Strangled ex-wife floats in ocean after being tossed off cruise ship- -cops.
MICKI KANESAKI thought she was taking a dream cruise that would rekindle her romance with her ex-husband.
Instead, authorities say Micki’s ex Lonnie Kocontes strangled her and threw her body overboard off the coast of Italy.
“He thought the sea would swallow her up and he’d get away with the perfect murder,” a law enforcement source told The ENQUIRER.
But 52-year-old Micki’s body was found floating in the sea two days later. Now Kocontes, 55, is behind bars and facing a potential death sentence.
The couple met while Kocontes was practicing law with a Los Angeles firm where Micki worked as a paralegal. They married in 1995, and divorced in 2001, although they continued to live together off and on in their Mission Viejo, Calif., home.