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    Kenneth Manzanares Sentenced to 30 Years in 2017 AK Death of Kristy Manzanares




    Federal prosecutors may seek death penalty in Alaska cruise ship murder case

    Federal prosecutors in an Alaska cruise ship murder case said today they may consider pursuing the death penalty, and the Utah man accused of killing his wife pleaded not guilty.

    Kenneth Manzanares, 39, of Santa Clara, Utah, appeared in federal court in Juneau wearing a yellow Lemon Creek Correctional Center jumpsuit.

    He cried and wiped his eyes with tissues in the courtroom before the proceedings began.

    Manzanares is charged with a single count of first-degree murder. His wife, Kristy Manzanares, also 39, died aboard the Emerald Princess cruise ship in July.

    The alleged crime happened in territorial waters, so it’s being tried in federal court.

    Anchorage-based U.S. Chief Magistrate Judge Deborah M. Smith read the charges to Kenneth Manzanares via teleconference.

    The father of three began crying again, and Public Defender Jamie McGrady put her hand on his back to console him.

    McGrady announced the not guilty plea.

    Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack S. Schmidt requested time to decide whether to pursue the death penalty. Judge Smith gave him 60 days.

    The prosecutor also requested time to review discovery, citing about 100 interviews to review, with many more expected.

    Smith scheduled the next hearing for Sept. 22.

    Manzanares is being held at Lemon Creek Correctional Center.

    http://www.ktoo.org/2017/08/23/feder...p-murder-case/
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    Man pleads not guilty in wife's death during Alaska cruise

    JUNEAU, Alaska - A Utah man charged with first-degree murder in the death of his wife on a cruise to Alaska pleaded not guilty during a Wednesday hearing in which he appeared to become emotional at times.

    An attorney for Kenneth Manzanares entered the plea during an arraignment in a federal courtroom in Juneau, Alaska. The judge presided via a video link from Anchorage.

    Manzanares, clad in a yellow prison uniform, dabbed his eyes as the indictment against him was read.

    Prosecutors have not decided if they will seek the death penalty. A hearing on that issue is expected later this year.

    Manzanares was indicted by a grand jury last week in the death of his wife, Kristy Manzanares, a 39-year-old real estate agent.

    She was found July 25 in a cabin on a Princess Cruises' ship while it was in U.S. waters off Alaska. The ship, which had left Seattle on July 23 for a seven-day roundtrip cruise, later docked in Juneau for the investigation.

    A neighbor of the couple told The Associated Press last month they had booked the cruise to celebrate their anniversary.

    FBI Special Agent Michael Watson said in an affidavit that witnesses saw Manzanares with blood on his hands and clothing. One said Manzanares told him: "She would not stop laughing at me," according to the affidavit.

    During an FBI search, Manzanares "spontaneously stated, 'my life is over,'" Watson said.

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    Manzanares Case Opens Alaska Death Penalty Question

    When witnesses found 39-year-old Kristy Manzanares dead in a cabin along with her husband, Kenneth Manzanares, who had blood covering his hands and clothing, the Emerald Princess was cruising just north of the Canadian border in waters beyond state jurisdiction.

    Manzanares was taken into custody by ship security personnel and arrested after the ship docked in Juneau, placing the case in federal hands at the U.S. Attorney’s Office.

    Manzanares pleaded not guilty in court on wednesday, where Federal Prosecutor Jack Schmidt noted the maximum penalty for the charge is life in prison or the death penalty. The judge granted Schmidt 60 days to determine whether the government would elect to seek the death penalty in this case.

    Had the incident taken place within Alaskan waters, the death penalty would not be on the table. According to the Death Penalty Information Center, the Territorial Legislature abolished capital punishment two years before Alaska gained statehood. Prior to 1899, miner’s courts handled legal matters in Alaska, and seven people are estimated to have been executed under that system.

