Missing Mediterranean cruise honeymooner still a mystery
In spite of intense media attention, authorities have yet to decipher what happened to honeymooner George Smith, of tony Greenwich CT, who disappeared from Royal Caribbean's Brilliance of the Seas on the night of July 5 enroute to Kusadasi, Turkey.
The short version of the alleged facts is that George and his wife Jennifer Hagel both were having a good time and became severely intoxicated. She fell asleep in a public area, and he was assisted back to his stateroom by two Russian brothers and a California teen.
A California deputy police chief in the stateroom next door reported hearing loud noises at 4 a.m. from Smith's cabin, sounding like a party, furniture being moved, arguing, and a loud thud. In the morning, blood was discovered by a cleaner in Smith's stateroom and on an overhang under its balcony, and Smith hasn't been seen since.
Turkish police were summoned about 9:30 a.m., and since then the FBI has taken up the investigation. The media frenzy even includes video leaked to NBC of the Turkish interrogation of the California teen.
Greenwich Time (Greenwich, CT): Man's disappearance aboard ship unsolved
MSNBC.COM: Analyzing the honeymooner disappearance
UPDATE 8/30/05: The FBI has sent a letter to passengers and crew members aboard the ship at the time asking them to come forward with any information they may have.
UPDATE 1/6/06: The ship's captain speaks
The short version of the alleged facts is that George and his wife Jennifer Hagel both were having a good time and became severely intoxicated. She fell asleep in a public area, and he was assisted back to his stateroom by two Russian brothers and a California teen.
A California deputy police chief in the stateroom next door reported hearing loud noises at 4 a.m. from Smith's cabin, sounding like a party, furniture being moved, arguing, and a loud thud. In the morning, blood was discovered by a cleaner in Smith's stateroom and on an overhang under its balcony, and Smith hasn't been seen since.
Turkish police were summoned about 9:30 a.m., and since then the FBI has taken up the investigation. The media frenzy even includes video leaked to NBC of the Turkish interrogation of the California teen.
Greenwich Time (Greenwich, CT): Man's disappearance aboard ship unsolved
MSNBC.COM: Analyzing the honeymooner disappearance
UPDATE 8/30/05: The FBI has sent a letter to passengers and crew members aboard the ship at the time asking them to come forward with any information they may have.
UPDATE 1/6/06: The ship's captain speaks
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