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A cruise ship passenger accused of killing a woman aboard the MSC Seascape told FBI investigators he "snap[ped]" during an argument before beating and choking her for up to five minutes, according to newly filed federal court documents.

A criminal complaint filed in the Southern District of Texas shows that Jason Leon Watford, 48, has been charged with murder in connection with the woman's death aboard the cruise ship while it was sailing in international waters on Sunday.

The woman has not been publicly identified.

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Surveillance footage showed Watford entering the cabin at about 7:46 p.m., followed by the woman about 25 minutes later, investigators said. No one else was seen entering or leaving the cabin before she was discovered.

Jason Leon Watford was booked into the Galveston County Jail on a federal hold.…