Last body from sunken superyacht found off Sicily, according to Italian Coast Guard
The body of the final missing person who was on a superyacht that sunk off the coast of Sicily has been found in the wreckage, the Italian Coast Guard says.
The woman’s body found on Friday has not been 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-metre British-flagged yacht, when went down in a storm early on Monday.
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Mike Lynch’s body was recovered on Thursday.
He had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with his family and the people who had defended him at trial in the United States.
His wife Angela Bacares was among the 15 survivors.
Originally published on AP
