Friday 18 November 2022 06:05 PM Devastated family of Shanquella Robinson say they 'fell to their knees' when ... trends now
The heartbroken family of North Carolina woman Shanquella Robinson, who died mysteriously in Mexico of a severed spine and broken neck, claimed they knew her friends were lying about the cause of death.
They said they 'fell to their knees' when they found out about her death and called the video of her brutal beating 'sickening.'
Robinson, 25, was part of a group that traveled from Charlotte to Cabo on October 28 and rented out a villa to celebrate a friend's birthday, but was found dead the next day.
Mexican officials are investigating Robinson's death on October 29 as a femicide, which is regional terminology for the intentional killing of a woman. They will reclassify it as a homicide if they find the killing was not gender-related.
In recent days, a video surfaced that appeared to show Shanquella being beaten while naked in her hotel room. The unknown assailant savagely punches and kicks her while the man recording the video taunts her.
Robinson's mother, Sallamondra Robinson, said her daughter's friends initially called her and said she had died of alcohol poisoning.
'My heart just, like, it went into pieces,' said her mom. 'Shanquella was my heart.'
Shanquella Robinson, a Charlotte resident, died while on vacation in Mexico on October 29 - a day after arriving - following a fight with one of her friends. No arrests have been made
'Saturday evening, I got a call saying that Shanquella wasn't feeling well,' she said, but added that she quickly figured out there was more to the story.
'By the time that we questioned each one of them, and each one of them gave us a different statement,' she told GMA on Friday.
'I did not believe them because actually before they even got back to Charlotte... someone had already called us and said that someone was fighting her over there,' she added.
