On 12/21/2006 5:05 PM RJQMAN wrote:
> Brian, I have not heard if there has been any more follow-up to the
> probable murder on the case you mentioned. It would seem, though,
> based on the news coverage (which is always a little suspect these
> days) that there was some kind of fight in the newlyweds' room and the
> man was probably thrown overboard by his assailants.
>
> I had understood that the guys at the bar were put ashore at the next
> port for bad behavior not related to the probable murder? I do not
> know if that is true.
>
> I saw the interview of the ship's captain when the bride was trying to
> sue the cruise line. He was very eloquent and despite the interviewer
> trying to paint the captain and the cruise line as the bad guys, he
> handled the interview questions well. I believe he did everything that
> any reasonable person would do in his circumstance, and that finding
> fault with the cruise lines for the incident is ridiculous. It is not
> the job of the cruise line to protect people from themselves.
>
> It would be a WAG that the new wife (apparently not a totally new wife
> - as I understand they had been living together for some time before
> the marriage) was involved in some manner - most likely encouraging the
> guys in the bar to come to her room for some personal entertainment
> (perhaps she was drunk or doing a specific party drug at the time - who
> knows?), resulting in a quarrel of some kind with the husband who might
> not have wanted that kind of party and ending with blood on the balcony
> and shark bait in the sea...
>
> Just a guess, though.
>
>
> Brian K wrote:
>> On 12/21/2006 10:07 AM RJQMAN wrote:
>>> I have seen some promotional material on a murder mystery cruise -
>>> usually running on the West Coast, but one version is set on the RCL
>>> Voyager in February. Has anyone on the group tried this? If so, was
>>> it fun to do or more of a scam? Thanks for your input.
>>>
>> If you're lucky - NOT There'll be a real murder / mystery on your
>> cruise. Was there ever a conclusion to the "Newlywed Murder Case" a
>> while ago? Did they ever find his body?
>>
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It just seems somewhat out of place to have a "Murder Mystery" cruise
when there are so many unsolved "murders" or disappearances at sea. Next
thing you know, folks will be wanting reenactments of "COPS" on their
cruise. Or, does that one definitely fall into the "You might be a
redneck if..." category?
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