<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>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. "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."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. "She was laying there deceased, no clothes on. I just got on the phone, and I called 911," Richardson said.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. <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><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 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></div></blockquote>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>. 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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>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. 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.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. 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.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.The revelation of Sharkey's cause of death comes after nearly two months of Sharkey's loved ones questioning what happened to her.Read More: <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>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."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.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."

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>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."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."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.<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><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 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></div></blockquote>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."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.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."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.<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>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. 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. 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. 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."<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><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 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></div></blockquote>As the world awaits answers in Sharkey's death, here's a timeline of what we know about her disappearance, death, and discovery. <h2>Before her death, Sharkey spent Thanksgiving with her friends.</h2>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>. 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.<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><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 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></div></blockquote>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."<h2>Sharkey's family learned that she was missing the day after Thanksgiving.</h2>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.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.<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><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 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></div></blockquote>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. "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."<h2>A body was found on the side of the road in Houston on Saturday morning.</h2>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>. 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. 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." <h2>The body was identified as Sharkey by her husband, Tom.</h2>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 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."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.<h2>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.</h2>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.""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."<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><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 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></div></blockquote>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.He also told ABC 13 that he and Alexis had a happy marriage, saying that they weren't filing for divorce.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.<h2>Foul play has not been ruled out, but Houston police are awaiting the autopsy results.</h2>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. 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. Houston police are awaiting the autopsy report before continuing their investigation into Sharkey's death, a representative previously told Insider. 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." <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. 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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.

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>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.<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.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. 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.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. 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."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. "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. <h2>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</h2>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. 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. 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.

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>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.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>.Alexis' mother, Stacey Robinault, told Insider in a phone interview on Wednesday that she believes her daughter was murdered."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."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.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.<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><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 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></div></blockquote><h2>Some of Alexis' friends said she was having marital issues</h2>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."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.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.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."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."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."He added: "She left anyhow. This is where we're at."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.<h2>Alexis was a budding influencer</h2>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.<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><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 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></div></blockquote>"She was so much fun. She was very playful. She was very caring," Stacey told Insider of her daughter. "She made you feel good."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.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."<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>

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

<ul class="summary-list"><li>The <keyword id="6762469" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="TikTok">TikTok</keyword> creator Dazharia Shaffer died by <keyword id="6356238" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="suicide">suicide</keyword> at 18, an official confirmed to Insider.</li><li>Shaffer had a growing social-media following, with 1.7 million followers on TikTok. </li><li>Her father wrote about Shaffer's mental health on a GoFundMe page.</li></ul>Dazharia Shaffer, a <a href="https://www.insider.com/psychologists-say-social-media-fame-may-harm-child-star-influencers-2020-5">TikTok creator</a> with 1.7 million followers on the video platform, has died at 18 years old. Shaffer, who went by Dee on TikTok with the username "dazhariaa," died by suicide on Tuesday, the East Baton Rouge Parish Coroner's Office confirmed to Insider. <a href="https://people.com/human-interest/tiktok-star-dazharia-shaffer-dies-at-18/">People first reported the news of Shaffer's death</a>.The teen from Baton Rouge, Louisiana, was an up-and-coming influencer with growing followings on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube. She uploaded her last TikTok post, a dance video, on Monday.<blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@dazhariaa/video/6926714496199249158" data-video-id="6926714496199249158" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@dazhariaa" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@dazhariaa">@dazhariaa</a> I’m shadowbanned , I’ll be posting more on @deesoswavyy <a target="_blank" title="♬ original sound - kaylani :)" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/original-sound-6906919309868583686">♬ original sound - kaylani :)</a> </section> </blockquote> Shaffer's father, Raheem Alla, confirmed her <keyword id="6355784" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="death">death</keyword> on his TikTok page Wednesday."I just want to thank everyone for their love and support of my daughter. Unfortunately she is no longer with us and has gone to a better place," he wrote. Alla did not immediately respond to Insider's request for further comment. <blockquote class="tiktok-embed" cite="https://www.tiktok.com/@king_raheem_allah/video/6927386477265538310" data-video-id="6927386477265538310" style="max-width: 605px;min-width: 325px;"> <section> <a target="_blank" title="@king_raheem_allah" href="https://www.tiktok.com/@king_raheem_allah">@king_raheem_allah</a> I just want to thank everyone for their love and support of my daughter. Unfortunately she is no longer with us and has gone to a better place. <a target="_blank" title="♬ Missing You - Brandy &amp; TAMIA &amp; Gladys Knight &amp; Chaka Khan" href="https://www.tiktok.com/music/Missing-You-224620065911058432">♬ Missing You - Brandy &amp; TAMIA &amp; Gladys Knight &amp; Chaka Khan</a> </section> </blockquote> On his TikTok profile, Alla promoted a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/fly-with-the-angels-my-little-jelly-bean-dazharia">GoFundMe page to support the family</a>. The GoFundMe was organized by Rodney Andry, who appears to be a friend or relative of the family. The memorial fundraiser had raised $6,935 as of Friday morning. Andry did not immediately respond to Insider's request for comment.In a note on the fundraiser, Alla said Shaffer was his "little best friend" and referenced his daughter's mental health. <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><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJPdwmxA4qW" 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 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 Dee (@dazhariaa)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>"She was so happy," the message said. "I only wish she would have spoken to me about her stress and the thoughts of suicide. We could work thru this."Alla added: "I only want to hold you again my little jelly bean. Now I come home and your no longer gonna be there waiting for me. I have to let you fly with the angels." <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><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CBBwQ9kAWpt" 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 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 Dee (@dazhariaa)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>The comments section on <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CKZIK51AmDs/">Shaffer's last Instagram post</a>, which she posted on January 23, was full of fans mourning the young star in the days after her death, with comments like "we lost an angel" and "this is heartbreaking." Shaffer's TikTok gained 200,000 followers on Wednesday and Thursday after the <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="news">news</keyword> of her death broke, according to data from Social Blade, a social-media analytics website. The sudden gain reflects a trend of social-media users following the accounts of people with <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-influencer-alexis-sharkey-dead-body-speaks-out-worker-found-2020-12">high-profile deaths</a>, including the <a href="https://www.insider.com/alexis-sharkey-death-cause-houston-influencer-strangulation-homicide-report-2021-1">killing of the Houston influencer Alexis Sharkey</a>.

