US Coast Guard searching for woman who fell overboard after cruise took off from Florida

SEMINOLE COUNTY COMING UP IN ABOUT 15 MINUTES TODAY. SARAH BOONE’S LAWYERS WILL CALL MORE WITNESSES. A DAY AFTER BOONE TOOK THE STAND HERSELF IN THE SUITCASE MURDER TRIAL. WESH 2’S BOB HAZEN IS AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, WHERE BOONE’S LAWYERS ARE TRYING TO CONVINCE THE JURY. SHE LEFT HER BOYFRIEND IN THAT SUITCASE IN SELF-DEFENSE. IF HER BOYFRIEND WERE ABLE TO GET OUT OF THAT SUITCASE, THAT HE WOULD ATTACK HER. BUT SHE ALSO SAYS SHE DIDN’T WANT HIM DEAD. WERE YOU TRYING TO KILL HIM? NEVER. DID YOU WANT TO KILL HIM? I DID NOT. AT ONE POINT, BOONE EVEN CAME DOWN AND DEMONSTRATED HOW SHE ZIPPED UP THE SUITCASE WITH JORGE TORRES JUNIOR INSIDE. HE GOT INTO THAT BAG FOUR YEARS AGO DURING A DRUNKEN GAME OF HIDE AND SEEK. BUT BOONE ALLEGEDLY LEFT HIM TRAPPED INSIDE FOR 11 HOURS, AND HE SUFFOCATED. BOONE ALSO TESTIFIED ABOUT YEARS OF VIOLENCE BETWEEN HER AND TORRES, AND SAID SHE GOT AFRAID OF WHAT HE WOULD DO WHEN HE GOT OUT OF THAT SUITCASE AND EVENTUALLY WENT TO BED. BUT WHEN SHE FOUND HIM STILL STUCK IN THAT SUITCASE THE NEXT DAY, SHE CLAIMS SHE TRIED TO HELP HIM. I IMMEDIATELY UNZIPPED THE SUITCASE AND I WAS SCREAMING, GEORGE, GEORGE, GEORGE! AND I WAS SHAKING HIM. I WAS SHAKING HIM AND I PULLED HIM OUT AND I STRETCHED HIM OUT FLAT. AND THEN I BEGAN INSTANTLY TRYING TO DO CPR. TODAY, BOONE’S LAWYERS ARE PLANNING TO CALL PSYCHOLOGISTS WHO HAVE EXAMINED BOONE TO BACK UP THEIR CLAIM THAT SHE SUFFERED BATTERED SPOUSE SYNDROME, AND THAT HER ACTIONS WERE JUSTIFIED AND NOT SECOND-DEGREE MURDER. REPORTING AT THE ORANGE COUNTY COURTHOUSE, BOB HAZEN WESH TWO NEWS. HAPPENING TODAY IN OCALA, A TEACHER WILL FACE A JUDGE ON CHARGES OF CHILD PORNOGRAPHY. 25 YEAR OLD ISAIAH PAGE, WHO YOU SEE HERE ON YOUR SCREEN, IS ACCUSED OF SENDING INAPPROPRIATE MESSAGES TO A 16 YEAR OLD STUDENT ON SNAPCHAT. PAGE WAS ARRESTED YESTERDAY AFTER POLICE SAY THE TEEN’S MOTHER REPORTED HIM. PAGE IS A P.E. TEACHER AT FIRST ASSEMBLY CHRISTIAN SCHOOL. HE NOW FACES SEVERAL FELONY CHARGES. KISSIMMEE POLICE HAVE RELEASED NEW AUDIO OF INTERVIEWS WITH A ROOMMATE OF MADELINE SOTO. HER MOM AND STEFAN STEARNS. STEARNS IS THE MAN CHARGED WITH KILLING THE 13 YEAR OLD GIRL. IN THE AUDIO, A DETECTIVE TRANSLATES RESPONSES FROM THE ROOMMATE. THE DETECTIVES LET THE ROOMMATE KNOW THEY BELIEVE THEY FOUND VIDEOS OF THE WOMAN ON STEARNS DEVICES THAT SHE MAY NOT HAVE KNOWN ABOUT. AFTER SHOWING HER THE IMAGES, THEY ASKED THE WOMAN IF SHE BELIEVES STEARNS WAS CAPABLE OF HURTING MADELINE. PRIOR TO SEEING THESE PHOTOS, SHE COULDN’T BELIEVE THAT HE COULD DO SOMETHING OR COULD HURT MADDIE. NOW THAT SHE, THE PHOTOS THAT YOU JUST SHOWED HER. YEAH, SHE HE’S CAPABLE OF ANYTHING. OBVIOUSLY. STEARNS IS ACCUSED OF SEXUALLY ABUSING 13 YEAR OLD MADELINE DATING BACK TO 2022. HE’S ALSO CHARGED IN THE GIRL’S DEATH. STEARNS TRIAL IS SET TO BEGIN IN SEPTEMBER OF NEXT YEAR. NEW VIDEO THIS MORNING SHOWS THE MOMENT INDIAN RIVER COUNTY DEPUTIES CAUGHT THE ORANGE COUNTY MAN ACCUSED OF MURDERING HIS WIFE HERE IN ORLANDO DRIVER ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. DRIVER ROLL THE WINDOW DOWN. DEPUTIES ARRESTED 54 YEAR OLD ARMANDO CABALLERO AT GUNPOINT AFTER THE DEADLY SHOOTING ON LAKE UNDERHILL ROAD AT CIMARRON BOULEVARD MONDAY. A JUDGE ORDERED HE BE HELD ON NO BOND WHILE HE AWAITS TRANSFER BACK TO ORANGE COUNTY. NOW, ORLANDO POLICE ARE WORKING TO FIGURE OUT WHAT LED UP TO THE SHOOTING AT THE SHOPPING CENTER THAT LEFT CUSTOMERS UPSET. SOMETIMES YOU DON’T FEEL SAFE IN NOT GOING. NO PLACE. PEOPLE ARE GETTING TOO VIOLENT AND I DON’T KNOW, I DON’T KNOW WHAT’S HAPPENING. DETECTIVES SAY THEY’RE NOT LOOKING FOR ANY OTHER SUSPECTS. OCTOBER IS NATIONAL, DOMESTIC VIOLENCE AWARENESS MONTH, AND PEOPLE PACKED