Scott and Karen Roston had a whirlwind romance leading to engagement and marriage. But on the last night of their honeymoon, Karen went overboard and was found dead 10 hours later. Scott gave three different stories for what happened, one of which was almost too extreme to believe...

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Kai Engel

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Sources:

"No Secret Agent, Israeli Named in Death Case Says" - by Kim Murphy, The Los Angeles Times - March 17, 1989

"Man Found Guilty of Killing Wife on Cruise Ship" - The Miami Herald, March 23, 1989

"Israeli Says He Didn't Throw Woman Overboard" - by Linda Deutsch, The Times-Advocate, March 17, 1989

https://caselaw.findlaw.com/us-9th-circuit/1079084.html

https://law.justia.com/cases/federal/appellate-courts/F3/83/430/586565/

https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1988-02-21-8804010093-story.html

https://murderpedia.org/male.R/r/roston-scott-robin.htm

https://www.cruiseshipdeaths.com/1988/02/13/karen-roston-passenger-cruise-ship-death-aboard-honeymoon-murded-stardancer/

https://www.cruisebruise.com/Book_Reviews/Nightmare_in_Israel_By_Scott_Roston.html

https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1988-02-17-me-29244-story.html

https://www.lifedaily.com/story/newly-wedded-husband-claims-bride-fell-overboard-on-cruise-in-stiff-wind/

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137: Dark Water 2: Karen Roston