Father of three kills wife on a cruise ship because she laughed at him

Left-  Kristy Manzanares, Right- Kenneth Manzanares

According to the FBI officials a man killed his wife on a cruise ship in Alaska and told an acquaintance that he did it because she laughed at him

Kenneth Manzanares, from Santa Clara, Utah, was charged with murder after he was found with blood on his hands, clothes and in his cabin on the Princess Cruises ship on Tuesday night.

Princess Cruises ship 

The 39 years old wife who was identified as Kristy Manzanares from Utah by the FBI officials was murdered on Tuesday night in what was described as a case of domestic violence.

According to an FBI agent involved in an investigation of the case, a witness entered the couple’s cabin and found Kenneth Manzanares with blood on his hands and clothing.

“She would not stop laughing at me,” Kenneth Manzanares told the witness, according to a search warrant affidavit. The couple have three children together.

According to the Alaska Dispatch, Manzanares was trying to drag his wife body to the balcony when he was stopped by a witness.

A security officer aboard the cruise ship handcuffed Manzanares and detained him in an adjoining cabin, the affidavit said.

While the FBI searched him, Manzanares said: ‘My life is over.’.

Manzanares, 39, made his first court appearance on Thursday by teleconference from Alaska’s capital Juneau, where he is in custody. He has no criminal history, according to online Utah court records

Marlin Ritzman, FBI special agent in charge of the Alaska bureau, told reporters that "We conducted approximately 200 interviews of passengers and crew members,"

The ship was diverted to Juneau because of the investigation, which the FBI is leading because the death occurred in U.S. waters. The ship docked Wednesday morning, and passengers were kept on board for hours before the cruise departed late that night for the southeast Alaska town of Skagway..

Princess Cruises said in a statement Thursday that passengers will receive $150 onboard credit because of the effect on their vacations.