Italian rescuers have brought ashore the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily.

Italian rescuers brought ashore the body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily.

The woman’s body was detected on Friday, the Coast Guard said. She has not been officially identified, but Hannah Lynch, the 18-year-old daughter of British tech magnate Mike Lynch, is reportedly unaccounted for. The Lynch family was aboard The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, when went down in a storm early Monday.

Civil protection officials said they believe the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, and sank quickly.

  • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
    95·
    3 months ago

    Both him and the guy that helped him commit fraud end up dead. This was definitely a hit and not a water spout. (Maybe)

    From wiki:

    Lynch and Chamberlain went on trial in San Francisco on 18 March 2024. Lynch was charged with 16 counts of wire fraud, securities fraud and conspiracy, while Chamberlain faced 15 counts of wire fraud and conspiracy. Both pleaded not guilty.[35] The court heard evidence and arguments over the course of 11 weeks, and one count of securities fraud was dropped. The jury retired for deliberation on 4 June.[36] On 6 June, Lynch and Chamberlain were found not guilty of all charges.[37] Chamberlain died after being struck by a car while running in Stretham, Cambridgeshire, on 17 August.[38]

    • IphtashuFitz@lemmy.worldEnglish
      13·
      3 months ago

      This was definitely a hit and not a water spout.

      If that’s true then some evil supervillain or governmental three-letter-agency has a working severe weather machine. The yacht was visible on a nearby security camera, and it disappears as fierce rain & waves obscure it.

      • Grimy@lemmy.worldEnglish
        23·
        3 months ago

        I was thinking small controlled explosives disguised as damage from the storm but your idea is way cooler tbh.

    • wazoobonkerbrain@lemmy.worldEnglish
      10·
      3 months ago

      This was definitely a hit

      How could it be? In the case of Chamberlain, the driver of the car that struck him was a local woman who cooperated with police, not some anonymous person who ran him over and then disappeared. Lynch’s boat went down with 20 people on board in a storm. Doesn’t seem plausible that either death could have been an assassination.

      • Nasan@sopuli.xyzEnglish
        2·
        3 months ago

        Or he chucked a briefcase that followed a target out to sea and its movement created the waterspout