How did a honeymooner go missing at sea?
It was shaping up to be a perfect honeymoon for George Smith and Jennifer Hagel Smith. Touring the Mediterranean aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise ship last summer, the couple, both 26, were enthralled by the luxurious casino in Monte Carlo and the shimmering Aegean Sea. On the Greek island of Mykonos on July 4six days into their journeyGeorge happened to meet the actress Tara Reid, with whom he giddily took a photo. But the Smiths' idyllic trip soon took a disastrous turn. Later that night on the ship, George somehow went overboard.
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Expert sees 50-50 chance of solving case of missing passenger
Forensic expert Henry Lee on Sunday gave himself only a 50 percent chance of figuring out what happened to a Greenwich man who vanished from his honeymoon cruise in the Mediterranean Sea last summer.
"I would say 50-50," Lee said on "Face the State" on WFSB-TV. "It all depends on how much evidence they have so far collected and preserved."
Lee said he will go on board the ship Jan. 23 to conduct his examination into the case involving George Allen Smith IV of Greenwich who disappeared July 5. Royal Caribbean officials have limited his time aboard to two hours, he said.
Lee, who has testified in numerous high-profile cases, including the trials of O.J. Simpson, William Kennedy Smith and Kennedy cousin Michael Skakel, was hired by Smith's bride, Jennifer Hagel-Smith. He said he initially was reluctant to take up the case.
With between 600 and 700 cases, he said his immediate response was, "I'm too busy to handle that."
But because Smith has been missing for six months, "the family needs some answers, which I feel pretty moved by their request," Lee said.
He has already eliminated one possible cause of death.
Because Smith's body was not found, "we can safely eliminate a natural cause," Lee said.
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