AÂ birthday celebration in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, turned deadly for one 25-year-old North Carolina woman. Now, her family is demanding answers to why their loved one never made it home.
According to WBTW, Shanquella Robinson took a trip to the Latin destination with six friends to reportedly celebrate an unconfirmed friend, Nazeerâs birthday. The crew arrived in Cabo from Charlotte on October 28. In less than 24 hours of their arrival, a viral video recorded by a person in the group revealed a naked Shanquella being brutally beaten by another woman in the villa as so-called friends egged the fight on. The young woman didnât try to defend herself.
A person behind the cell phone camera was heard telling Shanquella to âat least fight back.âÂ
The hairstylist died on October 29.
Bernard and Salamondra Robinson were told by a friend in the group that their beloved baby girl had succumbed to âalcohol poisoning.â But an autopsy would later reveal that the 25-year-old womanâs death was caused by aâ broken neck and her spine in the back was cracked.â
Salamondra recalled the last time she spoke with her daughter.
âShe told me they had a chef. They were getting ready to eat. They were eating tacos or a salad or something, and I said, âOK. I love you. Have a good night, and I will talk to you tomorrow.â I never talked to my child again. She never made it back home.â
âShe had a heart of gold. She loved everybody, and pretty much everybody loved her,â a grieving Salamondra said, describing Shanquella.
The Charlotte native also recounted the frightening phone call from the young womanâs âfriend.â
âThey said she wasnât feeling well. She had alcohol poisoning. They couldnât get a pulse. Each one of the people that was there with her was telling different stories.â
âWhen the autopsy came back, they said it didnât have anything to do with the alcohol,â Salamondra said.
â[They] said that she had a broken neck and her spine in the back was cracked. She had been beaten.â
Her shady a**Â group of friends have gone radio silent on social media except for a video made by one of the men claiming to be on the trip.
The North Carolina Beat has identified Shanquellaâs associates as Khalil Cooke, Malik Dyer, Wenter Donovan, Alysse Hyatt, Daejhanae Jackson, and Nazeer Wiggins.Â
Khalil was reportedly the 25-year-old womanâs best friend of five years. He is also allegedly the person who contacted her mother.
The publication also revealed that the shady gang may have tried to cover up Shanquellaâs death. Khalil allegedly brought back his deceased friendâs luggage to the U.S. after they departed Cabo.Â
âHe brought her luggage to my house when he got back, and he just kept saying she died from alcohol poisoning,â Salamondra said. âAt that point, I just said I was going to wait for the autopsy to come back. He kept coming around the house every day; his mom is with him.â
The womanâs sister, Quilla Long, claimed that Khalilâs conscience was attacking him.Â
âNow that stuff done happen, I can go back and say, âthatâs why he was pacing.â 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, Long said. âIt had to be eating him up then.â
The mother also detailed that although Wenter, Alysse and Daejhanae denied there was an altercation, she saw photos of Shanquellaâs face and head with lacerations on her lips and face, swelling of her eyes and a knot on her head.
Quilla kept it a buck about her feelings for Shanquelaâs so-called bestie, Khalil.
âI wouldnât have thought that Khalil would be as dirty as he is. Heâs a dirty motherf*cker, and if I had known what I know now, I would have gone to his ass and the girlsâ ass in my house.âÂ
The confused father said that they never offered condolences for his daughterâs death, and he believed that they were hiding what really happened on that fateful day.Â
Nazeer reportedly posted a video alleging that he arrived a day later and that he had tried to help Shanquella. He babbled on about having receipts, and he wasnât aware that the situation was dire. Nazeer also claimed that a nurse had examined the woman, but she wasnât dead. Comments from viewers made it clear that they werenât buying Nazeerâs tale.
Black Twitter weighed in on Shanquellaâs tragic death.Â
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Mexican authorities in Cabo are denying foul play, but the investigation continues. The FBI is also involved. Shanquellaâs family covered the $6,000 to return her body to the U.S.
We hope her family gets justice.