<ul class="summary-list"><li>The sanitation worker who found the body of <keyword id="100821" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Houston">Houston</keyword> influencer <keyword id="10394886" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexis-sharkey">Alexis Sharkey</keyword> said he can't stop thinking about the moment he discovered the deceased 26-year-old in Houston.</li><li>"It's been playing back in my head every day," John Richardso of the City of Houston Solid Waste <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/worker-who-discovered-alexis-sharkeys-body-speaks-out-her-mother-gives-update/285-9f679287-7b26-4079-b345-66fba589e99a">told local outlet KHOU</a>. </li><li>Sharkey, a budding <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> influencer, was found dead the Saturday after Thanksgiving. </li></ul><p>One of the men who discovered <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">the body of Alexis Sharkey</a> on November 28, said he can't stop thinking about the moment he saw the deceased 26-year-old on the side of the road in Houston. </p><p>"It plays back in my head," John Richardson, who works for the City of Houston Solid Waste, <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/worker-who-discovered-alexis-sharkeys-body-speaks-out-her-mother-gives-update/285-9f679287-7b26-4079-b345-66fba589e99a">told local outlet KHOU</a>. "It's been playing back in my head every day."</p><p>Richardson told KHOU that an employee he supervised called him that morning, the Saturday after Thanksgiving, saying that he wasn't sure what he was looking at. "He said he thought he'd saw a body or a mannequin," Richardson said. Richardson went to the address that his employee relayed, and "there it was," he said, referring to Sharkey's dead body, which authorities said was found naked and without visible wounds. </p><p>"She was laying there deceased, no clothes on. I just got on the phone, and I called 911," Richardson said.</p><p>Sharkey, whose legal name was <keyword id="10394885" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexis-robinault">Alexis Robinault</keyword> but used her husband's last name professionally, was a budding Instagram influencer with roughly 20,000 followers at the time of her death. She posted lifestyle and fashion content and partnered with Monat, a haircare and wellness brand that uses multilevel marketing to sell its products. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLDsTLFB_j" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>The circumstances of Sharkey's death are being investigated by the <a href="https://cityofhouston.news/update-investigation-into-female-found-deceased-at-1000-red-haw-lane/">Houston Police Department</a>. After a preliminary autopsy, investigators have not ruled out the possibility of foul play in Robinault's death, a spokesperson for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences told <a href="https://people.com/crime/alexis-sharkey-death-foul-play-not-ruled-out/">People</a>. The final results of the autopsy are still pending. </p><p>In <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">an interview with Insider</a>, Sharkey's mother, Stacey Robinault, said that she believes her daughter was murdered. "I believe solely that she was murdered, because of the manner in which her body was left," she said. "It just drives deep into the soul that something very malicious happened here, and I want to get to the bottom of it."</p><p>Robinault said that her daughter made the people in her life "feel good" with her bright attitude. "She was so much fun. She was very playful. 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The sanitation worker who found the dead body of a Houston influencer described the moment he discovered her

