A Utah man, Kenneth Manzanares, 39, killed his wife, Kristy
Manzanares, 39, aboard an Alaska cruise and told an acquaintance who later
walked into the couple's blood-splattered room that he did it because she kept
laughing at him in front of their three children, the FBI said in documents
released Thursday afternoon.
Manzanares was charged with murder after he was
found with blood on his hands and clothes and blood spread throughout the cabin
on the Princess Cruises ship Tuesday night, according to a criminal complaint
by FBI Special Agent Michael L. Watson.
Security on board the boat found his wife, Kristy
Manzanares, in their room at 9pm on Tuesday night with a severe head wound. She
was pronounced dead 20 minutes later.
A man and others went into the room before medical workers
and security officers had arrived and saw the woman on the floor covered in
blood, according to court documents.
The man asked Manzanares what happened, and he said,
"She would not stop laughing at me." Manzanares then grabbed his
wife's body and tried to drag her to the balcony, but the man stopped him, Watson
wrote.
The theme of the cruise was a murder mystery and staff said
that they believed the grisly scene had been staged as part of it when they
first arrived at the couple's room.
A ship security officer handcuffed Manzanares in a nearby
cabin. While the FBI searched him, he spontaneously said, "My life is
over."
The couple from Utah were on board the ship with a large
group which witnesses said included children and other adults.
One of the passengers recalled: 'A little girl from that
room came running out calling for help ... that her parents had been in a
fight. She sounded pretty desperate.'
Others on board the ship who were on the same floor as the
family immediately after the incident recalled seeing a child - possibly one of
the couple's - sitting on an older woman's lap sobbing.
'I see this little girl sitting on - I assume - her grandma
or somebody, sitting on her lap wrapped in a blanket. And she's just sobbing,
Brian Eckstorm said.
The ship was diverted to Juneau because of the
investigation, which the FBI is leading because the death occurred in U.S.
waters.
The ship docked Wednesday morning, and passengers were kept
on board for hours before the cruise departed late that night for the southeast
Alaska town of Skagway.
The FBI said it is required to step in when such deaths
occur in international or U.S. waters.
Manzanares wept as he appeared in court on Thursday wearing
an orange jumpsuit and was shackled as he appeared at the US District Court in
Alaska via teleconference.
Repercussions of taking a permanent action following a temporary feeling.
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2 comments:
too many psychos walking free instead of being locked up in an asylum
I feel for the kids, stupid man.
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