Fun-filled family vacation turns tragic with cruise ship death of 18-month-old girl. Grandfather charged.

Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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🗓️ 1 November 2019

⏱️ 40 minutes

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Summary

A family vacation turns deadly when beautiful tot girl Chloe Wiegand plummets 11 floors from a children's play area of a cruise ship. The grandfather, Salvatore "Sam" Anello, is charged with her death. Is he criminally negligent for allowing her to fall or is the cruise line to blame for the open window she fell through? Joining Nancy Grace today to discuss the case:Jason Oshins, NY Criminal Defense LawyerCloyd Steiger, 36-year Seattle Police Dept. Officer, 22-year Homicide Detective & AUTHOR of "Homicide: The View From Inside the Yellow Tape"Dr Kendall Crowns, Deputy Medical Examiner of Travis County, TexasDr Daniel Bober, Forensic Psychiatrist Dave Mack, Investigative Reporter CrimeOnline This week's podcast is sponsored by the new Wondery podcast Bad Batch. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/bad-batch/id1482851200

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0:00.0	I'm Joseph Scott Morgan.
0:01.7	I was the youngest medical legal death investigator in the country.
0:04.8	The first time I've ever made a death notification on you after that moment
0:08.6	that I was going to try to be as compassionate as I possibly could.
0:12.0	Because when families are rocked by death,
0:14.9	the only thing they really want are answers.
0:18.1	They ask how, where, it was my job as a death investigator to bring those answers.
0:26.7	Listen to Body Bags with Joseph Scott Morgan, wherever you get your podcasts.
0:31.4	So, the happiest times I have ever had were on a cruise trip with my children.
0:44.0	We were on a Disney cruise and it was incredible.
0:48.3	And what was even more incredible are the safety precautions that Disney takes on those cruise ships to protect children.
0:56.3	So, on a Royal Caribbean cruise, how does an 18-month-old little girl Chloe fall from an open window in the kid's zone?
1:09.6	No less. Well, at first we hear reports that her own grandfather was dangling her out the window.
1:18.0	All on Michael Jackson. Could that be true?
1:22.7	I'm Nancy Grace. This is Crime Stories.
1:26.7	Crime Stories with Nancy Grace
1:38.7	Tragedy aboard a Royal Caribbean cruise where a toddler has died after falling 150 feet
1:48.2	while allegedly being dangled out of a window by her grandfather.
1:51.8	According to Fox News, the 18-month-old girl slipped out of his arms on the 11th floor of the ship.
1:57.1	The ship at the time was reportedly docked in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
2:01.0	After falling, the toddler was taken to the hospital and died shortly after.
2:05.1	A local news website on the island said the girl was from Indiana and was on vacation with her family.
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