TYLER, Texas (KLTV) - The United States Attorney's Office is shedding more light on the arrest of a Tyler man accused of killing a woman aboard a cruise ship in international waters.

Jason Leon Watford, 48, is being held on a federal hold without bond in the Galveston County Jail, according to jail records.

He is scheduled to appear before U.S. Magistrate Judge Andrew Edison at 1 p.m. Tuesday in Galveston, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.