Shock in Civitavecchia: German father after a woman disappeared!

Am 29. Mai 2025 wurde das Mordurteil gegen einen deutschen Mann, dessen Frau während einer Kreuzfahrt verschwand, aufgehoben.
On May 29, 2025, the murder was lifted against a German man whose wife disappeared during a cruise. (Symbolbild/DNAT)

Shock in Civitavecchia: German father after a woman disappeared!

In the case of the disappeared German family member of the cruise ship MSC Magnifica, the territory of horror for an IT expert from Ireland and his wife continues to be exciting after a court ruling. The man who was present in custody was now acquitted by an appellate court because there was no murder. The case caused excitement in 2017 when the man was on the ship with his wife and two sons.

The circumstances of the disappearance of his 36-year-old woman remained mysterious. According to reports from Kleine Zeitung , the man had never reported them as a sanctuary when he had two sons (4 and 6 years old) in the port of February 10, 2017 in the port of Civitavecchia. That day the woman had been seen last time.

shocking allegations and arrest

A few days after his wife's disappearance, the 45-year-old family man was arrested at Ciampino Airport in Rome. The Italian public prosecutor put up the theory that the father could have killed his wife and possibly threw her body overboard.

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cruise and the disappearance of passengers

The case is part of a worrying trend: more than 20 people disappear from cruise ships every year. According to Merkur Professor Ross Klein from the Rockport University between 2000 and 2015 in total. These reasons for disappearance range from suicides to accidents to unknown causes in about 30 percent of cases. Although shipping companies make improvements to your security technology, there are often delays in reporting missing person.

The tragedy around the family underlines the uncertainties on board cruise ships and increases the pressure on the industry to implement improved security measures. It remains to be seen how the case of the missing passenger is developing and what teachings can be drawn from this tragic history for future cruises.

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OrtCivitavecchia, Italien
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