Divers have found the remains of the last person left missing when the superyacht Bayesian sank early Monday off the coast of Sicily, the head of the island’s civil protection agency, Salvo Cocina, told CBS News on Friday. The body has been taken ashore, not formally identified.
It is believed to be that of Hannah Lynch, British tech magnate Mike Lynchs 18-year-old daughter, according to Italian media.
Mike Lynch’s body picked up last Thursday from inside the sunken ship, which was left resting on the seabed at a depth of more than 160 feet, at a 90-degree angle, making rescue efforts complicated and dangerous.
Shortly after the 184-foot luxury yacht sank, the body of the ship’s chef was recovered from the water near the wreck. Divers succeeded retrieve four other bodies from Bayesian on Wednesday.
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With the recovery of the body on Friday, the total number of victims rises to seven, which fully corresponds to all those who were on the boat owned by Mike Lynch’s wife Angela Bacares.
Fifteen people survived the sinking, including Bacares. The survivors were found on a life raft by the captain of a boat anchored nearby.
Prosecutors have questioned survivors and witnesses to determine what could have caused the luxury superyacht, equipped with state-of-the-art safety equipment, to sink within what witnesses said was a matter of minutes during a storm.