Overview
- Authorities announced the investigation is closed after determining that Ashly Robinson, known as Ashlee Jenae, died by suicide, citing a hospital finding of cerebral hypoxia from strangulation and suffocation.
- Hotel staff found Jenae unconscious in her Zuri Zanzibar villa during a routine check on April 8 and she was pronounced dead at a local hospital on April 9 after being rushed there.
- Investigators said they reviewed communications and digital records that showed signs of mental distress, including text messages to family and friends and a reported March ChatGPT query about lethal doses of Valium.
- Her fiancé, Joe McCann, was questioned and temporarily had his passport withheld but was never arrested or charged, and police said no individual was implicated in her death.
- Jenae’s family disputes the suicide finding, pointing to delayed notifications and missing personal effects such as the engagement ring, and they continue to seek independent answers as the case draws attention to how online and AI searches are used in death probes.