The second honeymoon in the Caribbean ended in the worst possible way for an American teacher and mother. In November 2018, Almarosa Rodríguez was traveling with her husband aboard the Royal Princess cruise ship, one of the most luxurious in the world. But what must have been a dream turned into a nightmare: she was found dead inside a lifeboat, after falling from the upper deck balcony.
The captain of the ship and, later, the Aruba police, obtained the testimony of several passengers who claimed that they had seen a man, whom they could not identify, arguing and grabbing the teacher by the neck. Both were on the deck called Lido, on the 16th floor. At some point that no one witnessed, the woman fell into the void, hitting the lifeboat on deck 2, 14 floors below.
Aruba police questioned Almarosa's husband but could not prove that he was the perpetrator, although the couple had been seen arguing on several occasions during the cruise. FBI agents traveled to Aruba to continue the investigations, and described the death as violent and of an unknown author. The investigation is still open.
In the new Netflix series, Alta Mar, a passenger whose name does not appear on the onboard list is also murdered. Only one thing is clear: while on the high seas, the killer will not be able to get off the ship.
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