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The FBI said it believed it was an isolated incident with no other reports of threats to passengers during the cruise. However, the bureau routinely investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons. The team responded to process the passenger’s room once the ship returned to Charleston on March 4 and to review the circumstances of the death. Officials are now reporting that a woman passenger who died on a Carnival cruise ship likely died from a “medical condition” days after the media widely reported it as a “suspicious death,” that was being investigated by the U.S.
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The FBI and Carnival did not immediately respond to requests for comment by The Post. Get a brief on the top business stories of the week, plus CEO interviews, market updates, tech and money news that matters to you. The woman's body and her husband were debarked in Nassau, according to Carnival spokesperson Matt Lupoli.
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Bahamian authorities were conducting an autopsy, Carnival confirmed through a spokesperson. The FBI Evidence Response Team responded to the Carnival Sunshine after it returned to Charleston on Saturday to process the woman’s cabin. The woman, who has not been identified, died on the Carnival Sunshine, which departed from Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 27 for the trip to Nassau, CNN reported. FBI's evidence investigators processed the passenger's room once the ship returned to Charleston as planned on Saturday, the agency said. Carnival said they are "fully cooperating" with the investigation and that the incident is being handled by authorities in the Bahamas and in Charleston.
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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." It said it was investigating the suspicious death of a female passenger who was unresponsive and was subsequently declared dead on the ship. The FBI says it is investigating the "suspicious death" of a female passenger onboard the Carnival Sunshine cruise ship during a sailing to the Bahamas.
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Investigators with the FBI Columbia field office said a female passenger died during Carnival Sunshine’s Feb. 27 voyage to Nassau, Bahamas. Carnival said the FBI met its Carnival Sunshine ship as it returned to Charleston to assist in the investigation. The deceased female and her husband were taken off the ship in Nassau as authorities in the Bahamas investigated the death. The FBI's Columbia field office confirmed in a press release that it investigates "certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons." Lupoli said in a statement that authorities in the Bahamas "have already investigated the circumstances and are conducting an autopsy" and that Carnival is "fully cooperating." Carnival said it believes the initial response to the emergency medical "was appropriate," per the reports.
The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was found unresponsive on Carnival Sunshine last Monday as the ship sailed to Nassau, according to a statement released Sunday by the FBI Columbia field office. The FBI said it investigates "suspicious deaths" of U.S. citizens as well as "certain crimes on the high seas." “Medical staff and other crew members of Carnival’s Sunshine were made aware of the passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures,” a spokesperson for the FBI’s Columbia field office said. The unidentified guest was found unresponsive in her cabin aboard the Carnival Sunshine during the ship’s voyage to Nassau, Bahamas, the feds said Sunday. "This incident was isolated and there was no threat to any other passengers before or after the passenger was found deceased," the FBI also said.
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The death comes just weeks after Carnival announced stricter policies designed to ensure “the best environment” aboard its cruise ships. After widely reported incidents including passengers jumping overboard and brawls videotaped for social media, Carnival reports it has added more security workers aboard its ships. Carnival Cruise Line issued a brief update on March 7, stating, “It appears that this was indeed a medical situation that sadly resulted in the death.” The cruise line said it was cooperating and would defer to the FBI on any specific details. “The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons.
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"Medical staff and other crew members of Carnival’s Sunshine were made aware of the passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures," the FBI said. The "suspicious death" was isolated, according to the FBI, and there was no threat to any other passengers before or after the passenger was found deceased. — The Federal Bureau of Investigations in Columbia, South Carolina, is investigating the death of a woman last week on a Carnival cruise ship that was heading from Charleston, South Carolina to Nassau, Bahamas. Cruise Hive was established back in 2008 and among the earliest blogs in the industry.
Out of respect for the family, the cruise line declined to offer additional details. However, it was reported that the woman’s body was removed from the ship when it reached Nassau in the Bahamas and that her husband had also disembarked from the cruise. The Bahamian police were reportedly reviewing the circumstances and planning an autopsy. Wheeler said the incident was isolated and that there was no threat to any other passengers before or after the woman was found deceased. The ship left Charleston on Feb. 27 traveling to Nassau when a woman was found unresponsive on the ship. Medical staff and crew on the ship attempted life-saving measures, but the woman was pronounced dead on the ship, according to the FBI.
The ship will remain homeported from the “Holy City” through 2024, when Carnival Cruise Line’s agreement with the city will end. The SPA has instead decided to sell the 64-acre Union Pier site to private developers, and the maritime agency recently submitted a zoning plan for the site with the city of Charleston. Container volumes at Port Houston have skyrocketed in the first quarter of 2024.
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Jessica Lani Rich, a visitor at the Aloha Society of Hawaii told KITV Island News that the woman who died was celebrating her 46th wedding anniversary with her husband. "We heard the tire of a vehicle screeching," Lillian Le, a visitor from Denver told the broadcast station. I have also never seen a PR statement by Carnival Cruise Line or its parent company, Carnival Corporation, ending with “we have no further comments,” especially followed up with a statement which completely contradicts its earlier statement. Future port development may bring cruises back to Charleston in the years to come. The February 27 cruise was a 5-night voyage, calling on Nassau and Half Moon Cay, along with a day at sea to start and end the getaway.
"It appears that this was indeed a medical situation that sadly resulted in the death of a guest," Carnival said in Tuesday's statement, per the reports. In a statement on Tuesday, the cruise line said "all indications" suggest the woman died of a medical condition while on board Carnival Sunshine in The Bahamas, according to NBC and CBS News. FBI spokesman Kevin Wheeler confirmed to the outlet that both search warrants are related to the woman’s death on the ship, which left Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 27 and returned March 4. "There was an incident on Carnival Magic on Friday evening involving a guest attacking another guest with a bar glass while in the theater," said a statement by Carnival Cruise Lines sent to Newsweek.
The death is the latest in a series of incidents that drew widespread media attention and are prompting Carnival Cruise Line to institute a new “Respectful and Considerate Code of Conduct,” in advance of its spring break cruises. And I am not aware of a single crime on a cruise ship successfully investigated and prosecuted by the Bahamas. The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of Americans. As such, FBI Evidence Response Team members responded to process the passenger’s room once the ship returned to the Charleston port.
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