The family of 24-year-old British influencer Ebony McIntosh is devastated after her sudden death on what was meant to be the “holiday of a lifetime” in Sri Lanka. Ebony, a popular figure with 10,000 followers on Instagram, was rushed to the hospital on February 1 after reportedly being poisoned by pesticides used to kill bed bugs at the hostel where she was staying. Tragically, she and another guest from Germany died just hours after being treated for symptoms including vomiting, nausea, and difficulty breathing.
A friend of Ebony’s mother, Chandrika Patel, expressed the family’s grief, saying: “The family are completely devastated and inconsolable. They are beyond grief. She was their life.” Ebony, the eldest of four daughters, lived with her family in Mickleover, Derbyshire. A neighbor, who has known Ebony since she was three years old, described her as a “lovely girl” and said everyone was “shocked” by the heartbreaking news, reported by the Daily Mail.