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10394886" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexis-sharkey">Alexis Sharkey</keyword>, an influencer who was found dead in Houston in November, reportedly died by homicide.</li><li>Sharkey, who was 26 at the time, was strangled to death, the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences said.</li><li>Her mother and friend previously told Insider they believed she was murdered.</li></ul><p>Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey, whose body was found on the side of the road on November 28, was killed in a homicide, the medical examiner said in a report. </p><p>A representative for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences confirmed to Insider on Friday that Sharkey died of strangulation. <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkey-died-strangulation-death-ruled-homicide-report-n1255195">NBC News first reported</a> the cause of death.</p><p>The Houston Police Department could not be reached for comment at press time, but an officer previously told Insider that they were awaiting the autopsy results before proceeding in the investigation. No arrests have been made, NBC <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> reported. </p><p>Sharkey, whose legal name was Alexis Robinault, was 26 years old when sanitation workers discovered her naked body on the Saturday after Thanksgiving. Sharkey's family and friends said they learned she was missing the day before.</p><p>Before her death, Sharkey had developed a following of roughly 20,000 people on <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword>, where she promoted <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-dead-alexis-sharkey-mlm-monat-hair-2020-12">Monat, a haircare brand that uses multilevel marketing</a>. She had been married for just under a year to Tom Sharkey, a man she met in <keyword id="15710" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="texas">Texas</keyword> after moving from her home in Pennsylvania, her mother, Stacey Robinault, told Insider.</p><p>The revelation of Sharkey's cause of death comes after nearly two months of Sharkey's loved ones questioning what happened to her.</p><p><strong><em>Read More: </em></strong><em><a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">A Houston Instagram influencer was found dead and naked on the side of the road. Her mother believes she was murdered.</a></em></p><p>Sharkey's mother <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">told Insider in a December interview</a> that she believed her daughter was murdered. "I believe solely that she was murdered, because of the manner in which her body was left," Robinault said. "It just drives deep into the soul that something very malicious happened here, and I want to get to the bottom of it."</p><p>Tanya Ricardo, who became friends with Sharkey after they met through the Bumble dating app's friend feature, also told Insider she believed Sharkey was murdered. Ricardo said she celebrated Thanksgiving at her home with Sharkey the night before she went missing. "I have faith, and I'm hoping that whoever did this suffers the consequences," Ricardo said in a phone interview.</p><p>Ricardo, who spoke to Insider on Christmas Eve, said she and the rest of her group of friends mourning Sharkey's death just wanted "someone to be arrested so that we could go on and move on with our lives." </p>

Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey's death ruled a homicide involving strangulation, according to medical examiner

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Stacey Robinault, the mother of <keyword id="10394886" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexis-sharkey">Alexis Sharkey</keyword>, the Houston-based influencer found dead on November, 28, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/alexis-sharkey-mother-marital-problems">told Fox News</a> that she wasn't aware of any marital problems between Sharkey and her husband.</li><li>Several of Sharkey's friends, some speaking anonymously, previously <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkey-found-dead-along-houston-road?ref=scroll">told The Daily Beast</a> that Sharkey's relationship with her husband Tom was troubled. </li><li>Tom Sharkey <a href="https://abc13.com/8416301/?ex_cid=TA_KTRK_FB&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3bOKYqDJQvFMPZ6-ewgsNA5Vn9RX8kcgrvmQIfOU-10zkWveT0NqcOfh410zkWveT0NqcOfh4">told ABC 13</a> that he and Alexis had a happy marriage and denied that they were filing for divorce.</li></ul><p>Stacey Robinault, the mother of late Houston-based influencer Alexis Sharkey, says that she wasn't aware of any marital problems her daughter and son-in-law might have been having, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/alexis-sharkey-mother-marital-problems">Fox News reported.</a> Sharkey's relationship with her husband, Tom Sharkey, has come into question in the days following her death.</p><p>"There's been all sorts of talk about problems," Stacey Robinault told Fox <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">News</keyword>. "She never shared those with me. Doesn't mean she did or didn't have them."</p><p>Sharkey, 26, was a lifestyle Instagram influencer with approximately 20,000 followers prior to death (<a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexissharkey/">her </a>account now has over 70,000 followers). Sharkey's body was discovered naked on the side of the road by a <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-alexis-sharkey-dead-body-speaks-out-worker-found-2020-12">sanitation worker employed by the City of Houston Solid Waste on November 28.</a> Her body had no visible injuries, and the Houston Police Department is awaiting the results of an autopsy to open an investigation into Sharkey's death. Sharkey's mother <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">told Insider</a> that she believes that her daughter was murdered.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGvIxnpFrzL" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Sharkey's relationship with her husband, Tom Sharkey, has been called into question following her mysterious death. Several of Sharkey's friends, some speaking anonymously, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkey-found-dead-along-houston-road?ref=scroll">told The Daily Beast</a> that her relationship with her husband was troubled. One friend claimed that the two were going through a divorce, saying that Sharkey had claimed that her husband "had been putting hands on her."</p><p>Tom Sharkey <a href="https://abc13.com/8416301/?ex_cid=TA_KTRK_FB&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3bOKYqDJQvFMPZ6-ewgsNA5Vn9RX8kcgrvmQIfOU-10zkWveT0NqcOfh410zkWveT0NqcOfh4">told ABC 13</a>, a local ABC affiliate, that he and Alexis had a happy marriage and weren't filing for divorce. He also said that he was receiving death threats tied to speculation that he had something to do with Alexis' death.</p><p>Sharkey's mother, Stacey Robinault, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/alexis-sharkey-mother-marital-problems">told Fox News that</a> "whenever [Alexis and Tom] were with us, be it at home or wherever, we had a great deal of fun with them... and we enjoyed being with them."</p><p>She <a href="https://www.insider.com/alexis-sharkey-houston-influencer-death-timeline-everything-we-know-2020-12">previously told Insider</a> that it was "excruciating" waiting for answers in Sharkey's death.</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/alexis-sharkey-houston-influencer-death-timeline-everything-we-know-2020-12">Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey was found dead and naked on the side of the road. here's how the case has unfolded.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-dead-alexis-sharkey-mlm-monat-hair-2020-12">The Houston influencer found dead on the side of the road worked at a controversial hair care MLM</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-alexis-sharkey-dead-body-speaks-out-worker-found-2020-12">The sanitation worker who found the dead body of a Houston influencer described the moment he discovered her</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">A Houston Instagram influencer was found dead and naked on the side of the road. Her mother believes she was murdered.</a></li></ul>

