AL AL - Michelle Vilborg, 50, missing from cruise ship, Gulf of Mexico, 16 June 2009

A 50-year-old woman was reported overboard by the Carnival Holiday at 12:04 a.m. CDT Tuesday, the Coast Guard said in a statement. The ship was about 75 miles southwest of Pensacola, Fla., at the time.

Carnival Corp. said a passenger reported hearing a splash in the water about 11 p.m. CDT, prompting a cabin-by-cabin search aboard the Holiday. Crew members lowered lifeboats to look for the woman but found nothing

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put this in crimes in the news... since we don't know much yet about how she happened to go overboard...

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3 July 09

An Alabama man whose wife disappeared off a cruise ship two weeks ago has hired an attorney to help him get a death certificate for the woman.

Sven Vilborg of Bay Minette says the first step is asking a court for the document. Having a death certificate would let relatives of Michelle Vilborg collect on a $5,000 accidental life insurance policy her husband said she had recently taken out.

Authorities believe Michelle Vilborg went overboard from the Carnival Holiday during a cruise out of Mobile on June 15. The Coast Guard never recovered her body from the Gulf of Mexico.

Sven Vilborg says some relatives want to have a memorial service now. He said he doesn't want to do so until the investigation is complete.


Information from: Press-Register, http://www.al.com/mobileregister

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Associated Press - July 3, 2009 4:14 PM ET

BAY MINETTE, Ala. (AP) - An Alabama man whose wife disappeared off a cruise ship two weeks ago has hired an attorney to help him get a death certificate for the woman.

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Published: Tuesday, August 04, 2009, 5:00 AM
Updated: Tuesday, August 04, 2009, 7:00 AM
Paul Cloos

Nearly two months after Michelle Vilborg was presumed lost at sea from Mobile's Carnival cruise ship Holiday, her family is holding a 6:30 p.m. memorial service for her today in her hometown of Bay Minette.

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According to this June 2019 article about another woman, Michelle has yet to be recovered:

Korean woman the latest tragic addition to list of cruise ship deaths