The fiancé of a lifestyle influencer, who was discovered dead in Zanzibar just days after their engagement, is currently under police investigation.

Ashlee Jenae, whose real name is Ashly Robinson, was found unconscious in her villa at the Zuri Zanzibar resort on April 9. She was swiftly taken to a nearby hospital, where she was pronounced dead a few hours later.

Officials have indicated that the 31-year-old’s death appears to be a suicide.

However, on Tuesday, the Tanzania Police Force revealed that her fiancé, 45-year-old Joe McCann, is still being questioned, and his passport has been confiscated pending further investigation.

Authorities suggested that the influencer’s death might be linked to a heated argument between the newly engaged couple. The altercation reportedly escalated to such an extent that resort staff felt compelled to relocate McCann to a separate room for safety reasons.

McCann, the millionaire founder of crypto fund Asymmetric Financial, said he returned with a security guard to check up on Robinson, and found her hanging from a door. A hospital later listed her death cause of death as cerebral hypoxia by strangulation and suffocation.

It is believed McCann is just being questioned as a witness, as police have previously told local media he is not suspected of any wrongdoing, according to the BBC. 

Robinson’s parents, though, have claimed McCann only alerted them to the tragedy 11 hours later, and has continued to be vague about what happened in the days since.

They have also publicly disputed claims that Robinson would take her own life.

Ashlee Jenae – real name Ashly Robinson – was found unconscious in her villa at the Zuri Zanzibar resort and was rushed to a nearby hospital where she was later confirmed dead

The influencer had travelled to Zanzibar with her fiancé, Joe McCann, 45, to celebrate her birthday. He is now being questioned about her death

Robinson’s sister Alyssa Endres, 20, also previously told the Daily Mail that her sister was a ‘beautiful’ and high-spirited person, true to the vibrant life she portrayed on social media. 

Endres said a suicide would have been ‘extremely’ out of character for her sibling, and makes no sense given the context. 

‘She was beautiful inside and out, and everyone who knew her knew that,’ Endres said. 

‘Everyone that is standing beside us is really supporting us through all of this because everyone knew that she was a beautiful person, and all she could bring was life to everyone.’ 

The family also released a statement describing her death as ‘suspicious’. 

‘Nothing about this loss feels real,’ the statement reads. ‘One moment she was celebrating love and life in truly Ashly fashion, and the next, she was gone. 

‘The suddenness, the unanswered questions, and the distance from home have made this tragedy even more overwhelming for our family. 

‘At this time, there is an active investigation into the circumstances surrounding Ashly’s suspicious passing. 

‘Although we have many questions, we are placing our trust in the officials in Zanzibar and are working closely with them as we seek clarity and answers.’ 

Robinson’s family has called her death ‘suspicious’ as they demanded answers about what happened 

McCann, the founder of crypto fund Asymmetric Financial, had also proposed to her during a safari on the trip on April 3, as chronicled in a jubilant video shared with her 110,000 Instagram followers 

The influencer’s parents, Yolanda Denise Endres and Harry Robinson, said she had been traveling with McCann, her boyfriend of one year, and appeared to be having the time of her life on the island off Tanzania when they received the news of her death.

‘She was starting the next chapter of her life. She called us to FaceTime us to share with us her travel and her vacation,’ Endres told ABC13.

Robinson’s social media posts echoed the same sentiment. 

‘Chapter 31 and I’m exactly where I need to be,’ she wrote on her final post dated April 7, after describing her vacation as ‘a dream’ three days prior. 

But her mother said Robinson called on April 8 to tell her parents that she had argued with her fiancé, and they had moved to separate rooms. 

The next day, Endres said she received a disturbing call from McCann. 

‘He told me that Ashly did something to herself and she was being taken to the hospital, and he told me she was stable,’ Endres told ABC13. 

‘I said what happened, and he told me, it had been 11 hours prior.’ 

Several hours later, the luxury villa where the couple had been staying broke the news that Robinson had died. 

A hospital report seen by ABC13 stated that Robinson had a mark on her neck, and that her fiancé had ‘found she hung herself on the door’.

Robinson was later taken to another hospital, which listed her cause of death as cerebral hypoxia by strangulation and suffocation. 

A hospital report said Robinson had a mark on her neck at the time of her death 

Robinson shared numerous photos of her relationship with Joe McCann on her social media

Endres said there were no signs that her daughter would have taken her own life. 

‘She’s never done anything that would ever ever lead me to believe that she would do something to harm herself like that. She was happy,’ Endres said. 

‘She was loved. She was not just going to be discarded and forgotten about,’ the heartbroken mother added.

Robinson had accrued over 80,000 followers on Instagram by documenting what she called a ‘soft life’ philosophy of positivity, as reported by NeedToKnow.

She often shared loved up photos of herself and McCann to her social media pages, documenting their lavish life together, which appeared to include frequent vacations, including the trip to Tanzania for her birthday on April 5.

McCann proposed to her during a safari on the trip on April 3, as chronicled in a jubilant video shared with her 110,000 Instagram followers. 

Footage shows McCann getting down on one knee before they kissed and held hands while walking among giraffes, zebra and wild cats on the animal tour. 

McCann, the founder of crypto fund Asymmetric Financial, proposed to her during a safari on the trip on April 3, as chronicled in a jubilant video shared with her 110,000 Instagram followers 

Before their trip, the couple also enjoyed front row seats to a Portland Trail Blazers as well as a ski trip to Bend, Oregon.

Robinson celebrated her one-year anniversary with McCann on November 3.

At the time, she documented their milestone with a photograph of them standing together in front of a body of water.

She captioned the post: ‘365 down. Here’s to forever.’

One day before her death, Robinson uploaded photos and video footage of their Zanzibar vacation.

‘If this is a dream, no one wake me up,’ she captioned one carousel which showed her and McCann posing for among zebras.

Following the news of Robinson’s death, her social media pages were flooded with tributes.

Commenting underneath her final Instagram post, uploaded on April 5, one said: ‘My heart is broken hearing what happened.

‘I was just congratulating you a few days ago, this doesn’t feel real.’ 

Another wrote: ‘May you rest in peace Ashlee. May God bring justice and peace to you and your family. Such a bright and beautiful light inside and out.’

A third penned: ‘Rest in peace, my friend I told you that I wanted to meet you, but I will miss you dearly. RIP, my friend, your life was taken too short.’

 This is a breaking news story and will be updated.