatings that were recorded on

1:20:52

the video, Dr. Owens said it could have

1:20:54

resulted in her passing out and her level

1:20:56

of consciousness when medical help arrived. In

1:20:59

addition to these injuries, Dr. Owens noted multiple

1:21:01

scratches and bruises on her arms, right leg

1:21:03

and lower abdomen and there were also traces

1:21:05

of vomit found in her throat. Although

1:21:08

there were no spinal injuries, there was a

1:21:10

hypoxic ischemic brain injury which can lead to

1:21:13

brain swelling but that can also happen after

1:21:15

a person goes into cardiac arrest. Cardiac

1:21:18

arrest was listed as her original cause of death

1:21:20

in the police report. Ultimately, due

1:21:22

to the second autopsy administered in

1:21:24

the US revealing that Shanquila's cause

1:21:26

of death was undetermined, the Department

1:21:28

of Justice said that the evidence

1:21:30

did not support federal prosecution. But

1:21:33

we're not deterred. We're still going to

1:21:36

be marching. We're still going to rally

1:21:38

in D.C. on May 19th because

1:21:40

it shouldn't be that in this country

1:21:42

that black women, black and brown victims

1:21:44

of crime have to do this every

1:21:46

time they are victims of crime but

1:21:49

it is unfortunately what it is and again

1:21:53

any discrepancies or

1:21:55

any issues with respect to Mexican

1:21:59

anatosities. versus the autopsy conducted

1:22:01

by the FBI, all of

1:22:03

those things are going to be a result

1:22:06

of a delay. And

1:22:08

now we're witnessing the result of

1:22:11

a delay, which is why there

1:22:13

was always a concern, which is why I

1:22:15

always say this is the people's case, this

1:22:17

is the people's movement that said, hey, there's

1:22:19

no reason why a black woman

1:22:21

should go on vacation with her friends,

1:22:24

be returned to her family in a

1:22:26

box and nothing be done for five

1:22:28

months, that the FBI be

1:22:30

permitted to sit on their hands,

1:22:33

that they be permitted to say we're

1:22:36

working because justice delayed can

1:22:38

be justice denied. We all know that

1:22:40

and have seen it time and time

1:22:42

again. And so that's

1:22:44

why I say on behalf of

1:22:46

the family, again, we're very disappointed,

1:22:48

very deeply disappointed, but

1:22:52

we're not deterred because it's something that

1:22:54

we've seen before and we

1:22:56

know that we have to carve our own path

1:22:58

to justice. Ms. Robinson knew that

1:23:01

when she asked me to go on

1:23:03

a fact-finding mission to Mexico that we

1:23:05

were obviously in a state of affairs

1:23:07

where there's two different justice systems in

1:23:09

America. And we know that in

1:23:11

ours, we have to fight for our justice,

1:23:14

we have to rally for our justice, we

1:23:16

have to beg for the same constitutional

1:23:18

rights and Shinkua is doing that

1:23:20

even in death. Even

1:23:23

in death, she's having to fight

1:23:26

for her rights as a

1:23:28

U.S. citizen, as a victim of a crime.

