FBI Launches Investigation After Passenger Dies on Cruise
The cruise returned to Miami on Saturday.
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The FBI is investigating the death of a passenger who died aboard a cruise ship that returned to Miami on Saturday. The passenger was traveling aboard the Carnival Horizon, a cruise ship that sails to the Caribbean and has a capacity of around 4,000 passengers. The ship returned to PortMiami as scheduled. “Our focus is on supporting the family of our guest and cooperating with the FBI,” Carnival Cruise Line said in a statement to the Daily Beast. An FBI Miami spokesperson confirmed to Fox News that agents responded to the scene and said no further information is available due to the ongoing investigation. In July, Euvelester Villarreal Jr., 48, died aboard a different Carnival ship, the Carnival Dream. That investigation was also referred to the FBI, which the cruise line said is “standard practice” when deaths occur on ships. An internal investigation into Villarreal’s death indicated that he died of natural causes. No further personal details or information about the cause of death of the passenger who died aboard the Carnival Horizon have been released at this time.
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