The mother of the Houston influencer found dead says she didn't know of any marital problems her daughter might have been having

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Alexis Robinault, a Houston-based influencer also known as <keyword id="10394886" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="alexis-sharkey">Alexis Sharkey</keyword>, was found dead on the side of the road the weekend after Thanksgiving.</li><li>Police said that she was found with no clothing and no visible wounds.</li><li>Sharkey's mother previously told Insider that she believes that her daughter was murdered.</li><li>Houston police are currently awaiting autopsy results and have not yet ruled out the possibility of foul play.</li></ul><p>Alexis Sharkey, 26, was found dead in Houston on November 28. Sharkey's death has made for shocking headlines. She was found naked on the side of the road, had been married for just under a year, and was a budding Instagram influencer. </p><p>Interest in the sensational case has been clear: Sharkey had roughly 20,000 followers at the time of her death, according to data from SocialBlade, a social-media analytics website. As of Friday afternoon, Sharkey's Instagram account has more than 69,000 followers. </p><p>The Houston Police Department is awaiting the results of an autopsy before investigating the circumstances of Sharkey's death. A representative for the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences, which is conducting the autopsy, told Insider that the office has not yet completed it. </p><p>Sharkey's mother, Stacey Robinault, <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">told Insider in a previous interview</a> that she believed her daughter was murdered. "I believe solely that she was murdered, because of the manner in which her body was left," Robinault said. "It just drives deep into the soul that something very malicious happened here, and I want to get to the bottom of it."</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHa9mMCFHCI" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>As the world awaits answers in Sharkey's death, here's a timeline of what we know about her disappearance, death, and discovery. </p><h2><strong>Before her death, Sharkey spent Thanksgiving with her friends.</strong></h2><p>The day before Sharkey went missing on November 27, she celebrated Thanksgiving in Houston with her friends, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkey-found-dead-along-houston-road?ref=scroll">The Daily Beast reported</a>. </p><p>Sharkey had been working as a contractor with Monat, a hair and skincare brand that employs multilevel marketing (MLM) practices. Robinault told Insider that her daughter "loved" selling Monat products.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLDsTLFB_j" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>A Monat spokesperson told Insider in a statement that Sharkey "was a warm, wonderful, and beloved, independent MONAT market partner. We are saddened by her tragic death and our thoughts are with her family and friends who loved her."</p><h2><strong>Sharkey's family learned that she was missing the day after Thanksgiving.</strong></h2><p>Sharkey's mother, Stacey Robinault <a href="https://abc13.com/alexis-sharkey-found-dead-in-houston-instagram-influencer-woman-missing-texas/8386200/">told ABC 13</a> that she learned of her daughter's disappearance from Sharkey's husband, who called the Saturday following Thanksgiving to let them know that she was missing and he hadn't heard from her since Friday.</p><p>On November 28, Robinault <a href="https://www.facebook.com/stacey.robinault/posts/10220308431915502">posted on Facebook</a> that her daughter was missing and hadn't been heard from in over 24 hours, saying that police were involved and that Alexis had been last seen in the Houston area.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHvsPedhGRr" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Sharkey's mother previously told Insider that she hadn't seen her daughter since last Christmas, due to travel restrictions amid the COVID-19 pandemic. Sharkey had planned to return home to her parents' house in Pennsylvania for Thanksgiving this year, but as cases continued to surge nationwide, the family decided against it. </p><p>"We were even going to get together over the week of Thanksgiving," she said. "Over the weekend of Thanksgiving is when she was killed, and so that's extremely heartbreaking as well."</p><h2><strong>A body was found on the side of the road in Houston on Saturday morning.