Who is the grandfather accused of killing granddaughter on cruise ship?

All rights reserved. A grandfather charged in connection with the death of his granddaughter after she fell from an open cruise ship window has pleaded guilty. Salvatore Sam Anello pleaded guilty Thursday to negligent homicide, The Associated Press reported.



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It will always be a constant nightmare every day and every night for the rest of my life. Anello entered his guilty plea in October. In agreeing to the plea deal, he avoided jail time and agreed to serve probation in South Bend, Indiana, where he lives.

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Alan Wiegand and Kimberly Schultz Wiegand, of South Bend, Indiana, were on a Royal Caribbean cruise ship in Puerto Rico when their daughter, Chloe, fell out of an open window from the ship's 11th story while she was in the care of her grandfather, Salvatore Anello.

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The family's lawsuit claims Anello lifted Chloe up onto the railing and held her as she leaned forward to bang on the glass. There was no glass pane and she slipped from Anello's arms, falling 150 feet below to the pier, resulting in her death, the suit says.

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In its Jan. 8 filing, Royal Caribbean alleged that surveillance video shows the child's 51-year-old grandfather, Salvatore Anello, leaning out of the open window for about eight seconds just moments before he lifted his granddaughter up to the window, from which she fell to her death on July 8.

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Anello, of Valparaiso, Indiana, was sentenced in February 2021 to three years probation after pleading guilty to negligent homicide in Chloe's death, according to Puerto Rico's Department of Justice. The case is Wiegand et al v Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd, 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals, No. 21-12506.

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Her grandfather Salvatore Anello testified that he picked Chloe up and put her feet on the windowsill, not realizing that the window was open. Chloe slipped from his grasp and fell about 150 feet to her death on the pier below.

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The Maritime Injury Guide reports that 19 people go missing from cruise ships yearly. While that may not sound significant, it adds up to 400 people over the last 20 years.

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Based on the reports that have been filed, we can estimate that around 200 people go missing from cruise ships each year. This shows that cruise ship disappearances are more frequent than most people realize.

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Cameron Robbins went on a trip to the Bahamas to celebrate his graduation from the University Laboratory School in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. He and several friends were aboard the Blackbeard's Revenge cruise on 24 May when Cameron allegedly jumped off the boat on a dare.

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And while going overboard on cruise ships is a rare incidence, it does happen occasionally – young children that climb on the railings are particularly at risk.

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1. Keep young children under close supervision at all times. The guardrails on most cruise ships are at least 42-inches high, which makes them a challenge for a young child to scale, but kids should definitely not climb them or sit on top. And it's a good idea to be careful any time you're near the edge of the ship.

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If you wonder whether cruise ships have jails, the answer is yes. Jails are called brigs on a cruise ship and tend only to be used in serious circumstances when no other options are available. Cabin arrest is typically used before the brig is needed.

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As soon as an incident happens, cruise ship crew will activate a button that pinpoints the place where the person went into the water. The ship will then stop and turn back to that area. The ship and its crew will perform a lengthy search and rescue operation, lasting several hours.

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Costa Concordia's captain Francesco Schettino was found guilty of manslaughter, and sentenced to 16 years jail.

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Manzanares was sentenced to 30 years in prison last June. He pleaded guilty in February 2020 to second-degree murder in connection with the death of Kristy Manzanares aboard the Emerald Princess cruise ship off the southeast coast of Alaska.

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