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A disturbing video of Charlotte native Shanquella Robinson being beaten up by her friend has gone viral across social media platforms.
Trigger warning: The following article contains topics related to physical assault. Reader's discretion is advised.
She traveled with a group of people to Mexico on October 28, 2022. Sadly, she mysteriously died within 24 hours. Netizens have expressed concern over the perplexing case.
The North Carolina businesswoman was on vacation with a group of friends in Cabo to celebrate one of her friend's birthdays. Shockingly, the 24-year-old died within 24 hours of the group reaching the location. Parents Salamondra and Bernard were told that Shanquella Robinson died from alcohol poisoning.
However, after the parents alerted the FBI about the mysterious death of their daughter in Mexico, the authorities learned that there was another potential cause of death. In an interview, Salamondra revealed that her daughter sustained a "broken neck, and her spine in the back was cracked."
Although an official statement on how the victim sustained the injuries has not been released, it may be due to her getting assaulted by her friends. In the gruesome video, which has gone viral on social media, a woman can be seen beating up a naked Shanquella Robinson multiple times. The friends went on to record the physical assault in the room.
While the victim was lying on the floor, the friends seemed to cheer on the aggressor. One man recording the fight could also be heard saying,
“At least fight back.”
Netizens are enraged over the FBI's findings about Shanquella Robinson's death
Netizens were infuriated after it was revealed that Robinson did not die from alcohol poisoning. Many expressed doubt over the victim's friends' innocence. Several others also pointed toward the six people who accompanied Shanquella Robinson on the trip to Mexico. A few tweets read:
The North Carolina Beat received images of the six friends accompanying Robinson to Mexico. Strangely, the social media accounts of the friends, Khalil Cooke, Malik Dyer, Wenter Donovan, Alysse Hyatt, Daejhanae Jackson, and Nazeer Wiggins are unavailable online. Netizens found this to be peculiar.
The victim's family felt apprehensive about the initial cause of death
Shanquella Robinson's sister Quilla Long revealed in an interview that the family had received phone calls from people in Mexico who claimed that a physical fight occurred where Robinson was beaten up. However, the family went on to believe the alcohol poisoning claims.
Long also stated that Cooke seemed nervous when he met the family. She said:
"Now that stuff done happen, I can go back and say "that’s why he was pacing," I mean, you would have thought he was coming off something like he was high. He was nervous, he was sweating, and grabbing his beard… It had to be eating him up then."
The victim's father, Bernard, also expressed that he believes Cooke knows the exact reason behind Robinson's death. Bernard repeatedly said:
“He knows what happened. He knows what happened.”
The victim's friends returned home following Robinson's death as the latter's body remained in Mexico. Two weeks and $6,000 later, the victim's body was returned home.
The FBI's Charlotte branch has been contacted to solve the mystery surrounding the victim's death.