ORLANDO CITY HALL LAST NIGHT FOR LIGHTING ORLANDO PURPLE. THAT EVENT IS ALL ABOUT EDUCATING AND PREVENTING DOMESTIC VIOLENCE. AND SEXUAL ABUSE. SURVIVORS AND THEIR FAMILIES WERE ALSO HONORED. NUEVO SENDERO, WHICH MEANS NEW BEGINNING, HOSTED THE EVENT. THE ORGANIZATION’S MISSION IS TO CREATE, SUPPORT FOR SURVIVORS AND PROVIDE A SAFE ENVIRONMENT. IF YOU OR SOMEONE YOU KNOW IS AFFECTED, YOU CAN REACH OUT FOR HELP AT EITHER OF THE DOMESTIC VIOLENCE HOTLINES ON YOUR SCREEN. WE’VE BEEN COVERING THE IMPACT OF HURRICANE MILTON FOR WEEKS NOW. IT DOESN’T SEEM LIKE FLOODING IS GOING AWAY ANYTIME SOON. FOR SOME PEOPLE IN THE LAKE HELEN AREA, THEY HAVEN’T BEEN ABLE TO RETURN TO THEIR HOMES SINCE THE STORM. TWO WEEKS AGO. THE RETENTION POND HAS FLOODED INTO THE ROAD AND WATER IS JUST INCHES FROM GETTING INTO HOMES AND JUST MOVING IN AND OUT OF THE NEIGHBORHOOD. THEY TELL US, IS A NIGHTMARE. I’M HAVING TO GO THROUGH MY FRONT YARD AND BASICALLY DRIVE OVER THE EDGE OF WHERE MY SEPTIC TANK IS SO I CAN GET IN AND OUT AND HAVE A WAY TO PARK INTO MY DRIVEWAY. CITY OFFICIALS ARE LOOKING INTO THE FLOODING PROBLEM AND A NEW ENGINEERING FIRM IS NOW UNDER CONTRACT TO FIX THE ISSUE. PEOPLE IN ORANGE CITY ARE STILL DEALING WITH MAJOR FLOODING ISSUES AS WELL. LAST NIGHT’S CITY COUNCIL MEETING WAS PACKED WITH FRUSTRATED PEOPLE. ROADS ARE STILL WASHED OUT. WATER IS SURROUNDING HOMES. SOME RESIDENTS BELIEVE A VALVE FROM A NEARBY BUSINESS WITHIN CITY LIMITS IS ALLOWING WATER TO FLOOD THEIR RETENTION POND. THE CITY SAYS IT’S WORKING ON SEVERAL LONG TERM STRATEGIES, INCLUDING UPDATING ITS STORMWATER MASTER PLAN AND STANDARDS FOR LAND DESIGN. AND WE DO KNOW SO MANY PEOPLE ARE STILL RECOVERING FROM THE HURRICANES. SO WE HAVE A LIST OF RESOURCES FOR YOU ON OUR WEBSITE. WE’VE MADE IT AS EASY AS POSSIBLE, JUST HEAD TO WESH.COM. A RECORD 20 MILLION PEOPLE HAVE ALREADY VOTED THIS ELECTION CYCLE, BUT THE HARRIS AND TRUMP CAMPAIGNS AREN’T TAKING ANY CHANCES OF THEIR SUPPORTERS NOT GETTING OUT TO THE POLLS. AMY LU IS IN OUR WASHINGTON, D.C. BUREAU, AND AMY, THESE CANDIDATES ARE UNDERSCORING THEIR ECONOMIC MESSAGES. JASON THE CANDIDATES ARE CATERING THEIR POLICIES TO LATINO VOTERS, BUT THEIR PITCHES ARE GETTING SIDETRACKED BY PERSONAL ATTACKS. I THINK SHE’S GROSSLY INCOMPETENT, AND I DON’T WANT TO BE NICE ABOUT IT BECAUSE WE CAN’T TAKE A CHANCE. AT A ROUNDTABLE WITH LATINO BUSINESS LEADERS, FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HURLING INSULTS AT VICE PRESIDENT KAMALA HARRIS. SHE TOOK A DAY OFF. HOW DO YOU TAKE A DAY OFF? 14 DAYS. YOU DON’T TAKE DAYS OFF, RIGHT? CALLING HARRIS LAZY IN A RALLY IN NORTH CAROLINA, WARNING THE STATE’S ECONOMY WOULD TURN INTO A WASTELAND IF SHE’S ELECTED. THAT’S PART OF WHY PEOPLE ARE EXHAUSTED WITH DONALD TRUMP AND HIS APPROACH, BECAUSE IT’S ALL ABOUT HIMSELF AND HIS PERSONAL GRIEVANCES AND NOT ABOUT THE AMERICAN PEOPLE. HARRIS, ATTENDING TO HER VICE PRESIDENTIAL DUTIES, ALSO SAT FOR INTERVIEWS, ONE WITH HALLIE JACKSON ON NBC NEWS, EXPANDING ON HER ECONOMIC POLICIES TO HELP HOME AND SMALL BUSINESS OWNERS RESPONDING TO TRUMP’S ATTACKS. DOING WHAT WE MUST DO TO BRING DOWN THE COST OF LIVING, BUT ALSO TO HELP PEOPLE, NOT JUST GET BY BUT GET AHEAD AS AN ASSOCIATED PRESS POLL SHOWS, HER CLOSING THE GAP ON ECONOMIC ISSUES LIKE JOBS AND GROCERIES. ALSO IN A TELEMUNDO INTERVIEW, HARRIS CALLED HERSELF A PRAGMATIC CAPITALIST, REFUTING CLAIMS BY TRUMP THAT SHE IS A SOCIALIST THAT’S ALSO TO RESONATE WITH LATINO VOTERS WHO HAVE FLED AUTHORITARIAN REGIMES. IN WASHINGTON, I’M AMY LU. WESH TWO NEWS AND WESH TWO NEWS IS YOUR HOME FOR THIS NOVEMBER ELECTION. WE’RE GOING TO HAVE ALL THE RESULTS FROM THE PRESIDENTIAL AND LOCAL RACES, COUNTY BY COUNTY, AS THOSE NUMBERS COME IN ON ELECTION NIGHT. AHEAD IN OUR NEXT HALF HOUR, WE’LL HEAR FROM SOME OF OUR CANDIDATES ABO

