JUNEAU, Alaska • Federal prosecutors in Alaska do not plan to seek the death penalty in the case of a Utah man accused of killing his wife during a cruise in Alaska.
Kenneth Manzanares, 40, of Santa Clara, has been charged in U.S. District Court with murder in the death of his wife, 39-year-old Kristy Manzanares, in July. He has pleaded not guilty.
While the state of Alaska does not have capital punishment, the death occurred while the ship was in U.S. waters.
Kristy Manzanares was found July 25 in a cabin on a Princess Cruises’ ship, which had left Seattle two days earlier for a seven-day, roundtrip cruise.