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FBI investigates suspected murder aboard MSC Seascape cruise ship

Federal agents and local authorities are investigating a suspected homicide aboard the MSC Seascape after the vessel was forced to return to Texas.

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The Federal Bureau of Investigation is investigating a suspected homicide on board the MSC Seascape cruise ship after a woman was found dead, CNN, Fox News, and the New York Post reported. The cruise ship was forced to turn back to Galveston, Texas, on Monday, just one day into a planned weeklong voyage to Mexico and Honduras, according to Fox News. [1][2][3][5]

Law enforcement officers arrested Jason Leon Watford, aged 48, after the vessel returned to port, Fox News and the New York Post reported. Watford, who is from East Texas, was taken to the Galveston County Jail on an FBI hold by Port Police for a murder investigation, according to local jail records cited by Fox News. [1][3]

Video footage filmed by passengers showed Watford being led down a ramp in handcuffs by law enforcement officers after the ship docked in Galveston, according to the New York Post citing Fox26. FBI Houston confirmed that federal agents responded to the scene on Monday immediately after the ship returned. [1][3]

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In short

  • The FBI is investigating a suspected homicide aboard the MSC Seascape cruise ship.
  • The ship returned to Galveston, Texas, one day into a weeklong Caribbean cruise following a guest death.
  • Jason Leon Watford, 48, was arrested and taken to the Galveston County Jail on an FBI hold.

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Every paragraph above points to the numbered items it rests on. Read the originals here.

  1. [1]Moment MSC Seascape passenger is arrested as part of murder probe after woman found dead aboardNew York Post, 48m ago (the report this story comes from)
  2. [2]MSC Seascape: FBI is investigating a possible killing aboard a cruise ship out of TexasCNN, 10h ago
  3. [3]FBI investigates suspected homicide aboard MSC Seascape cruise ship after sudden return to TexasFox News, 13h ago
  4. [4]FBI investigates suspected homicide aboard MSC Seascape cruise ship after sudden return to TexasFox News, 13h ago
  5. [5]FBI Houston investigating suspected homicide on MSC Seascape in GalvestonHouston Public Media, 9h ago
  6. [6]'Suspected homicide' on board MSC Seascape cruise ship investigated by FBI after 'guest incident'The Sun, 12h ago
  7. [7]‘Possible murder’ on board MSC Seascape cruise ship investigated by FBIwww.the-sun.com, 15h ago

Background

  1. [8]Cruise ship steward accused of raping passenger on Cunard vessel FTMQ News, 2d ago
  2. [9]Police investigate apparent murder suicide of Bronx couple inside Riverdale apartment FTMQ News, 5d ago

Our newsroom writes these reports with the help of software, from the 9 sources listed and nothing else, and checks them against those sources. Facts can still be wrong or move on; the originals are the record. Spotted a mistake? Write to daniel@monsterkong.com.

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