“Investigations into the case are ongoing, including awaiting the official medical examination report from doctors,” the police stated.
Robinson had “been found unconscious in her villa and taken to hospital, where her death was confirmed hours later”, her household stated in a press release issued on Sunday.
In an interview with the BBC’s US media companion CBS News, Robinson’s dad and mom described their daughter as “a light” and a “beautiful person” who was “supposed to be happy”.
She had simply celebrated her birthday and had acquired engaged in the course of the journey, “and then she is just gone”, her mom, Yolanda Endres, stated.
“We are confused about how that could change so drastically.”
The dad and mom stated they’d heard from McCann 11 hours after the incident that supposedly led to Robinson’s dying and “not with a lot of detail”. They had been later informed by Zuri Zanzibar, the lodge the place the couple had been staying, that she had died.
Zanzibar’s North Unguja police chief Benedict Mapujira informed the BBC that the couple had been reported to have had a misunderstanding, prompting Zuri Zanzibar’s administration to separate them into completely different rooms. But in a press release to the BBC, the lodge didn’t affirm particulars of the case given by the police.
Mapujira stated the case was reported late final Wednesday at a close-by police station after lodge workers raised the alarm over a visitor suspected to be suicidal.
“[Robinson] was then taken to hospital for treatment that night, but she passed away the following day (9 April),” he informed the BBC.
In a press release, Zuri Zanzibar informed the BBC that it was deeply saddened by the “tragic incident involving one of our guests”.
It stated it was co-operating with authorities and the US embassy, however declined to remark additional citing privateness issues and the necessity to defend the integrity of the investigations.
Offering its condolences, the state division in Washington confirmed the dying of an American in Zanzibar including that the administration “has no higher priority than the safety and security of Americans”.
Robinson’s dad and mom have stated they’re co-operating with authorities as investigations proceed.
Days earlier than her dying, Robinson had posted photographs and movies from her journey, together with one taken at a zoo in Tanzania’s northern area of Kilimanjaro.
On her Instagram web page, followers have been sharing condolence messages.
