Ashlee Jenae’s fiancé, crypto businessman Joe McCann, has broken his silence 4 weeks after she died under mysterious circumstances in Zanzibar, Tanzania.

Ashlee (born Ashly Robinson) died of asphyxiation on April 9, a day after she was found hanging from a doorknob in a villa at a luxury resort in Zanzibar.

The 31-year-old Miami-based lifestyle influencer celebrated her engagement to Joe before she passed away tragically.

Joe skipped Ashlee’s funeral in New Jersey on May 5. He remembered Ashlee as his “best friend, confidante and fiancé [sic]” in a post on X.com the same day as the funeral.

“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,” he wrote. “As a father myself, I am also heartbroken for Ashly’s parents, Yolanda Endres and Harry Robinson.”

Joe continued: “Devoted fans knew Ashly through her charismatic online persona Ashlee, but the person I loved was Ashly, a woman who embodied the virtues of compassion, empathy, kindness, generosity, and love. A nurturing presence, Ashly cared deeply for the people closest to her, which to my eternal gratitude included me. She fattened me up with her amazing cooking and had a great relationship with my kids. Each day, we shared both quiet moments of reflection and the many joys of being in love with each other.”

Joe described Ashlee as a “loving soul” with “creative genius” who has an “Encyclopedic knowledge of music”.

“What Ashly desired most was to become a mother and to raise a family together,” he added. “There is no question that she would have been an amazing mom.”

Ashlee’s family is skeptical of Joe’s involvement in her death. The family raised over $64,000 on GoFundMe to pay her funeral expenses and to fund a trip to Tanzania to meet with officials.

Ashlee’s parents plan to ask the resort for video footage near the villa where she was found unresponsive on April 8.