ATLANTIC CITY, N.J. (AP)  -- The mother of a New Jersey woman who fell overboard from a Norwegian cruise line says the incident was no accident. 

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Louise Jordan of Bordentown told WPVI-TV in Philadelphia that the missing woman was her daughter, Mindy Jordan. She said her daughter's boyfriend, Jorge Caputo of Pine Hill, notified her family from the ship.

Jordan told 1010 WINS that her daughter was in an abusive relationship and blames Caputo for her death. Jordan says Caputo told her that he and her daughter were clowning around while the Norwegian Cruise Lines said Mindy was trying to climb between balconies when she fell overboard near the Atlantic City coast.

Jordan believes Caputo beat her daughter and threw her overboard. "If I'm wrong about that, I'll be the happiest person in the world," Jordan said.

The Norwegian Dawn was headed for Bermuda from New York City when the 46-year-old woman went overboard at about 7:50 p.m. Sunday, cruise officials said.

Coast Guard helicopters from Atlantic City and Massachusetts spent seven hours searching for the woman before calling off the search due to heavy wind and rain.


Photo from Steve Sandberg: Mindy Jordan with boyfriend Jorge Caputo

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