CHARLOTTE, N.C. (AP) — U.S. officers in North Carolina won’t federally prosecute the particular person suspected of killing a Charlotte-area girl 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 overwhelmed in a viral video final fall at a resort growth in San Jose del Cabo. Because the video circulated on social media, it raised suspicions that Robinson could have been killed by her journey companions.
Attorneys with the U.S. Division of Justice mentioned in a information launch Wednesday that the accessible proof and post-mortem outcomes don’t assist a federal prosecution. Investigators couldn’t show “past an inexpensive doubt” {that a} federal crime was dedicated, the discharge mentioned.
An post-mortem was performed in North Carolina by the Mecklenburg County medical expert’s workplace.
Native prosecutors within the state of Baja California Sur filed costs late final 12 months towards one other U.S. girl — whom they might 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 lawyer, mentioned 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 performed in Mexico, which had labeled the reason for dying a extreme spinal wire or neck damage.
She criticized federal officers for the pace at which they performed their investigation, saying individuals on social media shouldn’t have needed to “create the motion behind the case.”
“United States residents can not 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 secure. We’re not going to be charged with a criminal offense,’ ” she mentioned. “That can not be the message that U.S. authorities wish to ship.”
Federal officers say they may evaluation and look at any new data that turns into accessible.