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  • May 2008

    • 15 Dead in Brazil Ferry Accident

      Associated Press  |  May 5, 08 3:04 AM CDT

      15 Dead in Brazil Ferry Accident

      (Newser) - A ferry taking passengers home from a nighttime party capsized yesterday in Brazil, killing at least 15 people, AP reports. Dozens more were missing in the Solimoes River, one of the Amazon's largest tributaries. Most of those killed were women. Some passengers swam to shore and others were picked up by nearby boats. The ferry, which was carrying at least 80 people, was grounded earlier this year after failing an inspection. More »

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      Brazil  • death  • Amazon  • boat  • missing boater  • boat accident

  • December 2007

    • Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs in Prison

      Associated Press  |  Dec 20, 07 4:52 PM CST

      Boat Slayings Suspect Blabs in Prison

      (Newser) - A jailhouse confession could doom two suspects in the murder of four people in the Joe Cool fishing boat case, the AP reports. A fellow inmate says suspect Guillermo Zarabozo came clean about the September killings, claiming that accomplice Kirby Archer shot the victims and that Zarabozo dumped the bodies overboard. The killings came after the boat's captain refused to take the pair to Cuba, the inmate said. More »

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      murder  • Cuba  • pirates  • extradition  • missing boater

    • Police Charge 'Dead' Canoeist With Fraud

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Dec 5, 07 9:43 AM CST

      Police Charge 'Dead' Canoeist With Fraud

      (Newser) - Police arrested John Darwin, the canoeist who reappeared in London after being presumed dead for 5 years, early this morning on evidence that he and his wife faked his death to defraud their life insurance agency. The mysteriously tanned and fit Darwin had claimed to have no idea where he'd been, but photos of him and his wife in Panama surfaced on the Internet, and his wife recently sold their home and moved to Panama. More »

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      London  • missing person  • John Darwin  • Anne Darwin  • missing boater

    • Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

      Daily Mail (UK)  |  Dec 3, 07 7:03 PM CST

      Boater Appears, 5 Years Later, Sans Memory

      (Newser) - A man who was presumed dead five years ago, when he failed to return from a canoeing trip, showed up in London today, the Daily Mail reports. John Darwin, 57 and able to remember only his name, walked into a police station saying: "I think I am a missing person." Oddly enough, Darwin’s wife sold the family home and emigrated to Panama only four weeks ago. More »

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      London  • missing person  • missing boater

  • September 2007

    • 'Ghost Ship' a Case of Intrigue on High Seas

      Newsweek  |  Sep 29, 07 1:33 PM CDT

      'Ghost Ship' a Case of Intrigue on High Seas

      (Newser) - The sea is telling no secrets about an abandoned charter boat found 30 miles north of Cuba this week, missing the young couple who owned it and two crewmembers. But Newsweek reports that the two men who chartered the boat, found floating miles away in its life raft, are failing to impress authorities with their story about pirates who killed the four. More »

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      crime  • Florida  • pirates  • boats  • missing boater

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