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Man arrested in connection to woman’s death aboard MSC Seascape
NBC 5 Dallas-Fort Worth • • nation
Key Points:
- Jason Leon Watford, 48, was arrested and charged with murder after a woman he was with on the MSC Seascape cruise ship was found dead following an altercation aboard the vessel.
- Watford admitted to FBI investigators that he struck and choked the woman during a fight in their cabin, causing her to become motionless; he did not seek medical help while she lay unresponsive.
- The ship returned to Galveston, Texas, after the incident, where law enforcement boarded the vessel, and Watford was taken into custody; the victim's identity remains undisclosed pending an autopsy.
- MSC Cruises cooperated with authorities, temporarily halted the voyage to facilitate the investigation, and later resumed the cruise departing from Galveston.
- Passengers reported a shipwide announcement and observed law enforcement activity and a handcuffed individual being escorted off the ship, though it was not confirmed if this was the suspect.