TikTok creator Dazharia Shaffer, a rising star on the app, dies at 18 years old

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A video depicting an assault on a teenager in Erie County, <keyword id="6355838" type="LOCATION" weightage="60" keywordseo="new-york">New York</keyword>, is being investigated by police. </li><li>The video, which was being spread on social media, depicted the teenager being beaten and thrown out of a window. </li><li>The Erie County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post that while some of the information spreading with the video was false, the victim had "sustained an injury" and an investigation was ongoing. </li></ul>Police in upstate New York said they're investigating a video being spread on social media depicting an assault on a teenage boy. Insider reviewed a screen-recording of a Snapchat video that appeared to depict the young man being beaten and then thrown out of a window. At one point in the disturbing clip, others in the room stomp on the victim. After the others appear to throw the victim out of a window, the victim is shown covered in dirt and blood. The video was posted on Facebook by a local newsgathering page called Niagara Action. On Twitter, Insider found a screen-recording of a TikTok that appeared to include footage from the incident. The video was deleted from TikTok as of Friday. The Erie County Sheriff's Office said in a Facebook post on Thursday that it had begun an investigation into the video, which police said was filmed in the town of Clarence on December 12. The office cautioned citizens that some of the information being shared about the incident on social media appeared to be false, but confirmed that the victim "sustained an injury, sought medical treatment, and was released." <iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FECSONY1%2Fposts%2F3657858017642615&amp;width=500&amp;show_text=true&amp;height=256&amp;appId" width="500" height="256" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameborder="0"></iframe>An Erie County Sheriff's Office public information officer declined to comment on the active investigation. A resident of Buffalo, which is in Erie County, started a <a href="https://www.change.org/p/clarence-police-department-we-want-justice-for-boy-in-clarence-ny">Change.org petition</a> on Tuesday to help the man in the video "get the justice he deserves." As of Friday afternoon, the petition had garnered more than 30,000 signatures. The victim in the video was a student at Clarence High School, according to a message the school's principal shared on the school's internal communication platform that was <a href="https://www.wkbw.com/news/local-news/erie-county-sheriffs-office-investigating-alleged-assault-in-clarence">obtained by WKBW Buffalo</a>, an ABC <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">News</keyword> affiliate outlet. Clarence High School did not immediately respond to a voicemail message.Like the police, Kenneth Smith, the principal, warned students that misinformation related to the case appeared to be spreading. "Remember that there are often changes to a story as it spreads," he wrote in a post on Schoology. "Be aware of misinformation and be cautious about the information you digest." <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/fbi-investigating-anti-semitic-hack-new-york-jewish-school-2020-12">The FBI is investigating an anti-Semitic hack that left a Jewish school's website overrun with Holocaust references and swastikas</a></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/russian-youtuber-reeflay-girlfriend-reportedly-dies-livestream-2020-12">A Russian YouTuber's girlfriend reportedly died during a livestream after being locked outside in the cold</a></li></ul>

