Photo: Ashlee Jenae/Instagram
Joe McCann, the fiancé of late influencer Ashlee Jenae, is breaking his silence four weeks after her death during a vacation in Zanzibar. She died on April 9 while on a vacation with McCann to Zanzibar, according to People.
McCann had proposed to Janae — real name Ashly Robinson — during the trip just days before her death. While the Tanzania Police Force initially labeled the case as a suicide, they said in a statement on April 14 that Robinson and McCann had been put into separate hotel rooms “for the safety of each other” following a “misunderstanding” in the days leading up to the incident, according to the BBC.
They later confirmed they had begun questioning McCann and withheld his travel documentation.
McCann finally broke his silence on Robinson’s death in a statement posted to X on Tuesday (May 5).
“There are no adequate words to describe the total devastation, emptiness, and shock I feel after losing my best friend, confidante and fiancé, Ashly Jenae Robinson,” McCann wrote. “Ashly was an angel who shined her light on everyone fortunate enough to be in her presence. There is no way to fill the unfillable void left by Ashly's passing and no way to make sense of this unfathomable loss. All we can do is carry on Ashly's legacy of helping other people and strive to live up to her virtues every single day. Ashly, I love you forever.”
A funeral service for Robinson was held on Tuesday at the Second Baptist Church in Paulsboro, N.J., according to the church’s Facebook page.
McCann was not in attendance at the service. TMZ reported that Robinson’s family did not invite him and has not spoken to him since her death.
Robinson's family put together a GoFundMe page to support the funeral arrangements and travel costs. As of Tuesday, it has raised over $64,000 with contributions from over 1,200 individuals.
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