AMERICANS are still demanding answers after a veteran mysteriously disappeared on a Carnival Cruise over two years ago.
Kevin McGrath, 26, vanished from a Carnival Cruise, two years before 18-year-old cheerleader Anna Kepner died aboard a Carnival ship.
In 2023, McGrath shockingly disappeared from the Carnival cruise.
However, just weeks after McGrath failed to show up for breakfast during his cruise to the Bahamas from Port Miami, officials called off the search.
McGrath was on board the Carnival Conquest on September 4, 2023, celebrating his father’s 60th birthday.
During the weekend cruise to the Bahamas, the 26-year-old never vanished from the ship and wasn’t caught going overboard on surveillance cameras.
Ship staff and security searched the ship, but never found McGrath.
Two years after his disappearance, people are still demanding answers.
“[Officials] searched the entire ship but were unable to locate him. Kevin was subsequently reported missing, and a search was initiated,” journalist Anita Sharma posted on X.
“Unfortunately, the search was called off after yielding no signs of him…Why has the search for him been discontinued?”
A keycard was used to swipe into McGrath’s cabin around 3:30 am, and he’d told his family he planned to meet them for breakfast before the ship docked in Miami.
“On the morning of Sept. 4, a guest reported a family member missing after Carnival Conquest had returned to PortMiami and guests were already disembarking from the ship,” Carnival Cruise wrote in a statement at the time.
“Local law enforcement is in charge of the investigation and our team members have fully cooperated with officials.”
Mysteriously, there was no sign of McGrath on this ship after the keycard swipe to his room, and the ship’s overboard sensors never went off, stumping investigators.
PROBATION MYSTERY
During the course of their investigation, cops discovered that McGrath, a retired veteran, was on probation after pleading guilty to aggravated assault in Tennessee, TMZ reported.
In September 2022, McGrath took the plea deal after being accused of threatening to kill his wife and their children.
A probation officer allowed him to move from Tennessee to Florida to live with his parents.
He was meant to have regular check-ins with his probation officer, which he violated when he boarded the cruise without their permission or knowledge.
The revelation by investigators led them to call off the search.
TEEN’S TRAGIC DEATH
McGrath’s disappearance comes two years before 18-year-old Anna Kepner died on a Carnival cruise headed to the Caribbean from Miami.
Kepner, a Florida native, was on board the Carnival Horizon when she died.
She was a straight-A student and was a cheerleader for her high school’s varsity team.
Kepner planned to graduate in just a few months and was set to go in to the military.
“She had just finished taking the test to join the military,” her family told ABC News.
“She was already talking to recruiters and had chosen her career path.”
Kepner’s death has led to an FBI investigation.
“Since this is an ongoing matter under the jurisdiction of law enforcement, all media inquiries need to be directed to the FBI’s Miami public affairs office,” a Carnival Cruise representative said in a statement.
