On Wednesday the NY Post said the US federal prosecutors will not pursue charges in the death of Shanquella Robinson.
Now they are providing more details about what led to that decision.
Department of Justice prosecutors met with the family of Shanquella Robinson and told them that after “careful deliberation” they determined there was not enough evidence to seek charges in the case.
“As in every case under consideration for federal prosecution, the government must prove, beyond a reasonable doubt, that a federal crime was committed,” federal prosecutors in North Carolina said, according to local reports.
“Based on the results of the autopsy and after a careful deliberation and review of the investigative materials by both U.S. Attorneys’ Offices, federal prosecutors informed Ms. Robinson’s family today that the available evidence does not support a federal prosecution,” they added.
A partial autopsy was done in Mexico and at that time, Shanquella’s spine was reported as being broken.
The autopsy’s release to WBTV News by the Mecklenburg County Medical Examiner’s Office stated the following results:
No skull fractures are present
No evidence of injury to [the] upper airway section and no hemorrhage in the surrounding neck muscle or fracture/hemorrhage of the mid-to-lower cervical and upper thoracic vertebral column.
Removal and sectioning of the organs reveal no evidence of other trauma or disease process.
No fractures of the ribs or the remainder of the vertebral column.
Slight lateral scoliotic curvature is present in the upper-to-mid thoracic spine.
No evidence of hemorrhage or disruption of any of the musculature, ligaments, or spinal elements.
No fractures are seen on the posterior of the spinal column.
No evidence of any disruption of the spinal column alignment or subluxation.
Based on these findings, the cause of death is ‘undetermined’.
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