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Death shrouded in mystery on cruise ship

Madly in love and planning their future, nor Paul Rossington and Kristen Schroder could not imagine that the vacation of their dreams would be the beginning of the end.

The Kristen Schroder was anxious for the cruise in May 2013 together with the loved ones. 

"It will be awesome to have the most important people in my life around me for 10 days" he wrote on Facebook. Everything was wonderful, the couple enjoying their holyday on cruise ship Carnival Spirit relaxing in the sunbeds, enjoying the sun at Serenity Deck. The last night of the cruise was to be the last of their lives without even realizing it. The CCTV cameras recorded the last hours of their lives. After an argument in the casino the couple decided to return to their room number 5281.

They didn’t appeared at dinner and the others felt they wanted to spend last night on the cruise ship alone. At 20.30 they were in their room and 20 minutes later they were dead. Their death is shrouded in mystery, the two young people fall into the Tasman Sea. Thermal cameras "caught" the vague contours of the fall from their cabin balcony located on Deck 5.

The first sign that something was wrong came after 15 hours, and the devices were left by the wayside while all the other passengers disembarked. It is assumed that the 27-year old real estate agent Kristen Schroder lost her balance and fell into the sea and that Paul Rossington instinctively jumped to the save her. Even if they had survived the fall, they  were alone, because the cruise ship didn’t know they were overboard.