Billionaire's body found in sunken yacht wreckage off Italy coast
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Published 2024-08-23
The Italian coast guard said Thursday the body of British tech magnate Mike Lynch is among those recovered off the coast of Sicily from the wreckage of a superyacht whose builders had called unsinkable.
One woman remains missing. She has not been identified, but Hannah Lynch, Lynch's 18-year-old daughter, is reportedly unaccounted for. The family had been celebrating his recent acquittal on fraud charges with the people who defended him at trial in the United States.
Five others were recovered by rescue crews following Monday's tragedy.
The Bayesian, a 56-meter (184-foot) British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday as it was moored about a kilometer (half a mile) offshore. Civil protection officials said they believe the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, and sank quickly. #News
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All Comments (21)
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What shall it profit a man if he gains the whole world and yet loose his own soul?
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One of the people he ripped off was not happy with his acquittal. His partner got hit by a car and killed 4 days ago.
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The other guy acquitted was hit by a car hmmmmmmmmmm
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He stole that money, now he's gone to hell.
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The guest list for Mike Lynch’s fatal yacht party was a who’s who of players from the Autonomy scandal? The major players together enjoying their sweet victory over the courts - then God sent the tornado?
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Suckef up by a tornado/waterspout. Driver already took out accomplice. Can't make this weirdness up.
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Shady. Are there any videos of this storm or vortex? His billionaire business partner died 3 days earlier in a car crash while jogging? S H A D Y
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What good did his billions do him?
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We learned that no amount of money can save you from death
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Oh no not the billionaire.....
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murder
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Embrace the horror. Washington DC did it
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Somebody wanted him. Gone
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Still weird that a huge yacht like that sank.
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This needs to be investigated....odd that a yacht nearby didn't suffer any problem.
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A hit no question at all .
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Never heard of him. Was he supposed to be "important"
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Prayers sent to the families of the lost. You're loved ones are at peace.
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Boeing has hitmen and HP has sorcerers I guess
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They’re trying to blame the maker of the yacht. I sincerely doubt it was their fault. Captain if the vessel would’ve known how to withstand a storm. Something else happened
