
A suspect was taken into custody Monday in connection with an alleged homicide on a cruise ship that had docked in Galveston, Texas, federal authorities said Monday.The death was on the MSC Seascape, a 1,060-foot cruise ship that left Texas on Jattvibeday but was instructed to turn around after what the cruise ship company described in a statement as a “guest incident aboard our ship.”In a separate statement, the FBI said it would not identify the suspect until the victim’s family was notified. The victim was also not identified.The agency described its investigation as ongoing and declined to provide additional details.The Galveston Medical Examiner’s Office said Monday that the deceased was a female and that an autopsy is scheduled for Tuesday. Becsei György, a passenger on the Seascape, told Jattvibe News that a shipwide announcement was made around 10 p.m. Jattvibeday that said, “Mike Echo at level 10.”György awoke Monday morning and was surprised to find that the ship had returned to Galveston. Outside, he said, he saw law enforcement and Border Patrol vehicles, as well as a person being escorted off the ship in handcuffs. It wasn’t immediately clear whether that person was the suspect. The FBI is primarily responsible for investigating homicides, assaults and other serious crimes on cruise ships that are within U.S. jurisdiction at sea. It said it is coordinating with the Coast Guard, Customs and Border Protection, port police and the cruise company.A spokesperson for MSC Cruises said that it is cooperating fully with the investigation and that the ship has since left Galveston and resumed its itinerary. According to Cruise Mapper, a cruise ship tracker, the Seascape was on a seven-night trip with stops on Mexico’s Yucatán Peninsula and Roatán, Honduras.