1:23:31

The U.S. authorities have to understand and

1:23:33

have to know that even if for

1:23:35

them it's not about Shinkua, that

1:23:39

United States citizens cannot go to

1:23:41

Mexico, commit a crime

1:23:44

that we all saw on a video and

1:23:47

then come back to America and say, we're

1:23:49

on base, we're

1:23:51

safe, we're not going to be charged

1:23:53

with a crime. That cannot be the

1:23:55

message that the

1:23:57

U.S. authorities want to send. So

1:24:00

again, discrepancies

1:24:03

caused or discrepancies in the

1:24:05

autopsy results between Mexican authorities that

1:24:07

we've all been discussing that we've

1:24:09

been discussing unfortunately and not being

1:24:11

discussed by the right individuals have

1:24:15

caused, have all been caused by

1:24:17

delays. If it has been taken

1:24:19

serious from the very beginning,

1:24:22

if the internet and the people and

1:24:24

social media didn't have to create the

1:24:26

movement behind the case and

1:24:28

the authorities would have gotten involved the

1:24:30

minute the video surfaced, there wouldn't have

1:24:32

been a delay. There would

1:24:34

have been immediate statements taken from

1:24:36

the individuals involved. There would have

1:24:39

been time to take an

1:24:41

immediate autopsy of the body before

1:24:43

it was embalmed. All of

1:24:45

those things would have been done,

1:24:47

but because it was the death

1:24:49

of a young, black, beautiful, brilliant,

1:24:51

educated woman who was on vacation,

1:24:54

justice was delayed. There

1:24:56

was no investigation done. It was not

1:24:58

taken seriously until the people had to

1:25:01

say, hey, we're not going to

1:25:03

accept that this is just what it

1:25:05

is. This can't be just what it

1:25:07

is. We see with our own eyes

1:25:09

an attack and assault, a crime happening

1:25:11

and nothing's being done. That came

1:25:13

from you all. That came from the people

1:25:15

saying we demand answers. And today

1:25:18

we actually ended up with way

1:25:20

more questions than answers. And

1:25:23

so that's why I'm determined and

1:25:25

fully aware and the team, Ben Crump,

1:25:28

Taniki Mallory, Until Freedom, Mario Black, all of

1:25:30

us, we stand with this family and we're

1:25:32

going to stand with this family till the

1:25:34

very end. On April

1:25:37

12, 2023, the

1:25:39

United States Department of Justice released

1:25:41

a statement that said, quote, the

1:25:43

death of Miss Robinson has been incredibly

1:25:45

difficult for her family and the

1:25:47

community. As a matter

1:25:50

of policy, federal officials generally

1:25:52

do not issue public statements

1:25:54

concerning the status of an

1:25:56

investigation. However, given the

1:25:58

circumstances of Miss Robinson, and

1:26:01

the public concerns surrounding this investigation.

1:26:03

It is important to

1:26:06

reassure the public that experienced

1:26:08

federal agents and seasoned

1:26:10

prosecutors extensively reviewed the

1:26:12

available evidence and

1:26:14

have concluded that federal charges cannot

1:26:17

be pursued. As in

1:26:19

any case, the government is

1:26:21

prepared to review and examine new information

1:26:23

related to the investigation, should

1:26:26

it become available." The

1:26:28

Robinson family was told that if

1:26:30

there were any criminal charges, it

1:26:33

was now up to Mexico to arrest the

1:26:35

Cabo Six. Steven Ward,

1:26:38

a retired assistant district attorney,

1:26:40

said that even though the

1:26:42

United States decided not to pursue

1:26:44

charges, it does not

1:26:46

mean that it would affect extradition, saying,

1:26:49

quote, when an extradition request is

1:26:51

made, that's simply asking the jurisdiction

1:26:53

that receives the request for police

1:26:55

to pick this person up and

1:26:57

turn them over to us. But

1:27:00

of course, these situations don't

1:27:02

happen overnight, and an

1:27:04

extradition request could take a lot of

1:27:07

time. In the months

1:27:09

following the announcement that the United States

1:27:11

wouldn't pursue charges against the Cabo Six,

1:27:13

the Robinson family attorney, Sue Ann Robinson,

1:27:16

ordered the FBI to turn over important

1:27:18

documents that detailed what the Cabo Six

1:27:20

told Mexican authorities after Chancuela's

1:27:22

death. According to the Charlotte

1:27:24

Observer, Sue Ann's request was denied, with

1:27:27

the FBI saying, we

1:27:29

can't give you the file because we're still in

1:27:31

the process of translating documents from the Mexican government.

1:27:33

Sue Ann believes the FBI

1:27:35

was negligent and hopes to bring a wrongful death

1:27:37

civil suit against the Cabo Six, as

1:27:40

well as taking legal action against the

1:27:42

FBI and the U.S. State Department. Sue

1:27:44

Ann added, the FBI saying that they've

1:27:46

done a thorough and diligent complete investigation, announcing

1:27:48

the case is closed, and

1:27:51

still saying that they're waiting for the documents to

1:27:53

be translated as negligent. Hopefully,

1:27:55

during the process of preparing and getting discovery

1:27:57

and evidence in the civil case. We

1:28:00

might actually be able to do the

1:28:02

thorough investigation that the FBI never did,

1:28:04

and possibly find more information about the

1:28:06

case to initiate criminal proceedings. The

1:28:08

Robinson family is heartbroken, tired, and still

1:28:10

grieving the death of Shankwela, but they're

1:28:12

committed to continuing the fight until justice

1:28:15

is served. The case continues to

1:28:17

circulate on social media, and Salamandra said that

1:28:19

she is grateful for the continual outpouring of

1:28:21

love for her daughter. She thanked Twitter for

1:28:23

shedding light on the case and not allowing

1:28:26

it to go cold. In

1:28:28

May of 2023, it was

1:28:30

reported by DNC Beat that

1:28:33

Elise Hyatt and Dejanay Jackson

1:28:35

were spotted at Electric Tequila,

1:28:37

a nightclub in Greensboro, North

1:28:39

Carolina. Because of the

1:28:41

media surrounding the case, people

1:28:44

noticed the women and decided to

1:28:46

take matters into their own hands.

