Italian rescue divers have found the body of the last missing person from the luxury yacht that sank off the coast of Sicily. The body was brought to shore but has not yet been formally identified, according to Italian media. However, it is believed to be that of Hannah Lynch , the 18-year-old daughter of British tech entrepreneur Mike Lynch .
After four days of searching, Hannah was the final person missing from the yacht. The discovery follows Thursday’s recovery of her father’s body, which was found inside the sunken vessel, resting on the seabed at a depth of more than 160 feet and at a 90-degree angle. He was confirmed dead.
The family of Hannah and Mike Lynch has expressed their devastation, with friends describing the loss of the 18-year-old “on the precipice of her life” as “cruel beyond belief.” Lynch’s wife, Angela Bacares , was rescued shortly after the accident, along with nine other crew members and two other passengers. Eight of them were taken to a hospital, while the rest were accommodated in a nearby hotel.
The superyacht, carrying 22 passengers and crew, sank in Sicily on the same day Lynch was celebrating his acquittal in a fraud case in the U.S. related to the $11 billion sale of Autonomy to Hewlett-Packard in 2011.
According to the Italian news agency Adnkronos, sources involved in the recovery operations reported that the victims were found outside their cabins. “The passengers sought escape routes, reaching the opposite side of the vesse.