    Federal Public Defender Rich Curtner: “There was six people who were hung under the death penalty in territorial days, from 1900 and when it was abolished in 1957. Those six people were three Alaska Natives, two African American, and one guy from Montengero….just…demonstrates…racial bias.”

    When ever the call comes up to consider instating a death penalty in Alaska, those who have worked in the criminal justice system wave injustices like incarceration of the Fairbanks Four, and suggest that justice is blind, not deaf and dumb.

    http://www.radiokenai.us/manzanares-...alty-question/

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    Man allegedly kills wife for laughing at him on Alaska trip

    A man accused of murdering his wife on a family cruise because she would not stop laughing at him, faces the death penalty, a court heard.

    According to Independent, Kenneth Manzanares had been married to his wife Kristy for than 20 years, when they set sail on a week-long trip around Alaska aboard the Emerald Princess with their three children.

    But two days after the ship left port in Seattle, Washington, Ms Manzanares was found dead in her cabin with a severe head wound.

    The couple were heard shouting, shortly before her body was discovered.

    A family member who stumbled upon the aftermath saw Mr Manzanares beside his wife with blood-stained hands and clothes.

    An FBI report said that when he was asked what had happened, Mr Manzanares replied: “She would not stop laughing at me.”

    Mr Manzanares grabbed his wife’s body and dragged her toward a balcony in the cabin, the report added. But the family member pulled her back inside.

    Witnesses staying in nearby berths earlier reported a commotion coming from the cabin of the couple, who are both from Utah.

    http://nation.com.pk/international/2...ka-cruise-trip

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    Judge sets October trial for Utah man in cruise ship murder

    A federal judge has set an October trial for a southern Utah man accused of killing his wife aboard a cruise ship off the coast of Alaska.

    In an order handed down, U.S. Magistrate Judge Deborah Smith set an Oct. 23 trial date in Juneau for Kenneth Manzanares, who is facing a federal murder charge in the death of his wife, Kristy. In an arraignment hearing last week, he pleaded not guilty to the charge.

    “Counsel are expected to calendar changes of plea and file a notice of intent to change plea at the earliest possible time prior to trial,” the judge wrote in the order. “All signed plea agreements must be filed no later than seven (7) days before the trial date.”

    Manzanares is accused of killing his wife as they vacationed on board the “Emerald Princess” as it sailed in the waters off Alaska. Kristy Manzanares’ body was found in their cabin, court documents said. She had a severe head wound and blood was spread throughout the cabin, authorities wrote in an affidavit.

    Witnesses told FBI agents Kenneth Manzanares told them “she would not stop laughing at me” and, at one point, tried to drag her body toward the balcony.

    It is possible the October trial date does not stick as it is common for prosecutors and defense attorneys to seek delays. Federal prosecutors have not yet decided if they will seek the death penalty in the case, but a court hearing is also anticipated on that issue.

    http://via.fox13now.com/zxh1S

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    Government won’t seek death penalty against Utah man

    By Tripp J Crouse
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    The United States will not seek the death penalty against a Utah man facing trial in the death of his wife aboard a cruise ship in Southeast Alaska.

    Court documents released Friday note the U.S. Attorney’s Office decision.

    Kenneth Manzanares pleaded not guilty to a federal charge in the first-degree murder of his wife, Kristy Manzanares, aboard the Emerald Princess.

    Alaska does not have the death penalty at the state level, but the federal death penalty is legal in all 50 states. The case is being tried in federal court because the death occurred in territorial waters.

    A status conference is scheduled for noon Nov. 29. The trial is scheduled to begin April 2018.

    If convicted, the defendant could face life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

    It’s extremely rare for federal death penalty cases in Alaska to reach sentencing. Most are resolved prior to sentencing.

    https://www.ktoo.org/2017/11/17/gove...alty-utah-man/

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    Attorneys in cruise ship murder case will split up blood evidence, notice says

    By Tripp J Crouse
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    Both parties in a cruise ship murder case have agreed on how to handle blood evidence in the case, according to a notice the Public Defender’s Office entered Friday into U.S. District Court.