1:28:49

Dejanay and Elise were actually jumped

1:28:51

outside of the bar. Sources

1:28:53

say Winter Donovan was also there,

1:28:55

but was not recorded in the

1:28:57

fight. A word on the

1:28:59

current three members of the Cabo sits, Zahanbi

1:29:02

Street. I'm gonna say my piece on

1:29:04

the matter and then I'm gonna go to bed. But

1:29:07

I just want to know the level of delusion that you

1:29:09

have to have to think

1:29:11

that it's safe for you to walk

1:29:13

in the streets with the ANC form

1:29:16

made change, civil rights

1:29:18

change, that you thought it was safe for you

1:29:20

to come get a drink at Electric Tequila. In

1:29:23

the land where the Aggies ain't got no

1:29:25

sense and the Greensboro locals

1:29:27

ain't got no sense either, you thought it was safe for

1:29:29

you to get a drink at Electric Tequila. I

1:29:32

hope them girls learn a lesson that it

1:29:34

is not safer than in these streets out

1:29:36

here for real because y'all, if

1:29:38

you look at the recent video, the girl

1:29:41

who was fighting Shonquilla, she

1:29:43

won't really get in touch like I needed her

1:29:45

to get touched. Like I needed her head to

1:29:47

be getting worked. The wig was still on, she

1:29:49

was still standing up. She's in a

1:29:51

blue shirt and shorts. She won't get

1:29:53

touched enough for me. And

1:29:56

that's unjustice for Shonquilla. But thank you Greensboro

1:29:58

for holding it down. That's real of you. And

1:30:01

now honestly, it really just goes to show what

1:30:03

kind of friends they are. They

1:30:05

legit let their friend Joya get beat up.

1:30:07

Like I'm talking about, she in more fights

1:30:09

than they are. And the

1:30:11

camera person is fired. But

1:30:14

like her getting like

1:30:16

in a headlock with a man. I don't

1:30:18

condone a man beating on a woman or

1:30:20

like fighting a woman. But it's the

1:30:22

headlock he had her in. Two of you just cut

1:30:24

to it. It's just too much. Like

1:30:27

when you see DJ standing on the side

1:30:29

not trying to jump in. I know why

1:30:31

she ain't trying to jump in because they

1:30:33

know she would have got rocks,

1:30:35

especially for the first video. Baby,

1:30:38

you was beating that girl she want fighting back. You want to fight somebody

1:30:40

who want to fight back now? They

1:30:45

let their friend get beat up. A

1:30:48

forum on Lipstick Alley showed pictures

1:30:50

and videos of the women getting

1:30:53

attacked. One woman wrote, quote,

1:30:55

We knew it wouldn't be long before

1:30:58

Lee's Hyatt, Winter Donovan, and

1:31:00

Dajane Jackson got scratched up. And

1:31:02

from what the streets say, quote,

1:31:05

it's just the beginning. Shanquella's

1:31:08

case has outraged numerous people and their

1:31:10

beliefs are that if the United States

1:31:12

fails to take action, street justice prevails.

1:31:15

Today, no one has been arrested

1:31:17

for Shanquella Robinson's murder and an order

1:31:19

for extradition to take place authorization would

1:31:21

have to be granted by the US

1:31:23

State Department. Sue Ann Robinson

1:31:25

said the family is literally out here

1:31:28

having to carve their own path to justice like

1:31:30

they are their own FBI. Hopefully

1:31:32

one day in the near future, questions will

1:31:34

be answered and justice will be served. But

1:31:37

until then, we can honor Shanquella's legacy

1:31:40

by shedding light on her case and

1:31:42

ensuring that her name remains spoken in

1:31:44

the media. Hey,

1:31:48

everybody, it's Colin here. Thank you for listening

1:31:51

to this week's episode of Murder in America.

1:31:53

We are just hoping that there are some

1:31:56

answers in this case soon. I mean, my

1:31:58

personal opinion, total. complete negligence

1:32:00

and a lack of care from the FBI. Not

1:32:03

something that we haven't seen before when dealing

1:32:05

with government organizations like that, but still

1:32:08

just a really sad story and an

1:32:10

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1:32:12

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