Sicily Yacht Tragedy: Autopsy Reveals Couple Drowned Together

Sicily
Yacht
Tragedy:
Captain
of
Mike
Lynch’s
Boat
Under
Investigation
for
Manslaughter

New
details
continue
to
surface
about
the
Sicily
superyacht
tragedy.  

More
than
a
week
after
a
luxury
yacht
sank
off
the
coast
off
the
Italian
city
Aug.
19,
spouses


Christopher
Morvillo

and


Neda
Morvillo

were
confirmed
to
have
died
of
drowning
together,
Italian
news
organization

ANSA
confirmed
via
autopsies

Sept.
2.  

Christopher
and
Neda—who
were
reported
missing
alongside
along
with
British
tech
magnate


Mike
Lynch
,
his
daughter

Hannah
,
Morgan
Stanley
International
Chairman


Jonathan
Bloomer

and
his
wife


Judy
Bloomer

had
been
missing
until
Aug.
22—exhibited
“no
signs
of
trauma,”
ANSA
reported
of
the
autopsy
conducted
by
Antonella
Argo,
and
there
are
“no
other
causes
linked”
to
their
deaths.  

The
remaining
autopsies
of
the
passengers
have
yet
to
be
conducted.
Jonathan
and
Judy’s
autopsy
will
be
performed
on
Sept.
4,
while
Michael
and
his
daughter’s
autopsy,
as
well
as
cook


Recaldo
Thomas
—whose
body
was
found
Aug.
20—have
not
been
assigned.  

There
were
22
people
in
total—12
guests
and
10
crew
members—aboard
the
184-foot
Bayesian
prior
to
its
Aug.
19
sinking.
The
incident,
which
has
been
described
by
maritime
experts
as
anomalous,
occurred
at
around
5
a.m.
local
time
due
to
harsh
weather
conditions,
including
a
waterspout,


Salvo
Cocina

of
Sicily’s
civil
protection
agency
told
NBC.

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