FBI Now Investigating Death Of Samantha Broberg, Mother Who Fell Off Carnival Cruise Ship


The FBI is now investigating the death of Samantha Broberg after she fell off of a Carnival cruise ship this past weekend. This 33-year-old mother fell off of the Carnival cruise ship on Friday around 2 a.m. People shared that the FBI has now started an investigation into her death to make sure that no foul play occurred. Rumors are flying that there is more to this story than Carnival is telling.

Samantha Broberg was on the 10th deck of the Carnival ship, and she was sitting on a deck railing on the Carnival Liberty ship. She ended up falling backward off the railing and into the water. At this time, there is no word if Samantha had been drinking alcohol or not. The railings on these ships are pretty high and for some reason, she was sitting on it.

Nobody even reported Samantha missing to Carnival until the next day around noon. There is Carnival ship footage that shows her falling off the railing and into the water. She was on a four-day cruise with her friends that was headed to Mexico. It sounds like there was nobody with Samantha when she fell off the ship, but this has not been confirmed. On Sunday, the Coast Guard went ahead and called off their search for her.

Special Agent Shauna Dunlap, a spokesperson for the FBI’s Houston office, spoke out about their investigation of this case.

“We get called in whenever there is a death that occurs that is uncertain in how it occurred. The FBI is coordinating with Carnival on an ongoing death investigation.”

Carnival shared that they have no reason to think that foul play was involved. The rumors hint that a knife was found on the Carnival ship near where Samantha was found, and someone even took a picture of a red stain on the deck, but Carnival is speaking out and saying that no knife has been found and that the red stain is from someone spilling a drink; there is no blood.

The FBI is not saying that foul play is not being ruled out just yet, though. Dunlap shared by saying, “That will be answered by the ongoing investigation. Until we have a chance to complete a thorough investigation, we wouldn’t be able to comment at this time.” The FBI is always called in to investigate this kind of thing.

Carnival also spoke out about the knife and blood rumors.

“That is not a picture of blood. There was no blood found. There was no knife found. There is no suspicion of foul play. They are just rumors. We are getting a lot of inquiries about it and there is just nothing to it.”

CNN shared that the search for Samatha Broberg, who fell off the Carnival ship, has been suspended now. Planes spent 20 hours and looked over 4,300 square miles for her before suspending the search. Last year, 27 people fell off of cruise ship and so far this year this has happened four times. Sometimes people jump off the cruise ship instead of just falling. Normally, these are accidents, but they could be avoided if people are careful on the cruise ship. If the ships are in rocky water, the crew will typically send everyone to their rooms.

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