Zanzibar, Tanzania — Police in Zanzibar are holding a US citizen whose partner died under mysterious circumstances after a dispute at the hotel where they were staying.
Joseph Isaac McCann, 45, was questioned by police on Monday after his partner Ashley Robinson, known online as Ashley Jayne, was found dead in her room.
The deputy director of investigations in Zanzibar, Zuberi Chambera, declined to comment on Thursday, saying only that the investigation was ongoing.
Police said witness statements indicated the pair arrived at the Zuri Hotel in Zanzibar on April 4 and were frequently quarreling until the night of April 8, when hotel management separated them and told McCann to move to a separate villa about a 10-minute walk away.
A few hours later, a hotel employee found Robinson unconscious in a closet with a belt tied around his neck, police said. He was taken to hospital, where he died the next day.
Her family told CBS News that McCain called them and said something had happened, but hotel management later informed them that their daughter had died. The parents said they are demanding transparency.
