Autopsies reveal cause of death for NYC lawyer and his wife killed in Bayesian $40M yacht wreck
New York City lawyer Chris Morvillo and his wife, Neda — two victims of the Bayesian tragedy — drowned when the superyacht sank off the coast of Sicily last month, according to autopsies.
The Morvillos were among seven people killed after the $40 million boat, owned by British tech billionaire Mike Lynch, capsized in a ferocious storm on Aug. 19.
Lynch and his daughter Hannah also died in the wreck.
The first autopsies in the tragedy were conducted on the bodies of the Morvillos.
Autopsies on the bodies of Morgan Stanley Bank International chair Jonathan Bloomer and his wife, Judy, are planned for Wednesday, the Associated Press reported.
A judicial investigation is probing three Bayesian crew members for suspected negligent manslaughter and causing the shipwreck.
The ship’s captain, James Cutfield, has not spoken about the wreck and refused to talk when questioned by prosecutors.
Other members of the crew have maintained that they did what they could to save those on board.
One crew member, the ship’s cook Recaldo Thomas, was also one of the victims. He was the only crew member who did not survive.
The exact cause of the wreck has yet to be determined. Some have suspected that a rare weather phenomenon, a “black swan” weather event, may have contributed to the accident. Naval experts, however, have suggested that the 185-foot yacht could have withstood the storm.
The Bayesian has yet to be salvaged.
