Kendall says it took the crew member alot of effort to find him, and this accounts for such a long delay in getting key information to her family.
He says, "This was a crew member on the ship, a former crew member on the ship. And he has referred us to additional crew members on the ship, one of which we've been in communication with, and one of which has indicated that the story among the crew is that one of the individuals on that ship, one of the crew members, was involved with Merrian."
He goes onto say, "it's highly significant because it starts to answer all the questions that we've had on Merrian. Why she wasn't reported missing. Why her items were, at the end of the trip, just put in storage or thrown away. If it's true, at this point, it's hearsay. But it's the story coming from crew members."
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Merrian Lynn Carver
Missing Passenger On Cruise Ship
Celebrity Cruise Lines - August 28, 2004