The Death Of Two Former Navy SEALS On The Maersk Alabama Is Still A Mystery

The Maersk Alabama in 2009, the year pirates hijacked it in an episode that inspired the movie “Captain Phillips.” Two guards were recently found dead in a cabin onboard the container vessel. Credit Antony Njuguna/Reuters

Mystifying Deaths For 2 Anti-Piracy Guards -- New York Times

PORT OF VICTORIA, Seychelles — The night before their lifeless bodies were found inside a cabin on a cargo ship, Jeffrey Reynolds and Mark Kennedy enjoyed the night life here, at tourist haunts called Le Rendez Vous and the Pirates Arms.

The two, both former members of the Navy SEALs working as ship guards, later visited two casinos, playing blackjack and drinking vodka and tequila with sailors from New Zealand. When the second casino shut its doors at 3 a.m., surveillance images show that the pair bumped into two women and departed with them down a dark corridor.

It was in Mr. Kennedy’s cabin, more than 12 hours later, that a ship security officer discovered the two men on Feb. 18. Mr. Reynolds was slumped on the bed, and Mr. Kennedy was lying face up on the floor, a syringe in his left hand, brown heroin powder in the room, according to police reports. It was unclear how long they had been dead.

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My Comment: Nothing will be known for sure until the toxicology reports are in. In the meantime our prayers are with the families and loved ones.