Paige Bell, 20, from Johannesburg, South Africa, was found knifed to death July 3, on board the luxury yacht ‘Far From It’ while the vessel was docked in the Bahamas

Bell, a crew member, was found dead in engine room of the $163,000-a-week luxury charter vessel, eleven days to her 21st birthday

Police in Bahamas said a 39-year-old Mexican national has been charged with murder and is expected to appear in court on July 9

Local cops alerted to an incident at the marina just after 1pm on Thursday, boarded the 43-metre yacht, after the young woman had not been seen for a short period of time

They found Paige unresponsive in the yacht’s engine room with visible injuries, near a man, suspected to have killed her, as a doctor at the scene confirmed she was deceased

The male crew member with both wrists slit in a suspected botched suicide was lying next to the victim, bleeding heavily, with a knife in his hand

Paige Bell, [photo], a 20-year-old from Johannesburg in South Africa, who was working as a stewardess on a luxury yacht was found unresponsive in the vessel docked at Harbour Island, Bahamas on July 3

A young crew member described by friends as a ‘golden girl’ is believed to have been murdered while working on a superyacht in the Bahamas.
Paige Bell, 20, from Johannesburg, South Africa, who working as a stewardess on the vessel ‘Far From It’ was found dead on board while was docked at Harbor Island last week, police confirmed.
The Royal Bahamas Police Force arrested a 39-year-old Mexican national who has been charged with murder in the knifing incident. He is expected to appear in court today, July 9.
Bell from the South African city of Durban, was due to turn 21 on July 14. Her family had planned a huge celebration to mark her milestone birthday on her return to Durban. But on July 3, the popular stewardess tragically lost her life in on the job.

Police conducting a wellness check on the yacht found Paige [photo], unresponsive in the engine room with visible injuries, before a doctor attended the scene and confirmed she had died 

Paige, from Johannesburg, South Africa, was described as a ‘golden girl’ by friends and worked as a guest relations officer on the $13million charter yacht, Far From It.
Police were alerted to an incident at the marina just after 1pm last week Thursday, boarded the 43-metre yacht, where they were told that the young crew member had not been seen for a short period of time.
Cops found Paige unresponsive in the yacht’s engine room with visible injuries, before a doctor attended the scene and confirmed she had died. 
Paige’s dead body was reportedly found on the floor. Her shipmate was lying close to her covered in blood with a knife in his hand, The suspect still alive but bleeding heavily, with both his wrists slashed, in what police suspected was a botched suicide..
The suspect was treated at a nearby clinic and subsequently charged with murder.

Paige Bell, [photo], was due to turn 21 on July 14. Her family back home in Durban, had planned a huge celebration to mark her milestone birthday

Paige had been working as a crew member on the superyacht ‘Far From It,’ [photo], a $136,000-a-week motor boat docked in the Bahamas

The circumstances surrounding Paige’s death are still under investigation, police said.
Built in 2008, Far From It is a charter yacht comprising of five suites, charging wealthy clients between $135,885 and $163,062 per week for vacations. 
It can host up to 10 guests and is staffed by nine permanent crew, according to its website.
Paige had previously worked on board the Motor Yacht Sweet Emocean as a crew member until December 2024.

Paige Bell had previously worked on board the Motor Yacht Sweet Emocean as a crew member until December 2024

Her former colleagues paid tribute in a post shared with a GoFundMe page set up to help ‘ease the financial burden’ faced by the family.
It said that she was set to celebrate her 21st birthday on July 14. Tragically, she was murdered 11 days short of her coming of age party.
In her honor, her mother is said to have asked that ‘we all eat red velvet cake (her favorite) on that day and share a photo in remembrance of the beautiful soul she was’.
The GoFundMe page started by her fellow crew members, designed to help her family with expenses has raised nearly $43,000 of the $16,000 target.

Harbor Island is an exclusive resort in the Bahamas. A playground for the rich and famous and a mecca for superyachts, located 60 miles to the east of the capital Nassau

The upmarket resort of Harbor Island  is a 3-mile by 1.5 mile playground for the rich and famous and a mecca for superyachts, located 60 miles to the east of the capital Nassau and just off the larger island of Eleuthera.
The tiny island known as the ‘Billionaires Backyard’ boasts of over 20 billionaires with seasonal homes there including the likes of Bill Gates, Mick Jagger, Prince Harry, Tom Cruise, Kardashians, Harrison Ford and Tom Hanks.