A cruise ship death that was first called suspicious has now been ruled due to natural causes. The FBI ruled out foul play in the death of a 64-year-old Virginia woman on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship.
Heart disease killed a 64-year-old passenger on a cruise ship out of Baltimore, the FBI said Thursday, ruling out foul play and ending a brief mystery as to how the Virginia woman died last weekend.
"It's considered a natural death," FBI Special Agent Rich Wolf said. The FBI identified the woman as Katherine Kennedy of Midlothian, Va, The Baltimore Sun reports.
Kennedy and her husband were on the seven-day cruise on Royal Caribbean's Enchantment of the Seas. The cruise began on March 18 and headed to Port Canaveral, Fla.; Nassau and CocoCay, Bahamas.
The chip was heading back to Baltimore when Kennedy was found dead in her cabin on Sunday. Her husband notified officials and the FBI was called.
The FBI ruled her death as suspicious at first because Kennedy had fallen in the cabin and cut her head. The FBI had to wait for an autopsy to be performed.
"She sustained a laceration to her forehead from falling in the cabin," Wolf said. "The circumstances of this were different because of the laceration and the blood that comes with that. We are not medical authorities."
The cruise continued to Baltimore while staying in touch with the FBI. When the ship docked on Monday, the FBI boarded the boat and interviewed several passengers.
Kennedy's body was taken to the chief medical examiner in Baltimore. An autopsy was performed and the report showed that Kennedy died due to heart failure. The case was closed and the death is no longer suspicious.
The Enchantment of the seas took off on another voyage after the FBI finished interviewing passengers on Monday.
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