Suspicion surrounds death of US influencer traveling with her boyfriend in Zanzibar
No arrests made in the death of Ashly Robinson, but local officials say her boyfriend has had his passport ‘withheld’
Ashly Robinson, a US lifestyle influencer, died last week while on vacation in the Tanzanian islands of Zanzibar with her boyfriend, Joe McCann.
Robinson’s death on 9 April, just days after her https://www.instagram.com/ashleejenae/p/DWvgpB3jt6S/?hl=en&img_index=7">birthday and a https://www.instagram.com/p/DWsBFblCCnY/">marriage proposal from McCann, has sparked suspicion on social media, with users doubtful of the current narrative surrounding her passing.
No arrests have been made, and police previously said that McCann was not suspected of wrongdoing.
But officials in Zanzibar released a statement on 14 April saying that McCann’s passport has been “https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx299rxk0ngo">withheld”.
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