</strong></h2><p>In the morning on Saturday, November 28, a sanitation worker employed by the City of Houston Solid Waste saw something strange on the side of the road. The employee <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-alexis-sharkey-dead-body-speaks-out-worker-found-2020-12">called his boss, John Richardson, for help</a>. </p><p>Richardson <a href="https://www.khou.com/article/news/local/worker-who-discovered-alexis-sharkeys-body-speaks-out-her-mother-gives-update/285-9f679287-7b26-4079-b345-66fba589e99a">told local outlet KHOU</a> that his employee said he thought he saw "a body or a mannequin," and that the employee was scared. </p><p>Richardson said he immediately called 911 after coming upon Sharkey's body, which was nude and had no visible injuries, police said. "It plays back in my head," Richardson told KHOU of discovering Sharkey's nude body. "It's been playing back in my head every day." </p><h2><strong>The body was identified as Sharkey by her husband, Tom.</strong></h2><p>The Houston Police Department said in a <a href="https://www.houstontx.gov/police/nr/2020/nov/nr113020-7.htm">press release</a> that they identified the body as Sharkey on November 30. The woman was identified as Alexis Robinault, Sharkey's legal name. She used her husband's last name, Sharkey, professionally<strong> </strong></p><p>Sharkey's husband, Tom Sharkey, <a href="https://abc13.com/alexis-sharkeys-husband-says-hes-receiving-death-threats/8416301/">told ABC 13</a> that he was the one to identify her body.</p><p>"Everybody was still looking for her, and I located her Sunday morning in the coroner's office. They couldn't ID my wife. They didn't know who she was. She was just there," he told ABC 13.</p><h2><strong>After the <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> of Sharkey's death came out, reports about her relationship with her husband began circulating.</strong></h2><p>Multiple friends of Sharkey's, some of them anonymous, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkey-found-dead-along-houston-road?ref=scroll">told The Daily Beast</a> that Sharkey's relationship with her husband was troubled. One friend claimed that the two were going through a divorce and that Sharkey had claimed that her husband "had been putting hands on her."</p><p>"I know they were going through some things," one friend, Kendra Martin, <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkey-found-dead-along-houston-road?ref=scroll">told The Daily Beast</a>. "She had mentioned being separated even though they were still living in the same apartment. I actually pulled her aside two weeks ago to let her know I'm here for her, and that I know something is going on because her demeanor had changed over the last month."</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGvIxnpFrzL" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>Tom Sharkey did not respond to Insider's request for comment, but <a href="https://abc13.com/8416301/?ex_cid=TA_KTRK_FB&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3bOKYqDJQvFMPZ6-ewgsNA5Vn9RX8kcgrvmQIfOU-10zkWveT0NqcOfh410zkWveT0NqcOfh4">told ABC 13</a>, a local ABC affiliate, in an interview that he was receiving death threats, as people on social media speculated that he had something to do with his wife's death. "She understood me. I understood her. We didn't fight when she left," he said of the night she went missing, and suggested that Sharkey was intoxicated. "I just told her she couldn't drive under the influence.</p><p>He also told ABC 13 that he and Alexis had a happy marriage, saying that they weren't filing for divorce.</p><p>Robinault, Sharkey's mother, <a href="https://www.foxnews.com/us/alexis-sharkey-mother-marital-problems">told Fox News</a> that she was not aware of any marital problems in her daughter's relationship.</p><h2><strong>Foul play has not been ruled out, but Houston police are awaiting the autopsy results.</strong></h2><p>The Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences has not completed the autopsy. A representative for the office told Insider on Thursday that they could not share a timeline of when the autopsy might be completed. </p><p>The office previously told <a href="https://people.com/crime/alexis-sharkey-death-foul-play-not-ruled-out/">People</a> that it had not ruled out the possibility of foul play. </p><p>Houston police are awaiting the autopsy report before continuing their investigation into Sharkey's death, a representative previously told Insider. </p><p>Robinault, Sharkey's mother, told Insider that waiting for answers in Sharkey's death has been "excruciating because you're just so desperate for a chance to have some closure and some finality and justice to it." </p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">A Houston Instagram influencer was found dead and naked on the side of the road. Her mother believes she was murdered.</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-alexis-sharkey-dead-body-speaks-out-worker-found-2020-12">The sanitation worker who found the dead body of a Houston influencer described the moment he discovered her</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-dead-alexis-sharkey-mlm-monat-hair-2020-12">The Houston influencer found dead on the side of the road worked at a controversial hair care MLM</a></li></ul>

Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey was found dead and naked on the side of the road. Here's how the case has unfolded.

The Houston influencer found dead on the side of the road worked at a controversial hair care MLM

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The husband of slain influencer Alexis Sharkey was found dead in an apparent suicide, per officials.</li><li>Per Houston police, Sharkey shot himself Tuesday when authorities tried to take him into custody.</li><li>Police had issued a warrant for Tom's arrest with the intent to charge him with Alexis' murder. </li></ul><p>The husband of Alexis Sharkey, a Houston influencer who was killed in a homicide last year, has been found dead in an apparent suicide, officials say.</p><p><a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/man-suspected-strangling-influencer-wife-texas-found-dead-officials-say-n1280949">The US Marshals Service told NBC News</a> on Wednesday that Tom Sharkey was found dead in an apparent suicide in a residence in Fort Myers, Florida. A Houston police spokesperson <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cadZ_Rs4hro">said in a press conference on Wednesday</a> that Sharkey shot himself as authorities attempted to take him into custody.</p><p>An investigation into Alexis' <keyword id="6355784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="death" source="Orion">death</keyword> determined that Tom was the "only person who had the means, motive, and opportunity to have committed the murder," the police spokesperson said. The spokesperson added that the investigation found that the couple had a "history of domestic violence," that their relationship was ending, pending divorce, and Tom had not been truthful in communications with police. </p><p>No other individuals are currently under investigation or suspected of involvement in the case, as the department has "clear evidence that Mr. Sharkey acted alone," the spokesperson said.</p><p>Alexis, also known by her maiden name Alexis Robinault, was found dead on November 28, 2020, by a sanitation worker who discovered her naked on the side of the road in Houston. In January, <a href="https://www.insider.com/alexis-sharkey-death-cause-houston-influencer-strangulation-homicide-report-2021-1">her death was ruled a homicide by the Harris County Institute of Forensic Sciences</a>. A representative for the institute confirmed to Insider at the time that she had died of strangulation. </p><p>Her husband, Tom, reportedly <a href="https://abc13.com/alexis-sharkeys-husband-says-hes-receiving-death-threats/8416301/">told ABC 13 in the week after her death</a> that he had identified her body for investigators and said that he was receiving "death threats" in the wake of her death. According to the outlet, Tom said in that interview that when he last saw his wife, he "told her she couldn't drive under the influence."</p><p>Alexis' mother, Stacey Robinault, <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">told Insider in December 2020</a> that she believed her daughter had been murdered. </p><p>"It just drives deep into the soul that something very malicious happened here, and I want to get to the bottom of it," Robinault said. The death had not yet been ruled a homicide at the time. </p><h2><strong>Houston Police said that an arrest warrant for Tom Sharkey was issued on September 29, with the intent to charge him with Alexis' murder upon arrest</strong></h2><p>According to the police spokesperson, the department issued a warrant for Tom's arrest on September 29 and intended to fully charge him in Harris County with Alexis' murder upon arrest. </p><p>A U.S. Marshals task force located Tom at a residence in Fort Myers, Florida on Tuesday night, according to the press conference. Tom reportedly ran upstairs and shot himself with a firearm after learning that law enforcement was at the residence for him. Sharkey and his family were not made aware of the warrant until that night, the spokesperson said. </p><p>An influencer who also worked as a contractor for Monat, a hair and skincare brand that uses multilevel marketing (MLM) techniques, Alexis had approximately 20,000 followers on Instagram at the time of her death. <a href="https://www.instagram.com/alexissharkey/">Her account</a>, which has remained inactive since November 2020, currently has over 87,000 followers. </p>

