Overview
- Joe McCann, who issued his first public statement late Tuesday, called Ashly Jenae’s death an “incomprehensible tragedy” and shared grief for her family.
- Her family held a funeral Tuesday at Second Baptist Church in Paulsboro, New Jersey, and did not invite McCann, according to multiple entertainment outlets.
- Tanzanian police have questioned McCann and temporarily seized his passport after a dispute days earlier led hotel staff to place the couple in separate rooms, and he has not been charged.
- Local authorities have described the case as an apparent suicide, which her relatives dispute as they pursue an independent autopsy for their own answers.
- Her remains were returned to the United States, but her father says Tanzanian authorities have not yet released her personal items, including her engagement ring.