'We haven't ruled out murder': Police investigating death of Indiana toddler who fell 150ft from cruise ship after grandfather propped her up against open glass window

Family of toddler who fell 150ft to her death from cruise ship blame the liner because one window was left OPEN in a wall of glass when the girl's grandfather propped her up against it

Police investigating death of Indiana tot who fell from cruise ship have not ruled out

Police investigating the death of Chloe Wiegand, 18-months, who died after falling from a cruise ship in Puerto Rico, say they have not ruled out murder yet
Chief cop Sgt Jose D. Sanchez told DailyMail.com that it was premature to declare the incident an accident
He said: 'There are various possibilities. It could be a homicide. It could be a murder. It could be an accident'
Sgt Sanchez said possible charges could include murder, homicide - killing without intent - or neglect, and it could also be the case that no charges are filed
Chloe is thought to have slipped from her grandfather Salvatore Anello's hands before falling through a window of a Royal Caribbean ship on Sunday
The family said he had propped Chloe up against what he thought was a closed glass window, but when she leaned forward, she fell straight through
Now, they are blaming Royal Caribbean and say it was negligent by not making clear there was no glass in the window

The chief cop whose officers are investigating the shocking death of an Indiana toddler who fell 150ft from a cruise ship has told DailyMail.com he has not ruled out murder.

Tragic Chloe Wiegand is thought to have slipped out of her grandfather's hands before plunging through an open window and over the side of a Royal Caribbean vessel as it prepared to depart Puerto Rico on Sunday.

But Sgt Jose D. Sanchez, acting head of the San Juan Police Department's Homicide Division, told DailyMail.com that it was premature to declare the incident an accident.

'There are various possibilities. It could be a homicide. It could be a murder. It could be an accident,' he said during an exclusive interview on Monday evening at police headquarters.

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Family of toddler who fell to her death on Caribbean cruise ship says she fell out of open

Chloe Wiegand, 18 months, died on Sunday in San Juan, Puerto Rico
The toddler plummeted 150ft out of a window from the Freedom of the Seas ship
Police said initially her grandfather Salvatore Anello 'dangled' her outside
The family says this was not the case and that he was propping her up against what he thought was a closed window
Chloe loved to look out from windows and bang on the glass like she did at her older brother's ice hockey games, they said
Anello propped her up on a railing to let her do it on the ship but when she leaned forward, she fell straight through a gaping hole
He had to be sedated afterwards because he was so upset
Now, they are blaming Royal Caribbean and say it was negligent by not making clear there was no glass in the window

The family of an Indiana toddler who fell 150ft to her death from a cruise ship on Sunday have blamed the liner for her death, saying she died by falling through a window which had been left open in the kids' play area.

Chloe Wiegand died after falling from the Freedom of the Seas Royal Caribbean cruise ship onto a concrete dock in San Juan, Puerto Rico, on Sunday afternoon.

Police said she had been in her grandfather Salvatore Anello's arms and that he lost his grip on her. They were on the 11th floor of the ship where there is a kids' pool known as the 'H20 zone'.

On Tuesday, a lawyer hired by the family revealed that Anello had put Chloe up on a wooden railing which to let her bang on the glass, as she loved to do at her older brothers' ice hockey games.

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Comment by Panache E-P on July 11, 2019 at 7:24am: Don’t be so judgmental and idiots. If you’ve been on a cruise ship, this could easily happen to a family member. Plus the entire family was RIGHT there. He is not negligent. A horrible mistake.

Comment by Natalie on July 10, 2019 at 11:56am: I really hope there is video of what happpend because how can you stand next to a large open window and not feel the breeze or hear noise coming from the outside. I wonder if he was drinking or has very poor eyesight. In either case that poor child died for absolutely nothing. I am not sure how the cruise line is responsible for this.

Comment by Cee Gee on July 10, 2019 at 8:38am: Why would you prop a child on the window edge anyway? He was negligent.

Comment by Al3x on July 9, 2019 at 2:08pm: Gtfoh

Comment by vaughn mitchell on July 9, 2019 at 1:30pm: You mean the a****** did not see there wasn't any window?

Comment by BMT Sound on July 9, 2019 at 1:08pm: Feel like there is a more sinister plot by the whole family. They're gonna run with that ice hockey story too. Sad may she SIP.

Comment by Michael Thomas on July 9, 2019 at 12:50pm: This is very sad. Parents, watch your babies. It only takes a second for tragedy to happen.

Comment by gee pascal on July 9, 2019 at 12:41pm: This is so heartbreaking BUT to blame the ship for your stupidity is absolutely unbelievable. May she RIP

Comment by hayu2u2 on July 9, 2019 at 12:34pm: Glad it didnt happen at the Grand Canyon or the family would blame the planet Earth for their stupid decision