Family of influencer who died following ‘misunderstanding’ with fiancé disputes police’s claim of suicide - BERITAJA

Police successful Zanzibar investigating the decease of societal media influencer Ashly Robinson said she killed herself pursuing a "misunderstanding" pinch her fiancé while connected vacation.

But her sister is questioning the circumstances about her death, saying Robinson was "happy" and looking guardant to the early aft precocious celebrating a day and engagement.

"None of this makes sense," Alyssa Endres told Beritaja. "That's why we're conscionable truthful lost. And that's why we conscionable want answers."

Robinson and her fiancé, Joseph McCann, traveled to Zanzibar connected April 4, according to a translated video connection from Tanzanian police. They were staying astatine the Zuri Zanzibar edifice erstwhile unit recovered her successful her room and rushed her to the infirmary connected April 8.

Robinson died the pursuing day, constabulary said.

Robinson, 31, who went by the sanction Ashlee Jenae connected societal media, documented portion of the travel connected Instagram. In an April 3 post, McCann is seen proposing to Robinson arsenic a lion walks distant during what appears to beryllium a safari.

"Still taking this in… location successful Africa," Robinson captioned the video.

Other photos showed the mates posing for pictures pinch the animals. Her past post, connected April 5, showed her feeding a giraffe while she celebrated her birthday.

"Chapter 31 and I’m precisely wherever one request to be," Robinson wrote.

While societal media posts showed the mates seemingly enjoying their vacation, section constabulary said they sewage into a conflict that led to them staying successful abstracted rooms. It's not clear what led up to the dispute.

In a translated statement, constabulary said that they were informed by unit astatine the Zuri Zanzibar edifice that Robinson and McCann "seemed to not person a bully understanding" and the brace was separated. Robinson remained successful their room, and McCann was moved to a different room, constabulary said.

A room work attendant later recovered Robinson successful the room and alerted edifice management. She was taken to the hospital, wherever she died.

Police called the couple's conflict a "misunderstanding" and said Robinson died by suicide.

The edifice said it was "deeply saddened" by what happened.

"Our sincerest thoughts and sympathies spell retired to the family and loved ones during this achy time. We are providing our afloat practice to the section authorities and the U.S. Embassy," the edifice said successful a statement.

Endres said she said to her sister soon earlier her decease and "everything was wholly normal." The brace discussed what they were going to do erstwhile Robinson sewage backmost to the U.S.

"She was truthful fresh to return the adjacent steps pinch who she thought was the emotion of her life," Endres said. "She was truthful happy pinch the choices that she had made and successful the places that she was. She was happy."

Endres said the travel to Zanzibar was a planned "dream" picnic for her sister.

Robinson’s mother said the past respective days person been overwhelming, and declined to speak further.

In an April 12 statement posted connected Instagram, the family said "nothing about this nonaccomplishment feels real."

"The suddenness, the unanswered questions, and the region from location person made this calamity moreover much overwhelming for our family," the connection read.

Police said Robinson's decease remains nether investigation, and McCann continues to beryllium questioned by the police. His passport has been suspended, constabulary said.

McCann could not beryllium reached astatine telephone numbers listed for him. Attempts to scope his family were unsuccessful.

Endres said connection pinch section constabulary has been sparse, but they will proceed fighting to find retired what happened.

"She wasn’t conscionable an influencer; she wasn’t conscionable personification online. She was a daughter, she was a sister and she was personification who is truthful so loved because of the life that she brought," Endres said. "She was conscionable specified a ample portion successful truthful galore people’s lives and that’s what I want group to not forget."

If you aliases personification you cognize is successful crisis, telephone 988 to scope the Suicide and Crisis Lifeline. You could besides telephone the network, antecedently known arsenic the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline, astatine 800-273-8255, matter HOME to 741741 aliases visit SpeakingOfSuicide.com/resources for further resources.