Irish women bikini designer dies naked on a boat. White powder found in the boat.
Why do you suppose she was on this rich guys boat, with this naked guy.
And why did she die, likely drug overdose.
Everyone makes their choices in life.
But witnesses told the
Mail that Durnan was seen sprinting naked along the dock around midnight, yelling for help, before bystanders boarded the boat in a failed attempt to administer CPR.
Photos published by the outlet appear to show a dusting of white powder on a seat onboard the yacht.
While police said an initial post-mortem examination “did not show evidence of violence and her final cause of death is pending further investigation,” unidentified sources have told the
Mail that Nolan-O’Slatarra likely suffered a suspected drug overdose, possibly cocaine.
Nolan-O’Slatarra’s family, represented by criminal defense attorney Arthur Aidala, has demanded a second autopsy that would include toxicology and histology tests.
Homicide detectives from Suffolk County are leading the probe while toxicology tests are pending, although results reportedly could take three months.
“People are still being questioned,” Aidala told the
Mail.
Durnan’s vessels are said to include boats named after Grateful Dead songs. Ripple, the 50ft cabin cruiser upon which Nolan-O’Slatarra was found, features the band’s ‘Steal Your Face’ lightning bolt inside a skull emblem.
Durnan—who in 1981 founded Durnan Group, specialising in workers’ compensation insurance—also named a second boat Hell in a Bucket. Both have been sailed out of the club following the incident, the
Mail reported, but it is not known where to.
The father-of-two is understood to split his time between a five-bedroom, $6 million mansion in Long Beach, N.Y., and an equally palatial home near Palm Beach, Florida.
He did not respond to requests for comment from the
Mail. The Daily Beast has also requested comment from Nolan-O’Slatarra’s lawyer, Durnan’s representative, police, and the yacht club.
New York Supreme Court records show Nolan-O’Slatarra’s uncontested divorce from ex-husband Sam Ryan was finalized in April. Her new partner also declined to comment.
The entrepreneur, who grew up in Carlow, Ireland, launched the luxury swim and resort-wear label East x East after moving to New York in 2015.
She had opened a Hamptons pop-up in the Montauk resort and, according to relatives, was due to travel home to Ireland.
Nolan-O’Slatarra’s family has travelled from Ireland to the U.S. to take her body home once the second autopsy his complete.
“I feel numb and in shock,” her mother, Elma Nolan, said last week.
A spokesperson for the Montauk Yacht Club—a 16-acre resort with space for 200 boats and a tennis court and two pools, which was founded in 1928—said: “Our team is cooperating with law enforcement in their ongoing investigation and remains committed to the safety and well-being of our guests and staff.”