Dec 29, 2008 2:05 pm US/Eastern
Video May Be Key In Missing Cruise Passenger Case
FBI Investigating Disappearance Of Woman From Miami-Based Cruise Ship
Surveillance Video Shows Someone Falling Overboard Ship
MEXICO CITY (CBS) ―
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The U.S. Coast Guard reported Sunday that surveillance video from a camera on the ship shows a woman falling overboard about 8:08 p.m. on Friday, Dec. 26. (File)
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Investigators now have another piece of the puzzle as they look into a woman's disappearance aboard a Miami-based cruise ship, reports CBS station WFOR-TV in Miami.
The U.S. Coast Guard reports a surveillance video from NCL's Pearl shows a woman falling overboard at 8:08 p.m. on Friday, December 26th when the ship was about 15 miles east of Cancun. According to the Coast Guard, the husband of 36-year old Jennifer Seitz reported her missing to cruise ship security personnel hours earlier, around 5 a.m. Cruise ship personnel conducted a comprehensive search of the ship. When they didn't find her, they then contacted the Coast Guard for assistance.
"Initial reports indicate the guest may have gone overboard while the ship was at sea, east of Cancun," an NCL said in a statement.
Three ships from Mexico's Navy, a helicopter and vessels from the U.S. Coast Guard have resumed their search in the waters off the Caribbean resort of Cancun for a woman who may have fallen from the Miami-based cruise ship Norwegian Pearl.
A U.S. Coast Guard search-and-rescue crew used a Falcon jet to try and find Seitz on Friday and continued the search over the weekend using a larger C-130 aircraft, said Petty Officer Third Class Nick Ameen. Three ships from Mexico's Navy and a helicopter also participated in the search but were unable to find any trace of Seitz.
The Pearl returned to the Port of Miami on Sunday.
FBI spokesman Mike Leverock says agents met the ship at the dock
Sunday, collected materials and "are still trying to determine if a
crime occurred." Special agents searched the Seitz's cabin when the ship docked in Miami; they've also interviewed a number of passengers.
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