{"id":1182765,"date":"2023-03-06T12:10:33","date_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:10:33","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/fbi-investigating-suspicious-death-of-carnival-cruise-passenger-3\/1182765\/"},"modified":"2023-03-06T12:10:33","modified_gmt":"2023-03-06T17:10:33","slug":"fbi-investigating-suspicious-death-of-carnival-cruise-passenger-3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/bugaluu.com\/news\/fbi-investigating-suspicious-death-of-carnival-cruise-passenger-3\/1182765\/","title":{"rendered":"FBI investigating &#8216;suspicious&#8217; death of Carnival cruise passenger"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"ftpimagefix\" style=\"float:left\"><a target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2023\/03\/06\/fbi-carnival-cruise-passenger-death\/11411539002\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><\/a><\/div>\n<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s Columbia, South Carolina field office is investigating a &#8220;suspicious&#8221; death of a Carnival Cruise Line passenger, the office said.<\/p>\n<p>The woman died on the line&#8217;s Carnival Sunshine ship during a cruise to the Bahamas that departed from Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 27.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;Medical staff and other crew members of Carnival&#8217;s Sunshine were made aware of the passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures,&#8221; a spokesperson for the Columbia field office said in an emailed statement. &#8220;Despite their efforts, the passenger was pronounced deceased on the ship.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>FBI Evidence Response Team members responded to the ship after it returned to Charleston on Saturday to process the guest&#8217;s room.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Cruise ship medical facilities: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:1;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2023\/02\/08\/cruise-medical-help-doctor\/11043642002\/\" rel=\"noopener\">What happens if you get sick or injured (or bitten by a monkey)<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>Cooking at sea: <\/strong><a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:2;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2023\/03\/01\/regent-seven-seas-sailing-new-culinary-cruises-through-2025\/11373012002\/\" rel=\"noopener\">Regent Seven Seas will sail 11 new culinary cruises through 2025<\/a><\/p>\n<figure><figcaption><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons,&#8221; the statement continued. The guest&#8217;s death was an isolated incident, and no other passengers were at risk.<\/p>\n<p>The woman&#8217;s body and her husband were debarked in Nassau, according to Carnival spokesperson Matt Lupoli. Authorities in the Bahamas also investigated the guest&#8217;s death, and are conducting an autopsy.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;We are fully cooperating,&#8221; Lupoli said in an emailed statement. &#8220;This is a matter for authorities in The Bahamas and Charleston and we have no further comments.&#8221; The investigation is ongoing, the FBI&#8217;s Columbia field office spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p><em>Nathan Diller is a consumer travel reporter for USA TODAY based in Nashville. You can reach him at ndiller@usatoday.com.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: <\/em><a target=\"_blank\" data-i13n=\"cpos:3;pos:1\" href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2023\/03\/06\/fbi-carnival-cruise-passenger-death\/11411539002\/\" rel=\"noopener\"><em>FBI investigating Carnival cruise passenger death<\/em><\/a><\/p>\n<p>From:<a href=\"https:\/\/www.usatoday.com\/story\/travel\/cruises\/2023\/03\/06\/fbi-carnival-cruise-passenger-death\/11411539002\/\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"FBI investigating 'suspicious' death of Carnival cruise passenger\" rel=\"noopener\">AOL<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Federal Bureau of Investigation&#8217;s Columbia, South Carolina field office is investigating a &#8220;suspicious&#8221; death of a Carnival Cruise Line passenger, the office said. 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