Kevin McGrath's family hopes for information about missing son

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• Police are searching for man who went missing aboard cruise on Labor Day
• Kevin McGrath ‘vanished’ from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault
• Carnival passenger goes overboard during Caribbean cruise, Coast Guard suspends search
• Man Who Set Himself on Fire Outside Trump Trial Had History of Bizarre Florida Arrests
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• Carnival Cruise passenger, 26, reported missing after ship returns to Florida

Kevin was reported missing on a Monday, and the Coast Guard’s search for him was suspended a few days later that same Thursday, USA Today reported. On Sept. 4 and searched 3,300 square nautical miles with helicopters but found nothing, according to Petty Officer Ryan Estrada, in Miami. Citing the ongoing investigation, Zabeleta declined to say whether police officials have obtained or reviewed video Carnival cameras recorded aboard the Conquest. The probation office — which apparently only found out he had been aboard the Conquest when media reported about his disappearance — said he also is delinquent on $241.20 in probation fees, the outlet said. The US Coast Guard suspended its search Thursday for a Carnival Cruise passenger who mysteriously vanished from the ship during a family vacation to celebrate his father’s 60th birthday. "Kevin McGrath, 26 years old, was last seen in the area of Port of Miami," a missing person flyer issued by the Miami-Dade Police Department said.

Police are searching for man who went missing aboard cruise on Labor Day

The last person to see McGrath was his brother, who saw him enter his cabin around 2.00am on Monday morning, Miami-Dade Police said. The U.S. Coast Guard brought in helicopters to search 3,300 square nautical miles for McGrath but didn't find a trace and called off the search. "He would not disappear and not tell anyone, especially my dad, where he was. This is not something my brother would do," she added.

Kevin McGrath ‘vanished’ from Carnival cruise, was reportedly on parole for assault

A search by ship staff and security has been unsuccessful as well as the U.S. Coast Guard’s helicopter search of 3,300 square nautical miles. Coast Guard crews were searching 3,300 square nautical miles off the coast of Florida for Kevin McGrath, 26, who was reported missing by his family after he failed to show up to breakfast on the ship Monday morning.

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"My whole family is taking it terribly. We're just sick to our stomach." "From what I was told, he had an amazing time. He was in good spirits everyone said," his sister told CNN. The crews covered more than 1,347 square miles — an area nearly the size of Long Island — while looking for Hill, but their efforts yielded no results and the search was called off. After being unable to locate McGrath, the cruise company contacted the Coast Guard and Miami police. Have the latest local news delivered every morning to start your day informed.

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McGrath’s disappearance comes just one week after a 19-year-old college student fell overboard on the world’s largest cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. In July, Carnival Cruise Line issued a statement regarding another man who had reportedly gone missing while on one of their ships in Florida. Rodriguez said a search of the ship’s cameras and security devices did not indicate that McGrath went overboard.

"Something is not right. There's no way that my brother would just vanish into thin air like this. We want some answers. Today is day four and we know nothing about his whereabouts. They haven't found anything," she said. The Carnival Conquest cruise ship sits docked in Miami in October 2021. Cruise ships have safeguards to prevent passengers from going overboard and are required by the Cruise Vessel Security and Safety Act of 2010 to have rails that are "located not less than 42 inches above the cabin deck." Coast Guard have been checking in with the family to offer their support but that Carnival had stopped.

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Carnival also said staff also provided support to the missing man's companion. Ship staff and security searched the ship but were unsuccessful, Miami-Dade Police Department officials reported after Kevin McGrath disappeared. The cruise ship’s cameras and overboard detection system, however, showed no indication that McGrath went overboard during the cruise from Miami to the Bahamas, Miami-Dade police said. Miami-Dade police investigators are searching for a cruise passenger who was last seen aboard a Carnival Cruise Line ship on Labor Day, authorities in Florida and the passenger's sister said. He still was nowhere to be found when all passengers disembarked the ship, and the family reported him missing, the publication reported.

McGrath was not detected by the ship’s surveillance systems, and a search of security cameras conducted by the police confirmed he did not fall overboard. Police are searching for answers after a man disappeared from a cruise shipshortly before it returned to port in Florida. The man appears to have jumped from the fourth deck shortly before 2 a.m. A family member reported the passenger missing on Monday morning.

Coast Guard also responded to assist with the search yielding negative results. She adds that her friends have been in contact with the family, and they told her that when they post the missing person poster on the Carnival Facebook page, it gets pulled down. “Is this what happens when you go missing on a cruise ship? They’re not even going to alert the other passengers who might have seen something?

After his loved ones were unable to determine his whereabouts, a search was conducted by ship staff and security but their efforts were unsuccessful. But the ship’s cameras and overboard detection system showed no indication that he went overboard and his disappearance has been shrouded in mystery ever since the Coast Guard called off its search. But when the ship returned to port on Monday morning, McGrath was nowhere to be found. He was reported missing by family members after he failed to show up at a planned breakfast that same morning.

On Monday, a Carnival Cruise Line spokesperson told The Post. A spokesperson for Carnival on Monday declined to respond to detailed questions about how the ship’s staff searched for Kevin McGrath and referred to a statement released after he was reported missing. Carnival Cruises is continuing its investigation into McGrath’s disappearance and has been repeatedly reviewing closed-circuit video footage from the ship, a spokesperson told The Post Thursday. The agency released the cruise ship from search and rescue efforts and instructed the captain to head toward its destination, the according to Carnival's statement. Reporters learned the vessel arrived at Norfolk Tuesday morning (May 30).

His disappearance "is so random, out of nowhere," Danielle McGrath, Kevin McGrath's sister, told USA TODAY. "Everyone has different relationships with the person but me, how I know my brother, how I last spoke to him, his energy, his spirit. This is definitely not like him." Coast Guard called off the search after covering more than 5,171 square miles over a span of 60 hours. “The decision to suspend the active search efforts pending further development is never one we take lightly.

After the Coast Guard officials suspended the search on Thursday Sept. 7, Carnival officials told USA Today that Miami-Dade police cleared the Carnival Conquest to sail and said the Carnival Care Team is supporting the family. The ship’s overboard detection system never went off, and there is no other evidence that Kevin McGrath went overboard, according to the MDPD. His disappearance came a week after a young college student fell overboard off the world’s largest cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. McGrath’s disappearance comes just one week after a young college student fell overboard off the world’s largest cruise ship, the Royal Caribbean’s Wonder of the Seas. The Coast Guard said the passenger was 28-year-old Tyler Barnett from Houma, Louisiana.

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After the man was reported missing, the ship’s security team immediately began searching the vessel, Lupoli said in an earlier statement. The ship was on its way from New Orleans to Montego Bay, Jamaica at the time as part of a week-long Western Caribbean cruise that began Sunday, according to CruiseMapper. “A search of the ship’s cameras and security devices did not indicate he went overboard,” a police spokesperson told The Post.

We offer our most sincere condolences to Mr. Peale’s family and friends," the Coast Guard said in a news release at the time. "The crew was notified by his traveling companion late in the afternoon about his missing status after he had not been seen all day," Carnival told PEOPLE in a statement on July 24 in regard to 30-year-old Jaylen Hill. Officials in Florida are investigating the disappearance of a cruise passenger who did not return with the vessel once the ship docked.