Cruise ship passenger mysteriously disappears as it returns to port
Police are searching for answers after a man disappeared from a cruise shipshortly before it returned to port in Florida.
Kevin McGrath, 26, went on a cruise from Miami to Bimini in the Bahamas over Labor Day Weekend.
But when the ship returned to port on Monday morning, McGrath was nowhere to be found. He was reported missing by family members after he failed to show up at a planned breakfast that same morning.
His disappearance sparked a massive search of the ship by crew members and police officers.
The last person to see McGrath was his brother, who saw him enter his cabin around 2.00am on Monday morning, Miami-Dade Police said.
Despite the ‘exhaustive’ search, investigators found no trace of the missing person, Carnival Cruise Lines said.
McGrath was not detected by the ship’s surveillance systems, and a search of security cameras conducted by the police confirmed he did not fall overboard.
The US Coast Guard also responded to assist with the search, sending a helicopterto search the waters around the ship. They did not find any trace of the missing man.
He was also not detected by surveillance systems used by US Customs and Border Patrol during the debarkation process, Carnival Cruise Line said.
The Miami-Dade Police Department has now issued a missing person notice for McGrath, who they say was last seen wearing a black t-shirt, black shorts, and gray sneakers.
The disappearance happened just over three months after another Carnival Cruise passenger disappeared from the Carnival Magic in Norfolk, Virginia.
After reviewing security footage, crew members determined that the victim, Ronnie Peale, fell overboard from the ship around 4.00am the morning of his disappearance.
The Coast Guard conducted a search of the area, but found no trace of the missing man.
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