FBI investigating 'suspicious death' of woman on Carnival cruise ship

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In a separate statement provided by Lupoli, the cruise line said Tuesday that all indications suggest the passenger died "a natural death due to a medical condition." Investigators with the FBI Columbia field office said a female passenger died during Carnival Sunshine’s Feb. 27 voyage to Nassau, Bahamas. Officials say the female passenger was found unresponsive on the Carnival Sunshine during its Feb. 27 voyage to Nassau, Bahamas. Medical staff responded and attempted to save the woman, but she was pronounced dead on the ship.

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The FBI said it investigates "certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons." Medical staff and crew members of Carnival's Sunshine vessel attempted to revive the woman after she was found unresponsive, the FBI Columbia field office said in a statement. “Medical staff and other crew members of Carnival’s Sunshine were made aware of the passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures,” a spokesperson for the FBI’s Columbia field office said. The FBI is investigating the "suspicious" death of a woman aboard a Carnival cruise ship traveling from Charleston, South Carolina, to Nassau, Bahamas, last month.

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Carnival said it believes the initial response to the emergency medical "was appropriate," per the reports. Carnival said they are "fully cooperating" with the investigation and that the incident is being handled by authorities in the Bahamas and in Charleston. Her husband got off the cruise in Nassau on March 1, and her remains were also removed, he said. FBI Evidence Response Team members responded to the ship after it returned to Charleston on Saturday to process the guest's room. Sign up for PEOPLE's free True Crime newsletter for breaking crime news, ongoing trial coverage and details of intriguing unsolved cases. The FBI Evidence Response Team responded to the Carnival Sunshine after it returned to Charleston on Saturday to process the woman’s cabin.

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The passenger who died on a Carnival Cruise Line ship over the weekend likely died a natural death, according to the company. The incident was isolated and posed no threats to other passengers, according to the FBI. The FBI said it investigates "suspicious deaths" of U.S. citizens as well as "certain crimes on the high seas." FBI's evidence investigators processed the passenger's room once the ship returned to Charleston as planned on Saturday, the agency said. The investigation is ongoing, the FBI's Columbia field office spokesperson said.

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"Both the deceased and her husband were debarked in Nassau," a Carnival spokesperson previously told PEOPLE, "and Bahamian authorities have already investigated the circumstances and are conducting an autopsy." "Both the deceased and her husband were debarked in Nassau and Bahamian authorities have already investigated the circumstances and are conducting an autopsy," the cruise line said in a statement to CBS News. Carnival Cruise Line said Tuesday that "all indications" are a passenger died of a medical condition and that it continues to cooperate with authorities. An FBI Evidence Response Team processed the passenger's room after the ship returned to the Charleston port on March 4.

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The woman, who has not been identified, died on the Carnival Sunshine, which departed from Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 27 for the trip to Nassau, CNN reported. The cruise line did not immediately respond to PEOPLE's request for comment. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) previously labeled the Feb. 27 death as "suspicious." Spokespeople for the Royal Bahamas Police Force could not immediately be reached for comment.

"The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons," the FBI said. "As such, FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT) members responded to process the passenger's room once the ship returned to the Charleston port on March 4." They said that medical staff and other crew members on the ship were made aware of a passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures. “Medical staff and other crew members of Carnival’s Sunshine were made aware of the passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures,” a spokesperson for the FBI’s Columbia field office told USA Today. A female passenger was found dead under suspicious circumstances on a Carnival cruise ship during a voyage to the Bahamas — and the FBI has launched a criminal investigation.

Lupoli said in a statement that authorities in the Bahamas "have already investigated the circumstances and are conducting an autopsy" and that Carnival is "fully cooperating." The cruise left Charleston on Feb. 27, said Matt Lupoli, Carnival Cruise Line's senior manager of public relations. She most likely died early Feb. 28, said Kevin Wheeler, a public affairs specialist for the FBI's Columbia field office. The 44-year-old woman, who was not identified by name in the announcement, died on a voyage to Nassau, the capital of the Bahamas, the FBI's field office in Columbia, South Carolina, said Sunday. The woman died on the line's Carnival Sunshine ship during a cruise to the Bahamas that departed from Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 27. A source on board the ship told the website Crew Center that the man fell off a balcony and hit a lifeboat shortly after midnight.

