TOPEKA, Kan. (AP) _ A Topeka man has been charged with killing a woman while
they were aboard a cruise ship in January.
Federal prosecutors announced 53-year-old Eric Newman was charged with
second-degree murder and made his initial court appearance Thursday.
The indictment alleges Newman and 50-year-old Tamara Tucker, of Lawson,
Missouri, were aboard the Carnival Elation, a vessel registered in Panama. The
cruise departed and arrived from Jacksonville, Florida.
Tucker’s obituary and a news release from Park University, where she taught,
describe Newman as her longtime partner and love.
Prosecutors say Newman killed Tucker aboard the ship. No further details were
released.
Tucker was a full-time faculty member in the social work department at Park
University in Parkville, Missouri from 2012 to 2017 and was an adjunct
instructor before that, beginning in 2007.
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