An American woman fell to her death on a cruise ship after reportedly being choked by a man on the upper deck

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November 15, 2018 6:25 PM

The Aruba-based publication Diario says the woman fell from the ship's upper deck after a man had choked her, according to USA Today.

The woman reportedly fell from the ship's upper deck.

The death of a passenger on a Princess Cruises ship, which is owned by
The Aruba-based publication Diario says the woman fell from the ship's upper deck after a man had choked her, according to

The death of a passenger on a Princess cruise ship, which is owned by Carnival Group, in the Caribbean is being investigated as a possible murder, USA Today reports.

The passenger, a 52-year-old American woman, died Tuesday morning as the ship, Royal Princess, was sailing to Aruba, a Royal Princess representative told Business Insider. The representative said the FBI and local authorities boarded the ship when it arrived in Aruba and added that the cause of the woman's death has not been announced.

The Aruba-based publication Diario says the woman fell from the ship's upper deck after a man had choked her, according to USA Today. MasNotica.com, another Aruba-based publication, said authorities are investigating the incident as a possible murder, USA Today reports.

According to The Daily Mail, the conflict between the woman and man, who was the woman's partner, began on the ship's 16th floor in its casino. The woman's leg was severed as she fell into a lifeboat, The Daily Mail reports.

The woman and man's names have not been disclosed.

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