ST. GEORGE — A St. George man accused of killing his wife on a cruise to Alaska has been indicted for murder.
A federal grand jury returned an indictment Wednesday charging 39-year-old Kenneth Manzanares with first-degree murder in the death of his wife, Kristy Manzanares.
The federal indictment, filed in the U.S. District Court in Juneau, was made public Thursday.
Kenneth Manzanares’ arraignment date had not yet been set, U.S. Attorney’s Office spokeswoman Chloe Martin said in a statement Thursday.
The couple had been traveling with family aboard the Emerald Princess last month on a weeklong cruise along the Alaskan panhandle.
Two days after the ship left Seattle, Washington, Kristy Manzanares was found dead in the couple’s cabin with a severe head wound, according to a criminal complaint by FBI Special Agent Michael L. Watson.
When the family member asked Kenneth Manzanares what had happened, he allegedly replied, “She would not stop laughing at me,” according to the complaint. He then allegedly grabbed his wife’s body and tried to drag her to the balcony, but a family member stopped him.
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