New York police are investigating a viral video that appears to show a teen being beaten and thrown out a window

<ul class="summary-list"><li>A 52-year-old woman is accused of <a href="https://www.insider.com/vehicle-hit-protesters-new-york-city-2020-12">ramming her car into a group of pedestrians in New York City on Friday</a>.</li><li>Kathleen Casillo of Queens, New York, was arrested after the incident at a <keyword id="6359715" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="protest">protest</keyword> in support of the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) hunger strike taking place at a New Jersey jail, the NYPD told Insider in a statement.</li><li>At least six people were injured in the incident, police said, and Casillo is facing a reckless endangerment charge.</li></ul>A 52-year-old woman has been accused of <a href="https://www.insider.com/vehicle-hit-protesters-new-york-city-2020-12">ramming her car into a group of pedestrians in New York City on Friday</a> and is facing an endangerment charge in connection with the incident that left at least six people injured.As Insider reported on Friday, a <a href="https://twitter.com/_antwan1_/status/1337510117126889473?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1337510117126889473%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fvehicle-hit-protesters-new-york-city-2020-120-12">video posted on Twitter</a> showed a woman getting taken into custody at the scene of the incident. A spokesperson for the <keyword id="72226" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="New-York-City">New York City</keyword> Police Department identified the driver to Insider as 52-year-old Kathleen Casillo, who was behind the wheel of a 2019 Black BMW Sudan. Casillo was arrested after officers responded to reports that a vehicle struck several people protesting in Manhattan's Murray Hill neighborhood. <a href="https://www.insider.com/vehicle-hit-protesters-new-york-city-2020-12">The demonstrators had gathered</a> in support of Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) detainees on hunger strike occurring at a jail in New Jersey.Police told Insider she is currently facing a reckless endangerment charge in connection with the incident.<a href="https://www.nydailynews.com/new-york/nyc-crime/ny-nyc-protest-driver-charged-20201212-gae64glh3fbl5clnnwxs3ngzmy-story.html">New York Daily News </a>reported Casillo told authorities she "panicked" when protesters pounded and crowded around her car.Additional footage of the incident <a href="https://twitter.com/morenabasteiro/status/1337535717925400580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1337535717925400580%7Ctwgr%5E%7Ctwcon%5Es1_&amp;ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.insider.com%2Fpost%2Fpreviewview">posted on Twitter</a> shows the car hit multiple people. According to police, shortly after the incident that six people were transported to local hospitals, but none appeared to have life-threatening injuries.<blockquote class="twitter-tweet blockquote" data-lang="en" data-cards="" data-conversation="">—Morena Basteiro (@morenabasteiro) <a href="https://twitter.com/mims/statuses/1337535717925400580?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">December 11, 2020</a></blockquote>"One of the guys who was hit pushed me out of the way. I turned and watched as he went up into the air and flipped over," protester Desmond Marrero told New York Daily <keyword id="6355005" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="100" keywordseo="news">News</keyword>. "It was traumatizing."<ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/private-citizens-crack-infamous-zodiac-killer-message-2020-12">Private citizens decode the Zodiac Killer's '340 Cipher' 51 years after it was sent to the San Francisco Chronicle, FBI confirms</a></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/fdle-releases-body-cam-footage-of-rebekah-jones-raid-2020-12">Florida Department of Law Enforcement releases bodycam footage of police executing warrant for fired Florida COVID data scientist Rebekah Jones</a></li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/tiktok-channel-films-real-life-murder-scenes-millions-of-followers-2020-12">Meet TikTok's most popular crime scene cleaners who give viewers a rare behind-the-scenes look into real-life murder scenes</a></li></ul>

New York City police charged a 52-year-old woman after a car rammed into a group of pedestrians near ICE protest in Manhattan

