Divers searching the wreck of the superyacht that sank off the coast of Sicily found another body on Thursday, bringing the death toll to six. The body, according to Italian media, is that of British tech tycoon Mike Lynch, the owner of the boat. One person remains missing.
A body was found in the hours following the sinking of the “Bayesian“in a storm early Monday morning, and six people were reported missing. The bodies of five of them have now been found, four having already been found on Wednesday.
Mike Lynch, a wealthy businessman nicknamed the “British Bill Gates“, celebrated with his friends, colleagues and lawyers his acquittal in June in a fraud trial in the United States that could have cost him many years in prison.
The ship sank within minutes after a tornado struck Monday morning and 15 people, including six passengers including a mother and her one-year-old daughter, were rescued, while one crew member was found dead.
The six people missing Wednesday morning, five of whom have been recovered, were Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah; Jonathan Bloomer, the chairman of Morgan Stanley International, a division of the US bank, and insurer Hiscox, and his wife; and Chris Morvillo, a lawyer who defended Mike Lynch in his US trial, and his wife.
