Chip Chick
Kristy’s brothers and her father heard the commotion and were able to enter their room. As they did so, they saw Kenneth try to drag Kristy’s body further out onto the balcony. A brother of Kristy’s intervened and grabbed onto her ankles, dragging her back inside of their room.
Then, the ship’s security and medical teams arrived and desperately tried to save Kristy’s life, but sadly they were too late.
Kenneth then tried to jump overboard off the cruise ship according to witnesses, but employees held him back and physically had to restrain him from doing so.
Kristy died due to blunt force trauma to her face and head, from her own husband beating her to death.
Court documents state that Kenneth admitted to one of the witnesses that he killed Kristy because “she would not stop laughing at me.”
Kenneth admitted that he did strike Kristy “once with a closed fist, seeing blood and striking Kristy Manzanares another time, and stated he had no memory after that point,” according to more of the court documents.
In February of 2020, Kenneth pleaded guilty to second-degree murder. Yesterday, he was sentenced to 30 years behind bars.
“In 2017 Kenneth Manzanares brutally murdered his wife Kristy Manzanares while on an Alaskan cruise with their three daughters and extended family members,” Acting U.S. Attorney Bryan Wilson of the District of Alaska said in a statement.
“This was not a random act of violence but a chilling neglect for human life for which he will serve 30 years in federal prison, where there is no parole ever.”
Facebook; Kristy and Kenneth are pictured together above