<ul class="summary-list"><li>While on a New Year's Eve run, country singer <keyword id="10534888" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="tyler-rich">Tyler Rich</keyword> discovered a dead body in the woods of a Massachusetts' Chicopee state park.</li><li>The singer, known for his songs "The Difference" and "Leave Her Wild," said that he believed the death may have been a suicide. </li><li>"Community is so important, remember to tell people how much you love them, and remember to talk to someone, anyone, when you are feeling lost and alone, cause you're not," he wrote on <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword>.</li></ul>Tyler Rich says he was out for a run on New Year's Eve when he saw what appeared to be a man sleeping on the ground. About 2.5 miles into his workout at Chicopee Memorial State Park in Chicopee, Massachusetts, the country singer says he turned back to check on the man, when he discovered he was dead, according to an Instagram post he shared on Friday. When he went back to the man in the empty woods, he saw "a lifeless face covered in blood" that appeared to be due to a gunshot or blunt force, Rich explained in his Instagram post. The singer said since he only had his Apple Watch on him, he found a nearby couple and used their phone to call the police. The singer, known for "The Difference" and "Leave Her Wild," said that police found a gun on the man's person, and suggested that the death "potentially could have been a suicide."Rich later said on his Instagram stories that he learned the man's name was "Eric," and that he'd been a fan of horror movies and pop-punk. <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><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJgmL7GFoN-" 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 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 Tyler Rich (@tylerrich)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>The Chicopee Police Department did not immediately respond to a request for comment. A police department spokesperson <a href="https://www.wwlp.com/news/local-news/hampden-county/police-investigating-body-found-at-chicopee-memorial-state-park/">told local outlet WWLP</a> that Massachusetts State Police were investigating the death.Rich reflected on the experience of discovering the man, which he called an "image and moment of my life, I'll never forget," and thanked "first responders and our military that look death in the eye every day, and are able to continue to live their everyday lives."On Saturday, Rich posted a subsequent post to thank his 255,000 followers for their support and share resources for anyone struggling with mental health. <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><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CJjSs7QFzpT" 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 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 Tyler Rich (@tylerrich)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>"Community is so important, remember to tell people how much you love them, and remember to talk to someone, anyone, when you are feeling lost and alone, cause you're not," he wrote in the post's caption. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</li><li><a href="https://www.insider.com/instagram-influencer-died-pregnant-with-fifth-child-emily-mitchell-thehiddenway-2021-1">A parenting influencer popular in the homeschooling Instagram community died while pregnant with her 5th child</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/la-comedian-dies-joe-luna-covid-19-documented-illness-instagram-2020-12">Los Angeles comedian dies of COVID-19 after documenting illness on Instagram</a></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. 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Country music singer Tyler Rich says he discovered a dead body while on a run in a state park

