Details emerge in killing onboard Carnival Elation

Newly released court documents shed more light on the events leading up to the murder of Shirley McGill by her husband Robert onboard Carnival Elation in July. For one, Mr. McGill confessed repeatedly to both Carnival staff and the FBI, and for another, he was extremely drunk. Given the confessions, we're not thinking his plea of innocence is going to work out for him.

The Los Angeles couple had spent the day drinking in Cabo San Lucas, Mexico, along with another couple from the ship, leaving Mr. McGill very drunk, according to the court filings.

Back onboard the ship later that night, the couple ran into Mr. McGill sitting on deck smoking a cigar, and noticed blood on his hand. This set into motion a chain of events where ship's security found Mrs. McGill dead in the stateroom bathroom, and Mr. McGill confessing to ship's security and then the FBI.

Mr. McGill's attorney has been rolling out the "he was drunk and wasn't responsible" defense along with the "his confessions shouldn't be admitted" defense.

More details from the San Diego Union Tribune.