Bodies of five superyacht crash victims found in Italy

Tengrinews.kz - The bodies of four people who died in the superyacht crash off the coast of Italy have been identified. It is also reported that a fifth body has been found, but the name of the deceased has not been disclosed, according to Giornale di Sicilia.

The bodies of Jonathan Bloomer, Chris Morvillo, and their wives have been found. Mike Lynch and his daughter Hannah remain missing. Another body has been discovered, and the search continues.

A team of 27 divers is involved in the search efforts.

According to Euronews, the yacht Bayesian sank off the coast of Sicily near Porticello during a storm. There were 22 people on board.

The superyacht belongs to Angela Bacares, a 57-year-old wife of British billionaire Mike Lynch.

It is believed that the holiday in Sicily was planned to celebrate Mike Lynch’s recent acquittal in a fraud case. Lynch had been accused of inflating the value of his company Autonomy, which was sold to the American IT giant HP. The trial lasted about ten years, and in June, a San Francisco court acquitted Lynch.

Just two days before the yacht's crash, Mike Lynch’s partner-former Autonomy executive Stephen Chamberlain, who was involved in Lynch's case and died in a car accident on August 17.

Conspiracy theories have emerged on social media regarding the yacht sinking. Some users speculate that Mike Lynch was connected to intelligence agencies and that he and Chamberlain could have been killed. Others believe that the death was staged and that Lynch might have escaped on a submarine.