Rally for Shanquella Robinson happening Saturday at Charlotte church

CHARLOTTE, N.C. (WBTV) - Community members will rally on Saturday to remember Shanquella Robinson, the Charlotte woman who died at the end of October while on vacation with friends in Mexico.

The FBI and authorities in Mexico have been investigating her death.

Robinson, 25, left Charlotte on a trip to Cabo, Mexico with a group of friends on Oct. 28 and never returned home. The next day, Mexican authorities say a doctor came to the hotel and tried to revive Robinson around 3:15 p.m.

Robinson’s parents said her friends told them Shanquella died of alcohol poisoning but they didn’t believe that.

Later a video surfaced on social media that appeared to show someone beating Robinson.

Robinson, 25, left on a trip to Mexico with a group of friends in late October, but was dead less than 24 hours later.

While the investigation continues, Organizers with Team Tru Blue, the Million Youth March, and Mothers of Murdered Offspring said they hope Saturday’s rally is a call to action for the community.

“Hosting the event was important to us to ensure that her name stay alive. During we all say, ‘Justice for Shanquella,’ ‘Justice for Shanquella.’ But it’s the days after, days like Saturday, that the family needs that extra boost and that extra support,” Mario Black, the founder of Million Youth March, said.

A severe spinal cord injury is listed as Robinson’s cause of death.

Mexican police say they she died as a result of a “direct attack, not from an accident.”

Related: Mexican authorities issue arrest warrants in Shanquella Robinson case, call death ‘direct attack’

Saturday’s rally starts at 4 p.m. at Little Rock AME Zion Church, located at 401 E. McDowell St. in Charlotte.

A GoFundMe page for Robinson can be found here.

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