a cruise ship at a terminal
The MSC Seascape cruise ship docked in Galveston, Texas, on 7 November 2025. Photograph: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle/AP
The MSC Seascape cruise ship docked in Galveston, Texas, on 7 November 2025. Photograph: Kirk Sides/Houston Chronicle/AP
Texas man charged with murder of woman aboard MSC cruise ship

Jason Leon Watford said he ‘snapped’ after verbal dispute with the woman, before allegedly killing her in a cabin

A passenger of a Texas-based cruise ship has been charged with murdering a woman in their cabin on Sunday on the first day of their voyage.