Authorities Investigate Death Onboard Cruise Ship
On Tuesday, November 16 the Carnival Liberty was enroute from South Florida to St. Thomas for a seven day cruise, when a passenger discovered a 36-year-old woman unconscious in her cabin.
Emergency medical services onboard responded but pronounced the woman dead two hours after she was discovered. The FBI is conducting a full investigation and will know what type of case they have when the autopsy report is completed.
A Carnival spokesperson has said that evidence suggests the death was due to medical complications, however this has yet to be confirmed.
Also a passenger onboard the ship reported to www.cruisejunkie.com's blog that the deceased woman had suspicious bruises on her face.
It appears Carnival has had to deal with more deaths onboard their ships this year than any of the other cruise lines. Nine of the thirteen deaths reported by www.cruiseburise.com, whose listing includes cruise lines from around the world, were onboard Carnival ships.
Below is a listing of 2010’s cruise ship fatalities for the world’s major cruise lines from www.cruisebruise.com :
Date: September 19, 2010
Cause: Overboard
Passenger: Mr. Xu
Location: Hong Kong
Cruise Line: Star Cruises
Ship: Superstar Aquarius
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Date: August 30, 2010
Cause: Death aboard
Passenger: Robert Lee West
Location: South Carolina
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Line
Ship: Carnival Fantasy
Date: August 14, 2010
Cause: Food
Passenger: Kevin Henry Edouard
Location: Off Florida
Cruise Line: Nowegian Cruise Line
Ship: Epic
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Date: July 24, 2010
Cause: Gangplank failure
Passenger: Maria Mercedes Bonastre
Location: Genoa, Italy
Cruise Line: MSC Cruises
Ship: MSC Splendida
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Date: May 24, 2010
Cause: Death Aboard (cabin 9136)
Passenger: Paul Hunt III
Location: Florida
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Destiny
Date: May 19, 2010
Cause: Death Aboard
Passenger: Michael Krug
Location: Florida
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Imagination
Date: March 28, 2010
Cause: Death Aboard
Passenger: Vernell Moore
Location: Florida
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Imagination
Date: February 27, 2010
Cause: Death Aboard
Passenger: James Patrick Odwyer
Location: Tampa, Florida
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Inspiration
Date: February 16, 2010
Cause: Overdose
Passenger: Kipi Shay Wiley-Holcomb
Location: Off Mexico
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Ecstasy
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Date: February 4, 2010
Cause: Death Aboard
Passenger: Frank Woods
Location: Florida
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Fascination
Date: January 19, 2010
Cause: Death Aboard
Passenger: Clifford Wolfe
Location: Florida
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Miracle
Date: January 10, 2010
Cause: Hanging
Crew: Camila Peixoto Bandeira
Location: Off Brazil
Cruise Line: MSC
Ship: MSC Musica
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Date: January 7, 2010
Cause: Death Aboard
Passenger: Mark Miles
Location: Florida
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Miracle
Photo: Carnival Liberty in St. Thomas, April 2006.