Cruise Ship Horror: Blood on Hands Leads to Murder Charge

A cruise ship passenger was arrested on a federal murder charge after a housekeeper allegedly noticed blood on his hands and clothes, then saw a woman lying motionless, face down on the floor of his room aboard the MSC Seascape, according to the FBI.

Jason Leon Watford, of Tyler, Texas, was taken into custody on Monday, November 9, after the cruise ship docked in Galveston, an FBI task force officer wrote in an affidavit filed with a criminal complaint.

Watford, 48, is accused of fatally beating and strangling a female passenger, following an argument at a restaurant on the ship the evening of Sunday, November 8, the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Southern District of Texas said in a Tuesday, November 10, news release.