Cruise Ship 'Stabbing' of Passenger Sparks FBI Investigation: Report

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As such, FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT) members responded to process the passenger’s room once the ship returned to the Charleston port on March 4,” said Kevin Wheeler with the FBI Columbia field office. "While we continue to cooperate with authorities, all indications pertaining to the death of a guest on board Carnival Sunshine suggest that it was a natural death due to a medical condition," the cruise line said in a statement Tuesday. The FBI is investigating a "suspicious death" of a female passenger aboard a Carnival cruise ship while it was en route to the Bahamas. "The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons," the statement continued. The guest's death was an isolated incident, and no other passengers were at risk. FBI Evidence Response Team members board the Carnival Sunshine (102,8503 gross tons) when the vessel returned to Charleston, South Carolina.

FBI Says Carnival Cruise “Suspicious Death” Likely Medically Related

Once the ship returned to Charleston, South Carolina on March 4, officials with the FBI searched the couple’s room for evidence, CBS News said. In 2022, the State Ports Authority announced it would not extend its contract with Carnival after the current pact expires at the end of 2024. The SPA's decision came after years of unsuccessful attempts to build a new cruise ship terminal at Union Pier in the face of opposition from environmentalists and historic preservation groups. The Sunshine is the third Carnival ship to call Charleston its home port since the cruise line started offering year-round voyages from the Union Pier Terminal in downtown Charleston in 2010. But a report published in November 2020 in the International Journal of Travel Medicine and Global Health put the number of deaths at 623 deaths between 2000 and 2019. A spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line told News 2 the FBI joined Carnival Sunshine when it returned to port in Charleston on Saturday to conduct its investigation.

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Despite their best efforts, the woman was pronounced dead on the ship, the release said. Crew members and medical staff on Carnival's Sunshine ship, which was traveling from Charleston, South Carolina, to Nassau, Bahamas, responded to an unresponsive female passenger on Feb. 27, the FBI said Monday. Medical personnel attempted life-saving measures, but the woman was pronounced dead on the ship, the FBI said. "The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons," the FBI said.

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The shuttle bus crashed into pedestrians and two concrete barriers at the terminal. The shuttle bus driver mistakenly stepped on the gas pedal instead of the break when they attempted to stop the bus from moving, Hawaii News Now reported. The FBI said the incident seems to be isolated and there was no threat to others on the cruise, CNN reported.

They said that medical staff and other crew members on the ship were made aware of a passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures. Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday that the woman who died aboard one of its ships last month likely died from natural causes. The announcement comes one day after the FBI said it would be investigating the woman's "suspicious" death.

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At this time, the death is being labeled as “suspicious” but no further details have been released, not only to protect the integrity of the investigation but also to protect the privacy of those involved. “The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons,” the statement explained. The FBI is investigating the death of a passenger who was touring on the Carnival cruise ship Sunshine, conducting a search of her room when the vessel returned to the port of Charleston on March 4. The cruise line had previously set policies preventing bringing aboard hard liquor or beer during embarkation, but passengers are also now being reminded that under federal law marijuana and other illegal drugs are not permitted onboard. They are also being advised that they must use earphones when listening to music or using their personal devices such as phones and tablets. Items like large radios and music speakers will be confiscated and only returned at the end of the cruise.

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Bahamian authorities are investigating the circumstances and conducted an autopsy. FBI spokesman Kevin Wheeler said the agency is not releasing the name of the woman who died during the Sunshine's Feb. 27 voyage to Nassau, Bahamas. A Japanese consortium made up of coastal shipping company Imoto Lines and marine software company Marindows is launching a government-backed effort to develop a next-generation containership. Plans call not only for the vessel to address decarbonization with the ability to operate emissions-free, but also to address the emerging challenges due to the lack of seafarers in Japan. The companies have scheduled the completion of the vessel for January 2027.Imoto, which is a leading operator of coastal feeder ships,... India’s navy is continuing to demonstrate its prowess joining the world stage among the most elite strike teams.

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The death was aboard a Carnival Sunshine cruise ship involving a woman who was traveling with her husband. When the ship returned to Charleston on March 4, FBI officials searched the dead passenger's room for evidence, according to the news release. The passenger who died on a Carnival Cruise Line ship over the weekend likely died a natural death, according to the company. Carnival Cruise Line said Tuesday that "all indications" are a passenger died of a medical condition and that it continues to cooperate with authorities.

An FBI Evidence Response Team processed the passenger's room after the ship returned to the Charleston port on March 4. FBI spokesperson Kevin Wheeler said Tuesday that the agency's initial statement remains and that it had no other comment. The passenger died Feb. 27 on a trip on the Carnival Sunshine to Nassau, Bahamas, the FBI said in a statement Sunday. The Columbia field office says the woman, who has not been publicly identified, died during the Sunshine’s Feb. 27 voyage operating out of Charleston, South Carolina. The investigation is ongoing, the FBI's Columbia field office spokesperson said. The woman died on the line's Carnival Sunshine ship during a cruise to the Bahamas that departed from Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 27.

Cunard Line took delivery today, April 19, from Fincantieri on its first new cruise ship built for the storied brand in 14 years. One of the most visible changes Carnival reported involves increased random screening of passengers’ luggage during embarkation. The cruise line said it would be using drug-sniffing dogs and may also have them for random inspections at some ports during the cruise. No statics exist on the number of passenger deaths each year at sea but like any large city, medical situations occur.

"The victim received treatment from the medical team, and the assailant was confined to his room for the remainder of the cruise." Cruise ship accidents, injuries, crimes, disappearances, fires, and collisions on the high seas involve issues of maritime law. Jim Walker graduated from law school in 1983 and has been handling maritime law cases for the past thirty-five years.

They were there after having been notified that a 44-year-old woman had been found unresponsive during the first day of a cruise that departed from Charleston on February 27. According to the FBI statement, the medical staff and other crew members of the Carnival Sunshine were made aware of the passenger being found unresponsive on the morning of February 28 and immediately attempted life-saving measures. On Feb. 27, Carnival's Sunshine crew members and medical staff responded to an unresponsive female passenger, the FBI Columbia field office said in a news release.