The husband of killed influencer Alexis Sharkey was found dead in an apparent suicide while a warrant was out for his arrest, police said

<ul class="summary-list"><li>Alexis Robinault, an influencer in Houston also known as Alexis Sharkey, was found dead over the weekend.</li><li>Robinault, 26, was found with no clothing and no visible wounds, the police said.</li><li>"I believe solely that she was murdered, because of the manner in which her body was left," her mother, Stacey Robinault, told Insider in an interview.</li></ul><p>A 26-year-old <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> influencer from Houston, <keyword id="15710" type="ENTERTAINMENT" weightage="60" keywordseo="texas">Texas</keyword>, was found dead on the side of the road on Saturday.</p><p>Alexis Robinault, who also used her husband's last name, Sharkey, was found with no clothing and no visible wounds, <a href="https://twitter.com/houstonpolice/status/1333813553858490370">the police said</a>.</p><p>Alexis' mother, Stacey Robinault, told Insider in a phone interview on Wednesday that she believes her daughter was murdered.</p><p>"I believe solely that she was murdered, because of the manner in which her body was left," Stacey said. "It just drives deep into the soul that something very malicious happened here, and I want to get to the bottom of it."</p><p>Alexis' body was found on Saturday morning, and she was identified on Monday, <a href="https://cityofhouston.news/update-investigation-into-female-found-deceased-at-1000-red-haw-lane/">the police said</a>. Her family had learned that she was missing on Friday.</p><p>A representative for the Houston Police Department told Insider on Wednesday that the department was still awaiting the results of the autopsy and could not comment further.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHOyhNgBv2B" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><h2>Some of Alexis' friends said she was having marital issues</h2><p>Stacey said Alexis' tragic death happened on a weekend when Stacey would have been with her daughter if not for the pandemic. "We were even going to get together over the week of Thanksgiving," she said. "Over the weekend of Thanksgiving is when she was killed, and so that's extremely heartbreaking as well."</p><p>Stacey said that she, her husband, and the rest of Alexis' family, who live in Pennsylvania, hadn't seen their eldest daughter since Christmas because of travel restrictions related to the coronavirus pandemic.</p><p>She said Alexis had always wanted to escape the cold in Pennsylvania, so Stacey was happy for her daughter to start her own life in Texas with her husband, Tom. Stacey recalled that the last time the whole family was together, with Alexis' husband and her younger sister, she was sad to see her daughter go. "When they pulled away and headed out, we were sad because we had had the most wonderful time together," she said.</p><p>Some of Alexis' friends <a href="https://www.thedailybeast.com/instagram-influencer-alexis-sharkey-found-dead-along-houston-road?ref=scroll">told The Daily Beast</a> that she and her husband were having trouble.</p><p>"I know they were going through some things," Kendra Martin told The Daily Beast. "She had mentioned being separated even though they were still living in the same apartment. I actually pulled her aside two weeks ago to let her know I'm here for her, and that I know something is going on because her demeanor had changed over the last month."</p><p>Tom Sharkey did not immediately respond to a request for comment. In an <a href="https://abc13.com/8416301/?ex_cid=TA_KTRK_FB&amp;utm_campaign=trueAnthem%3A+New+Content+%28Feed%29&amp;utm_medium=trueAnthem&amp;utm_source=facebook&amp;fbclid=IwAR3bOKYqDJQvFMPZ6-ewgsNA5Vn9RX8kcgrvmQIfOU-10zkWveT0NqcOfh410zkWveT0NqcOfh4">interview with ABC 13</a>, ABC's affiliate outlet in Houston, Sharkey said he'd been receiving death threats since the <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> of his wife's death. "She understood me. I understood her. We didn't fight when she left," he said of the night she went missing. "I just told her she couldn't drive under the influence."</p><p>He added: "She left anyhow. This is where we're at."</p><p>Alexis' friends <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/alexis-sharkey-memorial-fund?utm_source=customer&amp;utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheet&amp;utm_medium=copy_link_alllink_all">set up GoFundMe</a> to raise money to support her family's travel costs and funeral plans. As of Thursday, it had raised more than $21,000.