    Kenneth Manzanares, 40, faces federal trial on a felony first-degree murder charge in the death of his wife aboard a cruise ship last summer in Southeast Alaska waters.

    He pleaded not guilty in August. The government will not seek the death penalty against the Utah man.

    During various warranted searches, authorities took four 10-milliliter tubes of blood from Manzanares.

    Attorneys in the case contested how to handle that evidence. In March, Manzanares’ Public Defender Jamie McGrady filed a motion to preserve the blood evidence in the case. The next day the U.S. Attorney’s Office filed a response.

    The notice says that the U.S. Attorney’s Office agrees to keep two vials of the defendant’s blood for testing, and provide the remaining two vials to the defense for independent testing.

    Both parties in the case also requested that an April 11 hearing regarding the motion to preserve evidence be vacated, according to the notice.

    Trial by jury is scheduled to begin Nov. 5. If convicted, Manzanares could face life in prison and a fine of up to $250,000.

    https://www.ktoo.org/2018/04/08/atto...e-notice-says/

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    Attorneys seek later trial date for St. George man accused of murdering wife on cruise

    By Joseph Witham
    St George News

    ST. GEORGE — Attorneys are asking a federal judge to delay until next May the trial for a St. George man accused of killing his wife on an Alaskan cruise last summer.

    Attorneys for Kenneth Manzanares filed a written motion Friday asking that the trial date be pushed from November until May 2019, the Associated Press reported.

    Kenneth Manzanares’ attorneys said the extra time is needed to go through extensive discovery and to complete their own investigation. They said prosecutors do not oppose the request.

    Kenneth Manzanares’ mental state at the time of his wife’s death will likely be a key issue, the attorneys said, noting that they are ethically obligated to conduct their own investigation into his background “for possible mental defenses.”

    Kenneth Manzanares has been charged with murder in the July 2017 death of his wife, Kristy Manzanares, who was a 39-year-old St. George real estate agent and the mother of three daughters.

    He pleaded not guilty to the first-degree murder charge in August 2017.

    The couple, who had been married for more than 20 years, were traveling aboard the Emerald Princess with a large group of family members, including their three daughters, on a weeklong cruise along the Alaskan panhandle.

    On July 25, two days after the ship left Seattle, Washington, Kristy Manzanares was found dead in the couple’s cabin with a severe head wound as the cruise ship traveled between Ketchikan and Juneau, according to a criminal complaint by FBI Special Agent Michael L. Watson. Blood was reportedly spread throughout the room on multiple surfaces.

    A family member saw Kenneth Manzanares with blood-stained hands and clothing and asked him what had happened, to which Kenneth Manzanares allegedly replied, “She would not stop laughing at me,” according to the complaint.

    “Later, when Manzanares was being processed during a search by the FBI for physical evidence, he spontaneously stated, ‘My life is over,’” Watson stated in the report.

    In November 2017, the U.S. Attorney’s Office announced that it would not to pursue the death penalty against Kenneth Manzanares.

    Becky Bohrer of the Associated Press contributed to this report from Juneau, Alaska.

    https://www.stgeorgeutah.com/news/ar.../#.WwpZQi_pOu4
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    Attorneys in cruise ship murder case looking for ‘possible mental defenses’

    Trial pushed back in order to allow defense more time to evaluate discovery, options

    By ALEX McCARTHY
    Juneau Empire

    The trial for a Utah man accused of killing his wife on a cruise ship in Juneau in 2017 has been pushed back again, in part because the defendant’s attorneys want to further evaluate his mental state.

    Attorneys for Kenneth Manzanares asked that the trial be moved from Nov. 5, 2018 to May 19, 2019, and the prosecution agreed, according to court documents. Manzanares is accused of murder in the death of his wife Kristy on a cruise ship in Juneau on July 25, 2017.