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A spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line told News 2 the FBI joined Carnival Sunshine when it returned to port in Charleston on Saturday to conduct its investigation. A spokesperson for Carnival Cruise Line says the company is cooperating fully with authorities' investigations. FBI spokesman Kevin Wheeler confirmed to the outlet that both search warrants are related to the woman’s death on the ship, which left Charleston, South Carolina, on Feb. 27 and returned March 4.

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FBI officials previously said the death posed "no threat to any other passengers" and that the incident was isolated. The victim, who has not been publicly identified, was found unresponsive on Carnival Sunshine last Monday as the ship sailed to Nassau, according to a statement released Sunday by the FBI Columbia field office. In a statement on Tuesday, the cruise line said "all indications" suggest the woman died of a medical condition while on board Carnival Sunshine in The Bahamas, according to NBC and CBS News. Officials have not disclosed the identity of the passenger or an official cause of death. The FBI is investigating the "suspicious death" of a woman who was on a five -day cruise from South Carolina to the Bahamas, the agency announced. The "suspicious death" was isolated, according to the FBI, and there was no threat to any other passengers before or after the passenger was found deceased.

Carnival Cruise Lines said Tuesday that the woman who died aboard one of its ships last month likely died from natural causes. The announcement comes one day after the FBI said it would be investigating the woman's "suspicious" death. Wheeler said the incident was isolated and that there was no threat to any other passengers before or after the woman was found deceased. (WCBD) – Authorities are investigating a suspicious death aboard a Carnival Cruise ship that sails out of Charleston.

Despite the crew's best efforts, the unidentified female passenger was pronounced dead on the ship of currently unknown causes, though Carnival released a subsequent statement indicating that they believe the passenger died of natural causes. "The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons," the statement continued. The guest's death was an isolated incident, and no other passengers were at risk. It said it was investigating the suspicious death of a female passenger who was unresponsive and was subsequently declared dead on the ship. The FBI said it investigates suspicious deaths of U.S. citizens as well as "certain crimes on the high seas." Officials have not disclosed the identity of the passenger or the cause of death and said the incident remains under investigation.

Members of the FBI's Evidence Response Team (ERT) responded to process the passenger’s room. The FBI said the death remains under investigation and no other details could be provided at this time. FBI officials said the incident was isolated and there was "no threat to any other passengers before or after the passenger was found deceased."

"While we continue to cooperate with authorities, all indications pertaining to the death of a guest on board Carnival Sunshine suggest that it was a natural death due to a medical condition," the cruise line said in a statement Tuesday. (WCIV) — Investigators with the FBI Columbia field office responded to Charleston on Saturday to investigate the suspicious death of a passenger aboard a cruise ship, a spokesperson with the field office confirmed to ABC News 4 Monday morning. The FBI is investigating a "suspicious death" of a female passenger aboard a Carnival cruise ship while it was en route to the Bahamas. “The FBI investigates certain crimes on the high seas, as well as suspicious deaths of U.S. persons.

As such, FBI Evidence Response Team (ERT) members responded to process the passenger’s room once the ship returned to the Charleston port on March 4,” said Kevin Wheeler with the FBI Columbia field office. On Feb. 27, Carnival's Sunshine crew members and medical staff responded to an unresponsive female passenger, the FBI Columbia field office said in a news release. Despite their best efforts, the woman was pronounced dead on the ship, the release said. "Medical staff and other crew members of Carnival's Sunshine were made aware of the passenger being unresponsive and immediately attempted life-saving measures," a spokesperson for the Columbia field office said in an emailed statement. Crew members and medical staff on Carnival's Sunshine ship, which was traveling from Charleston, South Carolina, to Nassau, Bahamas, responded to an unresponsive female passenger on Feb. 27, the FBI said Monday. Medical personnel attempted life-saving measures, but the woman was pronounced dead on the ship, the FBI said.