Kristy Manzanares has been identified as the Utah woman who was killed Tuesday in a domestic violence incident aboard a cruise ship off Alaska, says the FBI.
Manzanares, 39, was aboard the Princess Cruise ship, Emerald Princess, on a seven-day Alaskan cruise when the incident occurred. The ship was diverted and docked in Juneau.
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The incident occurred around 9 p.m. Tuesday. Passengers say it was around 9 o’clock Tuesday when they heard a group of people fighting. Shortly after, screams echoed through the hallways of the Emerald Princess. Then the captain’s voice boomed over the intercom.
“He was very worked up, he said, ‘Everyone, we need all medical, security, all personnel to deck 9 and deck 14’; and that scared me because I’m on deck 14,” said Megan Morr, a passenger on the Emerald Princess.
Passengers say they heard two men and a woman fighting on their balcony, an argument they say then continued on in the hallway.
“People were running through the hall with blood all over them and trying to get security,” Morr said.
Passengers say they didn’t know the 39-year-old Utah woman was dead in a room. All they saw was a man trying to jump off the ship.
“They were on deck 7 and he tried to run up to deck 9 to jump off the ship, but security grabbed him before he could jump,” Morr said.
The U.S. Attorney’s Office is expected to announce the filing of charges against the suspect Thursday morning.