<ul class="summary-list"><li><keyword id="10543067" type="UNKNOWN" weightage="60" keywordseo="emily-mitchell">Emily Mitchell</keyword>, an <keyword id="819905" type="COMPANY" weightage="60" keywordseo="Instagram">Instagram</keyword> influencer known for homeschooling and parenting content, has died while pregnant with her fifth child.</li><li>The 36-year-old, who lived in Rhode Island with her husband and four children, died on December 22. </li><li>A GoFundMe page created to support the family said that "all valiant efforts to resuscitate" Mitchell "were unsuccessful." </li></ul>An Instagram influencer known for homeschooling and parenting content has died while pregnant with her fifth child. Emily Mitchell, whose <a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CFxbXJOBIp7/">Instagram, @the.hidden.way</a>, was full of photos of her husband, four children, and pets, died on December 22, according to an <a href="https://www.legacy.com/obituaries/thewesterlysun/obituary.aspx?n=emily-a-mitchell&amp;pid=197367082&amp;fhid=6912hid=6912">obituary</a> first published in The Westerly Sun and shared online. The parenting influencer, who was 36 years old, frequently shared Instagram posts about her family life in a farmhouse in Rhode Island, as well as her Christian faith. Mitchell was also a "talented musician, singer, recording artist, and music teacher" with degrees in psychology and music, the obituary said. On the day of her death, Mitchell was "having her morning coffee and toast when she suddenly became unresponsive," according to a <a href="https://www.gofundme.com/f/6n4vy-support-the-mitchell-family?utm_source=customer&amp;utm_medium=email&amp;utm_campaign=p_cp+share-sheetre-sheet">GoFundMe</a> that was made to support the family and has raised more than $163,000 as of Monday morning. The GoFundMe said that "all valiant efforts to resuscitate were unsuccessful." The family is awaiting further information from doctors regarding Mitchell's cause of death, according to the GoFundMe. Insider sent a message to Allyson Speake, the creator of the GoFundMe page, but did not hear back at the time of writing.Mitchell announced her fifth pregnancy on Instagram on November 19 and said that she was eleven weeks pregnant at the time. The family had named the unborn child Joey, according to the obituary. <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><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CHyTPRqhDRq" 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 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 EMILY (@the.hidden.way)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>Mitchell's Instagram account gained tens of thousands of followers after her death, <a href="https://www.insider.com/houston-instagram-influencer-found-dead-alexis-robinault-sharkey-road-naked-2020-12">continuing an online phenomenon of people following popular figures after they die</a>. On December 22, the day she died, she had roughly 82,000 followers, according to data from SocialBlade, a social-media analytics website. As of Monday, she has 161,000 followers. In her last Instagram post, on December 8, Mitchell shared that her fifth baby would be delivered via Caesarian section, as her first four children were. Mitchell said that other mothers in the Instagram parenting and homeschooling communities, where <a href="https://www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news/she-wanted-freebirth-no-doctors-online-groups-convinced-her-it-n1140096">natural births are extremely popular</a>, shouldn't feel discouraged should they need medical intervention.<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><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/CIjLEKThw6-" 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 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 EMILY (@the.hidden.way)<time style=" font-family:Arial,sans-serif; font-size:14px; line-height:17px;" datetime=""></time></div></blockquote>"However your baby gets here, just know YOUR EXPERIENCE is valid and worthy," Mitchell wrote in the caption of her final post. "YOU are no less a mother if you needed emergency medical intervention, had a planned c-section, or an epidural."Mitchell is survived by her husband, Joseph, and their four children. <ul class="read-more-links"><li>Read more:</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><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/myka-stauffer-huxley-parenting-youtube-rehome-adopted-son-timeline-2020-5">A parenting YouTuber faced backlash for 'rehoming' her adopted son with autism after monetizing his videos. This is how the story unfolded.</a></li></ul>

A parenting influencer popular in the homeschooling Instagram community died while pregnant with her 5th child

