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A Utah man serving 30 years for the brutal beating death of his wife during an Alaskan cruise was found dead in his prison cell last week.
Kenneth Manzanares, 43, was serving his sentence at the Lemon Creek Correctional Center in Juneau, according KUTV, which cited the Alaska Department of Corrections. Authorities found Manzanares unresponsive at about 7:15 a.m. on Wednesday, and he was pronounced dead shortly afterward.
“No foul play is suspected. This death is not COVID-19 related,” a statement from the Department of Corrections said.
Manzanares was sentenced to 30 years in June after he pleaded guilty in February to savagely beating his wife, Kristy Manzanares, in front of two of their children while the family was on the Emerald Princess cruise ship in 2017, as CrimeOnline previously reported.
Kristy Manzanares, on the
Emerald Princess in 2017 in front of two of his daughters after she announced she said wanted to leave their marriage.
Prior to his plea deal, Manzanares originally plead not guilty to first-degree murder.
The former couple were in their cabin on the second night of the family trip, when Kristy said she
wanted a divorce and asked her husband to get off the ship in Juneau and go back home, prosecutors stated.
After ordering the children into an adjoining room with relatives, the father was seen by the daughters repeatedly punching the mother of three in the head.
By Kenneth Garger
Jul 18, 2021 | 6:49 PM
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First Posted: Jul 19, 2021 12:40 AM EDT
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A Utah man sentenced to 30 years in jail for beating his wife to death during a cruise was found dead inside his prison cell in Alaska last week.
New York Post reported that the Alaska Department of Corrections had confirmed the death of Kenneth Manzanares.
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