Overview
- Police in Zanzibar are questioning fiancé Joe McCann and holding his passport as they await forensic and medical reports.
- A post-mortem is underway at Lumumba Hospital with coroner representatives authorized by the U.S. Embassy and the family present, according to police.
- Hotel staff reported a dispute that led the couple to separate rooms, and an employee later found Robinson hanging in her room before she was taken to a hospital where she died.
- Unofficial hospital documents circulating in U.S. media cite a neck mark and 'cerebral hypoxia by strangulation and suffocation,' which Zanzibar police say are not official findings.
- Her family rejects the suicide characterization, has asked for resort surveillance footage, and says they are working with local and U.S. officials for answers.