<div class="KonaFilter image-container display-table float_right"><div><div class="image on-image"><img src="https://static-ssl.businessinsider.com/image/5787c6594321f1e2008b8361-1848/trump.jpg" alt="trump" data-mce-source="AP Photo/Mark J. Terrill" data-mce-caption="Republican presidential candidate, businessman Donald Trump, speaks during the CNN Republican presidential debate at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum on Wednesday, Sept. 16, 2015, in Simi Valley, Calif." />AP Photo/Mark J. TerrillDonald Trump.</div></div></div>Tech leaders are taking a stand against Donald Trump.In <a href="https://medium.com/@KatieS/an-open-letter-from-technology-sector-leaders-on-donald-trumps-candidacy-for-president-5bf734c159e4#.hunna75a7" target="_blank">a scathing open letter</a> posted by former Twitter vice president Katie Stanton, leaders from some of Silicon Valley's biggest tech companies, venture-capital firms, and startups voiced their concerns about a Trump presidency - specifically, that Trump "stands against the open exchange of ideas, free movement of people, and productive engagement with the outside world that is critical to our economy."The letter is signed by more than 140 tech leaders, including:<ul><li>CEOs of relatively young tech companies and startups such as Box, Twilio, Slack, TaskRabbit, and Tumblr.</li><li>Well-known VCs and investors like Vinod Khosla, Pierre Omidyar, Shervin Pishevar, and Chris Sacca.</li><li>Tech industry veterans like former Cisco CTO Padmasree Warrior, Apple cofounder Steve Wozniak, and Interactive Corp. CEO Barry Diller.</li></ul>Tech leaders who openly support Trump are rare, with the <a href="http://www.businessinsider.com/peter-thiel-speaking-at-republican-national-convention-2016-7">exception of Peter Thiel</a>, who is a delegate for Trump and will speak at the Republican National Convention next week.<a href="https://medium.com/@KatieS/an-open-letter-from-technology-sector-leaders-on-donald-trumps-candidacy-for-president-5bf734c159e4#.jcv3hsuw9">Read the whole thing here&gt;&gt;</a>Here's the full list of signatories:Marvin Ammori, General Counsel, Hyperloop One Adrian Aoun, Founder/CEO, Forward Greg Badros, Founder, Prepared Mind Innovations; Former Engineering VP, Facebook Clayton Banks, Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem Phin Barnes, Partner, First Round Capital Niti Bashambu, Chief Analytics Officer, IAC Applications John Battelle, Founder/CEO, NewCo, Inc. Ayah Bdeir, Founder/CEO, Little Bits Piraye Beim, Founder/CEO, Celmatix Marc Bodnick, Co-Founder, Elevation Partners John Borthwick, Founder/CEO, Betaworks Matt Brezina, Co-Founder, Sincerely and Xobni Stacy Brown-Philpot, CEO, TaskRabbit Brad Burnham, Managing Partner, Union Square Ventures Stewart Butterfield, Co-Founder/CEO, Slack Troy Carter, Founder/CEO, Atom Factory Sukhinder Singh Cassidy, Founder/CEO, Joyus Vint Cerf, Internet Pioneer Amy Chang, Founder/CEO, Accompany Aneesh Chopra, President, NavHealth; Former US CTO Patrick Chung, General Partner, Xfund Tod Cohen, General Counsel, StubHub Stephen DeBerry, Founder/Managing Partner, Bronze Investments Peter Diamandis, Entrepreneur; Author, Abundance and BOLD Barry Diller, Chairman, Expedia and IAC Esther Dyson, Executive Founder, Way to Wellville; Investor Amy Errett, Founder/CEO, Madison Reed Caterina Fake, Founder/CEO, Findery; Co-Founder, Flickr Christopher Farmer, Founder/CEO, SignalFire Brad Feld, Managing Director, Foundry Group; Co-Founder, Techstars Josh Felser, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital &amp; ClimateX Hajj Flemings, Founder/CEO, Brand Camp University Natalie Foster, Co-Founder, Peers David Grain, Founder/Managing Partner, Grain Management, LLC Brad Hargreaves, Founder/CEO, Common Donna Harris, Co-Founder/Co-CEO, 1776 Scott Heiferman, Co-Founder/CEO, Meetup David Hornik, General Partner, August Capital Terry Howerton, CEO, TechNexus Reed Hundt, Former Chair, FCC Minnie Ingersoll, COO, Shift Technologies Sami Inkinen, Founder/CEO, Virta Health; Co-Founder, Trulia Craig Isakow, Head of Revenue, Shift Technologies Rev. Jesse L. Jackson Sr., President and Founder, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Irwin Jacobs, Founding Chairman/CEO Emeritus, Qualcomm Inc Paul Jacobs, Executive Chairman, Qualcomm Inc Leila Janah, Founder/CEO, Sama &amp; Laxmi Sujay Jaswa, Former CFO, Dropbox; Founder, Witt Capital Partners Mark Josephson, CEO, Bitly Sep Kamvar, Professor, MIT David Karp, Founder/CEO, Tumblr Jed Katz, Managing Director, Javelin Venture Partners Kim Keenan, President/CEO, Multicultural Media, Telecom &amp; Internet Council Ben Keighran, Entrepreneur; Former Design Lead, Apple William Kennard, Former Chair, FCC Vinod Khosla, Founder, Khosla Ventures; Co-Founder, SUN Microsystems Ron Klain, Executive Vice President, Revolution LLC Walter Kortschak, Former Managing Partner and Senior Advisor, Summit Partners Jared Kopf, Founder AdRoll, HomeRun, Worldly Joseph Kopser, Co-Founder, Ridescout Karen Kornbluh, Former US Ambassador, OECD Othman Laraki, Co-Founder/President, Color Genomics Miles Lasater, Serial Entrepreneur Jeff Lawson, CEO, Twilio Aileen Lee, Founder/Managing Partner, Cowboy Ventures Bobby Lent, Managing Partner, Hillsven Capital Aaron Levie, Co-Founder/CEO, Box John Lilly, Partner, Greylock Partners Bruce Lincoln, Co-Founder, Silicon Harlem Ruth Livier, President, Livier Productions, Inc. Mark Lloyd, Professor of Communication, University of Southern California?