Cruise Ship Murders
People Murdered Onboard A Cruise Ship
Passenger And Crew Murders
Date: July 14, 2009
Cause: Murder (confessed to FBI)
Passenger: Shirley McGill
Age: 55
Nationality: American
Charged: Spouse
Location: Off Mexico
Cruise Line: Carnival Cruise Lines
Ship: Carnival Elation
Date: October 28, 2008
Name: Crew Member Supervisor
Age: 32
Nationality: Philippines
Charged: Crew Member
Location: Hamburg, Germany
Cruise Line: Cunard Line
Ship: Queen Mary 2
Date: May 13, 2006
Name: Joel Jagatin Tagaan (crew)
Age: 39
Nationality: Philippines
Convicted: Rodolfo Detecio Juanga (crew)
Location: Off Norway
Cruise Line: Cunard Line
Ship: Queen Mary 2
Date: December 7, 2003
Name: Cohan Yoel
Age: 27
Nationality: Israeli
Convicted: Rajesh Paul
Location: Off Nicobar
Cruise Line: Shipping Corp of India Ltd
Ship: M/V Nancowry
Date: September 3, 2001
Name: Myrtha Vogt
Age: 69
Nationality: Murder
Charged: Male Mental Patient Passenger
Location: Norway
Cruise Line: Norwegian Coastal Voyage
Ship: MS Harald Jarl
Date: February 13, 1988
Name: Karen Roston
Age: 26
Nationality: American
Convicted: Scott Roston
Location: California
Cruise Line: Sundance Cruises
Ship: Stardancer
Date: August 4, 1986
Name: Paige Washington
Age: 18 months
Nationality: American
Convicted: Carol Ann Washington
Location: Caribbean
Cruise Line: Eastern Cruise Lines
Ship: Emerald Seas
Date: October 7, 1985
Name: Leon Klinghoffer
Age: 69
Nationality: American
Charged: Mohammed Abul Abbas
Location: Off Egypt
Cruise Line: Lauro Line
Ship: Achille Lauro
Date: August 19, 1985
Name: Muriel Barnett
Age: 80
Nationality: American
Charged: Richard Frisbee
Location: Off British Columbia Canada
Cruise Line: Royal Viking Cruises
Ship: Royal Viking Star
Date: September 18, 1959
Name: Lynn Kauffman
Age: 23
Nationality: American
Charged: Willem Marie Louis van Rie
Location: Boston Harbor
Cruise Line:
Ship: SS Utrecht
Date: March 10, 1921
Name: Ernestine Vivian Bressel
Age: 23
Nationality: American
Charged: Louis Campagna
Location: Caribbean
Cruise Line: Cunard Line
Ship: Vasari
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These are only cases where murder was proven in a court of law or there was an admission of murder by the perpetrator. See Deaths or Missing for other cases.
Cases where murder was highly suspected, but not proven, are in the missing or deaths area. One such case is here
