May 16, 2008 12:29 pm US/Eastern
Cruise Ship Drama Thickens With Boyfriend's Return
Cruise Line Says Norwegian Dawn's Surveillance Camera Footage Appears To Rule Out Foul Play
Reporting
Jay Dow
NEW YORK (CBS) ―
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The boyfriend of a local woman who fell off a cruise ship to her death is back home on Friday. There are plenty of unanswered questions, but he's not saying much.
CBS
The boyfriend of a local woman who fell off a cruise ship to her death is back home on Friday. There are plenty of unanswered questions, but he's not saying much.
The Norwegian Dawn is set to depart from Bermuda today, and will return to New York City's ship terminal on Saturday. While Mindy Jordan's boyfriend has been cleared of any wrongdoing, there are still a lot of doubts in question to her disappearance.
Jorge Caputo left New York City Sunday morning with his girlfriend as a cruise ship passenger headed to Bermuda. Thursday night he returned home early, on a plane, alone. His vacation cut short after Mindy Jordan mysteriously fell off the Norwegian Dawn off the waters near Atlantic City. The ship's surveillance video shows Jordan was by herself at the time of her fall, and Caputo was with friends in his room.
Jordan's parents told CBS 2 earlier in the week they suspect foul play.
"That would be totally out of character. She was 4 feet 10, weighs about 100 pounds. She would have never gone near a rail," said Andrew August, Jordan's father.
FBI officials now say they do not suspect a crime was committed. CBS 2's Hazel Sanchez tracked Caputo's every move as he boarded a plane home to Newark Thursday night. During the flight, Caputo kept his face buried in a romance novel, entitled "Accidentally Yours," and offered a "no comment" when asked why his girlfriend would have been near a rail by herself that fatal night.
At the airport, Port Authority police escorted Caputo away from news crews to an awaiting car. The FBI will continue to analyze the surveillance video for any further details and developments.
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