{"id":31978,"date":"2026-04-15T15:08:55","date_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:08:55","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=31978"},"modified":"2026-04-15T15:08:55","modified_gmt":"2026-04-15T13:08:55","slug":"tanzania-investigates-death-of-us-social-media-influencer","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/tanzania-investigates-death-of-us-social-media-influencer\/","title":{"rendered":"Tanzania investigates death of US social media influencer"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"x_p2\">Police in Tanzania said they are questioning the fianc\u00e9 of United States (US) social media influencer Ashly Robinson, who died after \u200can alleged suicide attempt while the couple were on vacation in Zanzibar, a tourist hub off the east African country&#8217;s mainland.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p2\">Police have confiscated the passport of her partner, Joseph Isaac McCann, 45, also\u00a0\u2060a US citizen, they said in a statement issued late on Tuesday.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p2\">Robinson, 31, who is also known by her social media name Ashlee Jenae, and McCann arrived in Zanzibar on April 4 and booked into a hotel.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p2\">They later moved to a second hotel where they &#8220;appeared to be having domestic conflicts,&#8221; police said, citing \u200chotel\u00a0\u2060staff.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p2\">Management subsequently separated the two into different rooms.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p2\">&#8220;According to reports, she attempted to hang herself using a clothing belt tied inside a wardrobe in Room 25 of the\u00a0\u2060hotel,&#8221; the police statement said.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p2\">She died in hospital on April 9, in the morning time while receiving treatment.<\/p>\n<p class=\"x_p2\">&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p class=\"x_MsoNormal\">\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":23365,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-31978","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"","published_date":"","news_description":"Death of US social media influencer","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31978","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31978\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31983,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/31978\/revisions\/31983"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/23365"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=31978"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=31978"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}