FBI investigating death of baby on Carnival cruise ship
— -- The FBI on Saturday took over the investigation of a dead newborn found on a cruise ship that returned to Port Canaveral.
On Wednesday, a Carnival Dream employee discovered the body of a newborn baby in a guest cabin, according to a Carnival Cruise Line news release.
The cruise line informed authorities in St. Maarten about the incident and the baby's mother, a 20-year-old female guest traveling on board the Dream, was detained pending further investigation, Carnival said in the statement
The FBI said the baby's mother is a U.S. passenger but not a resident of Florida.
The FBI evidence response team was called to Port Canaveral for an ongoing investigation Saturday morning when the ship arrived.
The FBI is did not release any information about the mother, beyond that which had been released by Carnival.
"No one has been charged. We are still working on getting facts and gathering any available evidence," said FBI Special Agent Dave Couvertier.
The baby's mother has not returned to the U.S., according to the FBI.
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