    In making the motion, Manzanares’ attorneys said discovery in this case is “voluminous and ongoing,” and need more time to make sure they have everything they need.

    In the motion, the defense attorneys also said they want more time to evaluate Manzanares’ mental history.

    “Mr. Manzanares’ mental state at the time is likely a critical fact for either a resolution or a trial,” attorneys wrote in the motion, “and the defense is ethically and legally obligated to conduct its own investigation into their client’s background for possible mental defenses.”

    In researching this, the attorneys wrote, they are working with experts from outside Alaska, which they wrote is a time-consuming process.

    At a hearing Thursday, Chief U.S. District Judge Timothy Burgess said he will consult his schedule for an exact start date in mid-May 2019 that works, but that it will likely be either Monday, May 13 or Monday, May 20.

    Federal Defender Rich Curtner, Assistant Federal Defender Jamie McGrady and Appointed Capital Counsel Mark Larrañaga are listed on the motion as representing Manzanares in the case. Assistant U.S. Attorney Jack Schmidt is prosecuting the case.

    Manzanares was indicted in August 2017 and pleaded not guilty at his arraignment. The Alaska U.S. attorney’s office filed a motion in November 2017 stating it will not seek the death penalty in the case. Alaska does not have the death penalty, but the death took place in U.S. waters, making it a federal case, where capital punishment is legal. The cruise ship, the Emerald Princess, was about seven miles away from Forrester Island, the closest piece of land.

    This is the second time the trial has been pushed back. In November 2017, McGrady and Schmidt agreed there was too much discovery in the case to make the original trial date of April 23, 2018. They said at the time there were 72 audio files, eight video files, 541 photographs and nearly 2,000 pages of notes provided at that point. McGrady estimated at the time that the trial will take four weeks, and at Thursday’s hearing Schmidt agreed with that estimate.

    In the probable cause affidavit filed by FBI Special Agent Michael L. Watson, security and medical personnel responded to reports of a conflict in cabin D726 at 9:03 p.m. July 25, 2017. When they arrived, they found Kristy Manzanares with a severe head wound and blood on multiple surfaces in the room, according to the document. Kenneth was there as well, with blood on his hands and clothing, the affidavit alleges.

    Kristy, 39, was pronounced dead at 9:20 p.m. and security personnel put Kenneth in handcuffs and secured him in the adjoining cabin, according to the document. One witness, referred to as D.H. in the affidavit, said he arrived in the room to find Manzanares on the floor covered in blood. The witness asked what happened, to which Manzanares replied, “She would not stop laughing at me.”

    D.H. also said he witnessed Manzanares grab his wife’s body and drag her toward the balcony in the cabin. D.H. then grabbed Kristy’s ankles and pulled her back. Later, when Manzanares was being taken into custody, he blurted out, “My life is over.”

    http://juneauempire.com/local/news/2...ental-defenses
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    Judge sets new trial date in cruise ship murder

    BY BEN WINSLOW
    Fox13now.com

    A federal judge has scheduled a new trial date for a Utah man accused of murdering his wife aboard a cruise ship in Alaska.

    Kenneth Manzanares will go on trial for four weeks beginning May 20, 2019, U.S. District Court Judge Timothy Burgess wrote in an order obtained Sunday by FOX 13.

    Manzanares is accused of killing his wife, Kristy, while aboard the Emerald Princess cruise ship off the coast of Alaska last year. In his order, the judge noted Kenneth Manzanares is accused in a grand jury indictment of “willfully, deliberately, maliciously, and with premeditation and malice aforethought, did unlawfully kill Kristy Manzanares, a national of the United States.”

    In court documents, prosecutors and the defense have argued about whether the crime was premeditated. Federal prosecutors have said they will not seek the death penalty against Kenneth Manzanares, if he were to be convicted.

    https://fox13now.com/2018/08/12/judg...e-ship-murder/
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