CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. officers in North Carolina won’t federally prosecute the particular person suspected of killing a Charlotte-area lady vacationing in Mexico final 12 months, the U.S. Division of Justice introduced Wednesday.
Federal prosecutors say they’ve introduced the findings of their investigation to the household of Shanquella Robinson, who was seen being crushed in a viral video final fall at a resort improvement in San Jose del Cabo. Because the video circulated on social media, it raised suspicions that Robinson might have been killed by her journey companions.
Attorneys with the U.S. Division of Justice stated in a information launch Wednesday that the out there proof and post-mortem outcomes don’t help a federal prosecution. Investigators couldn’t show “past an inexpensive doubt” {that a} federal crime was dedicated, the discharge stated.
An post-mortem was carried out in North Carolina by the Mecklenburg County health worker’s workplace.
Native prosecutors within the state of Baja California Sur filed costs late final 12 months towards one other U.S. lady — whom they’d not identify — suspected of killing Robinson on Oct. 29. They issued an arrest warrant for the suspect, who had already left Mexico with different journey companions after Robinson was discovered useless in a rented villa. Mexican federal prosecutors try to get her extradited to face costs in Mexico.
Sue-Ann Robinson, the household’s legal professional, stated at a information convention Wednesday in Charlotte that the U.S. post-mortem outcomes, which haven’t been launched publicly, revealed inconsistencies with a earlier post-mortem carried out in Mexico, which had labeled the reason for loss of life a extreme spinal twine or neck harm.
She criticized federal officers for the velocity at which they carried out their investigation, saying folks on social media mustn’t have needed to “create the motion behind the case.”
“United States residents can’t go to Mexico, commit a criminal offense that all of us noticed on video after which come again to America and say, ‘We’re on base. We’re protected. We’re not going to be charged with a criminal offense,’ ” she stated. “That can not be the message that U.S. authorities need to ship.”
Federal officers say they’ll evaluate and look at any new info that turns into out there.