Autopsies on the bodies of two of
the victims of last month's shipwreck of the Bayesian luxury
yacht off Porticello, near Palermo, the lawyer Chris Morvillo
and his wife Neda, confirmed that they drowned, sources said on
Monday.
Seven people died in the shipwreck on August 19, including the
yacht's owner, British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, and his
18-year-old daughter Hannah.
The yacht went down after being hit by an extreme weather event
described by authorities investigating the accident as a
downburst.
All the victims were passengers except for the boat's cook
Recaldo Thomas.
Three crew members are under investigation in Italy for
suspected multiple negligent manslaughter and causing a
shipwreck, including captain James Cutfield.
The autopsies of two other victims, Jonathan Bloomer, the
non-executive chairman of Morgan Stanley International, and his
wife Anne Elizabeth Judith, are set to take place on Wednesday.
The authorities have not yet assigned coroners to do the
autopsies of the other victims.
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