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After a superyacht successful Sicily sunk, six passengers’ bodies were recovered. Now, Christopher Morvillo and Neda Morvillo’s origin of decease has been revealed.
Sicily Yacht Tragedy: Captain of Mike Lynch’s Boat Under Investigation for Manslaughter
New details proceed to aboveground astir the Sicily superyacht tragedy.
More than a week aft a luxury yacht sank disconnected the seashore disconnected the Italian metropolis Aug. 19, spouses Christopher Morvillo and Neda Morvillo were confirmed to person died of drowning together, Italian quality enactment ANSA confirmed via autopsies Sept. 2.
Christopher and Neda—who were reported missing alongside on with British tech magnate Mike Lynch, his girl Hannah, Morgan Stanley International Chairman Jonathan Bloomer and his woman Judy Bloomer had been missing until Aug. 22—exhibited “no signs of trauma,” ANSA reported of the autopsy conducted by Antonella Argo, and determination are “no different causes linked” to their deaths.
The remaining autopsies of the passengers person yet to beryllium conducted. Jonathan and Judy’s autopsy volition beryllium performed connected Sept. 4, portion Michael and his daughter’s autopsy, arsenic good arsenic navigator Recaldo Thomas—whose assemblage was recovered Aug. 20—have not been assigned.
There were 22 radical successful total—12 guests and 10 unit members—aboard the 184-foot Bayesian anterior to its Aug. 19 sinking. The incident, which has been described by maritime experts arsenic anomalous, occurred astatine astir 5 a.m. section clip owed to harsh upwind conditions, including a waterspout, Salvo Cocina of Sicily's civilian extortion bureau told NBC.
Cocina told reporters of the event, “They were successful the incorrect spot astatine the incorrect time.”
The skipper of the ship, James Cutfield, is present nether probe for manslaughter, his lawyer confirmed to NBC News. He has yet to beryllium charged with immoderate crime, and the probe does not suggest that immoderate charges volition follow.
Meanwhile, Giovanni Costantino, the laminitis and CEO of The Italian Sea Group who built the superyacht successful 2008, emphasized the calamity occurred due to the fact that of an “endless concatenation of errors from the crew.”
"It was each predictable,” helium told Italian paper Corriere della Sera Aug. 21, successful an interrogation translated from Italian. “I person the upwind charts present successful beforehand of me. Ask yourself: wherefore were nary fishermen from Porticello retired that night? A fisherman reads the upwind conditions and a vessel doesn’t? The tempest was afloat legible successful each the upwind charts. It couldn't person been ignored.”
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Now, the families and friends of the 7 who died are mourning the immeasurable losses.
"She is my small angel, my star," Hannah’s older sister Esme, whose ma Angela Bacares was among the 15 survivors, shared successful a statement obtained by Sky News. "She had adjacent much emotion to springiness endlessly to each her friends and passionateness to springiness to her unthinkable studies and goals."
Esme besides recalled heartfelt memories with her sister—who was acceptable to be Oxford University successful the fall—noting she’d often “burst” into her country with a grin to laic down with her oregon inquire for advice.
“No substance what, she brought boundless emotion to me,” Esme continued. “She was endlessly caring, passionately mad, unintentionally hilarious and the astir amazing, supportive and joyful sister and champion person to me.”
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