GUILTY AK - Kristy Manzanares, 39, killed aboard Emerald Princess, Juneau, 25 July 2017 *husband arrested*

[Seattle1]

Man sentenced to 30 years in cruise ship killing dies in Alaska jail

Kenneth Manzanares killed his wife on a cruise ship after she told him she wanted a divorce.

www.nbcnews.com

7/16/21

Kenneth Manzanares, 43, was found unresponsive in his cell at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau around 7 a.m. Wednesday and could not be revived, the Alaska Department of Corrections said.

He was sentenced on June 3 to a 30-year federal prison term after pleading guilty to killing his wife, Kristy Manzanares, during a 2017 family vacation aboard the Emerald Princess.

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Department spokeswoman Betsy Holley said inmates' medical conditions are confidential. Manzanares was being held at the state facility until he was transferred to federal prison, she said.

All prisoner deaths are reviewed by the Alaska State Troopers and the state medical examiner's office, the department said.

The medical examiner's office did not immediately respond to a request for comment Friday. A spokesperson for the state troopers said a preliminary investigation found no suspicious circumstances but the medical examiner would determine the cause of death.

 

[Gators North]

I wonder if he managed to unalive himself somehow. He was only 43 years old. JMO

 

[no nonsense]

I feel sorry for their kids. My family had JUST gotten off that very ship right before they boarded and this tragedy happened!

 

[charminglane]

I feel sorry for their kids. My family had JUST gotten off that very ship right before they boarded and this tragedy happened!

My coworker was on the killer cruise!
She said it took forever to deboard.