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A prior published report had her with a gun to her head yet the “pirates” inexplicably allowed her to get away. Report seems to have been in error. I’m sure you remember Peterson in California when his wife was “kidnapped”! Or the Peterson in Chicago whose 4th wife just happened to “disappear”! Also reminds me of the NEW way to dispose of a spouse. Take a cruise, a little booze, and oops, over the railing and lost at sea. What a shame.

I have my questions about this story as well, and will 'til more facts are known. Having said that, there was a conference earlier (today, IIRC) where the local sheriff stated that there was evidence that had not been released that corroborated her account, and the sheriff indicated that he found her account credible. At this point, I'm leaning towards her account based solely on the information released by the sheriff on the ground who has more access to the available info than any of us.

Personally, I'm an insurance fraud investigator, and my first reaction was that this had many red flag indicators of a life insurance scam (i.e., no body, death in a foreign country, etc.). In the end, I still wouldn't be surprised if that's what it turned out to be, but for the time being, the best indicator I've seen/heard/read is that the sheriff finds her credible and states that there's evidence to support her account.