</p><h2>Alexis was a budding influencer</h2><p>Alexis' Instagram account now has more than 51,000 followers; her follower count has more than doubled since her death. The account jumped from 20,000 followers on Sunday to 51,000 on Wednesday, according to data compiled by SocialBlade, a social-media-analytics website. Her TikTok account also has more than 57,000 followers.</p><blockquote class="instagram-media" style="background:#FFF; border:0; border-radius:3px; box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15); margin: 1px; max-width:540; padding:0; width:99.375%; width:-webkit-calc(100% - 2px); width:calc(100% - 2px); data.width~540;"><div style="padding:8px;"><div style="background:#F8F8F8; line-height:0; margin-top:40px; padding:62.4537037037% 0; text-align:center; width:100%;"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC); display:block; height:44px; margin:0 auto -44px; position:relative; top:-22px; width:44px;"></div></div><p style="margin:8px 0 0 0; padding:0 4px;"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CGLDsTLFB_j" style=" color:#000; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; font-style:normal; font-weight:normal; line-height:17px; text-decoration:none; word-wrap:break-word;" target="_blank"></a></p> <p style=" color:#c9c8cd; font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px; margin-bottom:0; margin-top:8px; overflow:hidden; padding:8px 0 7px; text-align:center; text-overflow:ellipsis; white-space:nowrap;">A post shared by Alexis Sharkey | Mentor (@alexissharkey)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></p></div></blockquote><p>"She was so much fun. She was very playful. She was very caring," Stacey told Insider of her daughter. "She made you feel good."</p><p>In addition to posting lifestyle and beauty content, Alexis used her Instagram to promote Monat, a haircare and wellness company that uses "market partners" to sell its products for a commission, which is considered a form of <a href="https://www.businessinsider.com/mlms-coronavirus-layoffs-monat-mary-kay-younique-recruit-social-media-2020-4">multilevel marketing</a>. A representative for Monat did not immediately respond to a request for comment.</p><p>Stacey said she was surprised that her daughter, who she said disliked fundraising for her sports teams in high school and studied biology in college, was making a career from selling products. "She went down a totally different road, and she's happy with it," she said, "and if she was happy with her life, I was happy for her."</p><ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/alabama-soldier-boy-leave-car-on-a-highway-killed-2020-12">A 35-year-old forced his girlfriend's 5-year-old son to leave his car as punishment before the child was struck and killed on a highway</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/police-arrest-man-in-connection-to-shooting-of-aidan-ellison-2020-11">A man fatally shot a Black teenager in a hotel parking lot after confronting him over his loud music, Oregon police say</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/f-factor-founder-tanya-zuckerbrot-suing-influencer-emily-gellis-2020-10">F-Factor's Tanya Zuckerbrot is suing influencer Emily Gellis, alleging a 'smear campaign to destroy' the diet company and its founder</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/qanon-conspiracy-theory-yoga-influencer-took-over-world-2020-11">How QAnon infiltrated the yoga world</a></li></ul>

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The sanitation worker who found the dead body of a Houston influencer described the moment he discovered her

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Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey's death ruled a homicide involving strangulation, according to medical examiner

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The mother of the Houston influencer found dead says she didn't know of any marital problems her daughter might have been having

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Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey was found dead and naked on the side of the road. Here's how the case has unfolded.

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The Houston influencer found dead on the side of the road worked at a controversial hair care MLM

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The husband of killed influencer Alexis Sharkey was found dead in an apparent suicide while a warrant was out for his arrest, police said

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A Houston Instagram influencer was found dead and naked on the side of the road. Her mother believes she was murdered.

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