US Coast Guard searching for woman who fell overboard after cruise took off from Florida

Updated: 9:08 AM EDT Oct 23, 2024

ABOVE: A look at today’s headlinesJust one day after a Royal Caribbean cruise ship left Miami, the United States Coast Guard confirms a woman fell overboard and has been missing since.According to the USCG, the 66-year-old woman traveling on the Allure of the Seas ship fell overboard around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday night as the ship was about 17 miles north of Nassau, Bahamas.While the Royal Bahamas Defense Force is the lead agency in this case, the USCG says they are assisting in search efforts by diverting both an airplane and helicopter crew from Air Station Miami to the area.At this time, officials say the woman is still missing, and search efforts are ongoing. The ship was scheduled to arrive at Nassau on Tuesday before heading to Coco Cay on Wednesday. The ship’s itinerary has it arriving back in Miami on Friday, though it’s unclear if this incident will impact scheduling. “Our crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort and is working with local authorities. We are also providing support and assistance to the guest’s family during this difficult time. To respect the privacy of our guest’s family, we have no additional details to share,” a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said in a statement to WESH 2.> This is a developing story. WESH 2 will update this article as more information becomes available.

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ABOVE: A look at today’s headlines

Just one day after a Royal Caribbean cruise ship left Miami, the United States Coast Guard confirms a woman fell overboard and has been missing since.

According to the USCG, the 66-year-old woman traveling on the Allure of the Seas ship fell overboard around 9:40 p.m. Tuesday night as the ship was about 17 miles north of Nassau, Bahamas.

While the Royal Bahamas Defense Force is the lead agency in this case, the USCG says they are assisting in search efforts by diverting both an airplane and helicopter crew from Air Station Miami to the area.

At this time, officials say the woman is still missing, and search efforts are ongoing.

The ship was scheduled to arrive at Nassau on Tuesday before heading to Coco Cay on Wednesday. The ship’s itinerary has it arriving back in Miami on Friday, though it’s unclear if this incident will impact scheduling.

“Our crew immediately launched a search and rescue effort and is working with local authorities. We are also providing support and assistance to the guest’s family during this difficult time. To respect the privacy of our guest’s family, we have no additional details to share,” a Royal Caribbean spokesperson said in a statement to WESH 2.

> This is a developing story. WESH 2 will update this article as more information becomes available.