Murder Archives : Plane Sailing

Cruise ships are microcosms of life, and death

The Royal Princess became a crime scene. (Image: princess.com)

Updated on November 19 due to new information

When a 52-year-old American woman plummeted from the lido deck of the Royal Princess onto a lifeboat several decks below during a Caribbean cruise, it shocked her fellow passengers, the crew and cruise-lovers in general.

The woman died and a man, who was arrested by police when the boat docked at the island of Aruba, now stands accused of murder. It is alleged that he strangled her and threw her overboard.

Take care when you travel, the world can be ugly

US State Department advisory map (static version, follow link for current map).

While I generally like to accentuate the positive, it has to be conceded that travel is not without its dangers.

I was reminded of this by a bizarre and frightening story from Mexico, about people in a popular resort town being beaten, stripped naked and tied to lamposts.