Grandfather accused in fatal fall of young granddaughter from cruise ship in Puerto Rico pleads guilty

A grandfather accused in the fatal fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico last year has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.

News 12 Staff

Oct 16, 2020, 11:15 AM

Updated 1,559 days ago

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A grandfather accused in the fatal fall of his young granddaughter from an 11th-story window of a cruise ship docked in Puerto Rico last year has pleaded guilty to negligent homicide.
Salvatore Anello of Valparaiso, Indiana, earlier said he would drop a not-guilty plea to help end what he called “this nightmare" for his family.
Eighteen-month-old Chloe Wiegand slipped from his grasp and fell about 150 feet from an open window of Royal Caribbean Cruises’ Freedom of the Seas ship in July 2019.
Defense attorney Michael Winkleman said in a statement that Anello will not face any jail time and that he will serve probation in Indiana.
AP wire services helped contribute to this report.