-?Annenberg School Luther Lowe, VP of Public Policy, Yelp Nancy Lublin, Founder/CEO, Crisis Text Line Kanyi Maqubela, Partner, Collaborative Fund Jonathan Matus, Founder/CEO, Zendrive Josh McFarland, Vice President of Product, Twitter Andrew McLaughlin, Head of New Business, Medium; Venture Partner, betaworks Shishir Mehrotra, Entrepreneur &amp; former VP of Product &amp; Engineering, YouTube Apoorva Mehta, Founder/CEO, Instacart Doug Merritt, CEO, Splunk Dinesh Moorjani, Founder/CEO, Hatch Labs; Co-Founder, Tinder Brit Morin, Founder/CEO, Brit + Co Dave Morin, Entrepreneur; Partner, Slow Ventures Dustin Moskovitz, Co-Founder, Asana; Co-Founder, Facebook Amanda Moskowitz, Founder/CEO, Stacklist Alex Nogales, President/CEO, National Hispanic Media Coalition Alexis Ohanian, Co-Founder, Reddit Mike Olson, Founder/Chairman/CSO, Cloudera Pierre Omidyar, Founder, eBay Felix W. Ortiz III, Founder/Chairman/CEO, Viridis; Board Member of The NYC Technology Development Corporation Jen Pahlka, Founder/Executive Director, Code for America Barney Pell, Founder Powerset, MoonExpress, Locomobi; Founding Trustee, Singularity University Mark Pincus, Executive Chairman and Founder, Zynga Shervin Pishevar, Co-Founder/Managing Director, Sherpa Capital and Co-Founder/Executive Chairman of Hyperloop One Brandon Pollack, Director of Global Affairs, 1776 Amy Rao, Founder/CEO, Integrated Archive Systems, Inc. Eric Ries, Entrepreneur &amp; Author, The Lean Startup Justin Rosenstein, Co-Founder, Asana Alec Ross, Author, The Industries of the Future Javier Saade, Venture Capitalist; Former Associate Administrator, SBA Chris Sacca, Founder/Chairman, Lowercase Capital Dave Samuel, Co-Founder, Freestyle Capital Julie Samuels, Executive Director, Tech:NYC Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Chris Schroeder, Venture Investor; Author, Startup Rising Jake Schwartz, Co-Founder/CEO, General Assembly Robert Scoble, Entrepreneur in Residence and Futurist, Upload VR Kim Malone Scott, CEO, Candor, Inc; Former Director, Google Tina Sharkey, Partner, Sherpa Foundry &amp; Sherpa Capital Clara Shih, Co-Founder/CEO, Hearsay Social Shivani Siroya, Founder/CEO, InVenture Steve Smith, Executive Director, Public Policy Institute, Government Relations &amp; Telecommunications Project, Rainbow PUSH Coalition Jonathan Spalter, Chair, Mobile Future DeShuna Spencer, CEO, kweliTV Katie Stanton, CMO, Color Genomics; Former VP of Global Media, Twitter Jenny Stefanotti, Co-Founder, OneProject; Board of Directors, Ushahidi Debby Sterling, Founder/CEO, Goldiblox Seth Sternberg, Co-Founder/CEO, Honor Margaret Stewart, Vice President of Product Design, Facebook Jeremy Stoppelman, CEO, Yelp Michael Stoppelman, SVP, Engineering, Yelp Baratunde Thurston, Former supervising producer, The Daily Show with Trevor Noah; Co-Founder, Cultivated Wit Stephanie Tilenius, Founder/CEO, Vida Health; Board of Directors, Seagate Technology Richard D. 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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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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.

Rachel E. Greenspan,Palmer Haasch

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

Rachel E. Greenspan

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

Kelly McLaughlin,Palmer Haasch

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

Rachel E. Greenspan

TikTok creator Dazharia Shaffer, a rising star on the app, dies at 18 years old

Rachel E. Greenspan

New York police are investigating a viral video that appears to show a teen being beaten and thrown out a window

Rachel E. Greenspan

New York City police charged a 52-year-old woman after a car rammed into a group of pedestrians near ICE protest in Manhattan

Taylor Ardrey

Country music singer Tyler Rich says he discovered a dead body while on a run in a state park

Rachel E. Greenspan

A parenting influencer popular in the homeschooling Instagram community died while pregnant with her 5th child

Rachel E. Greenspan

More than 140 tech leaders agree: 'Trump would be a disaster for innovation'

Avery Hartmans