Adoptive mother warned Texas woman before fatal cruise ship incident

The adoptive mother of Susan Watford warned her not to board a cruise ship from Galveston, Texas, where she was allegedly killed by her husband, the New York Post and Click2Houston reported. Watford, 31, viewed the trip as an opportunity to save her marriage. Her mother, Dorothy Mast, told local station KPRC that she had asked Watford not to go on the voyage. [1][4]

The weeklong MSC Seascape cruise departed from Galveston on Sunday with planned stops in Honduras and Mexico, according to the New York Post. As FTMQ News reported earlier, the vessel was forced to return to Texas one day into the trip following a guest death. FBI agents and local authorities subsequently launched a homicide investigation into the event. [1][8][9]

Jason Leon Watford, 48, was arrested after his wife was beaten and strangled to death inside their cruise ship cabin, as FTMQ News reported earlier. An unharmed child was present inside the cabin during the fatal incident. Federal agents took the suspect to the Galveston County Jail on an FBI hold. [8][9]

Family members described Watford, a mother of three, as a devoted parent who loved her children, ABC13 Houston and KHOU reported. The FBI continues to lead the homicide investigation into her death aboard the cruise ship. [2][3][8]