The family of Irish fashion designer, Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, found mysteriously dead aboard a boat in New York this month, has requested a second opinion on her death.
Nolan-O’Slatarra, 33, possibly died from a suspected accidental drug overdose, according to The New York Post. Although an official autopsy is pending and could take months, the information comes from sources reportedly close to the case.
Police have not confirmed this information.
As CrimeOnline previously reported, according to a Suffolk County Sheriff’s Office press release, police arrived at the 16-acre Montauk Yacht Club at midnight on August 5, on Star Island Road, after receiving a report of an “unconscious” woman.
She was declared her deceased at the scene.
The Irish Independent reports that the victim’s family have since hired an attorney and requested a “second-opinion autopsy,” after a preliminary investigation into her cause of death was inconclusive.
“Her cause of death is inconclusive, and any report about her cause of death is just irresponsible. It’s not accurate. It’s speculation,” the family’s lawyer, Arthur Aidala, said, adding that “people are still being questioned.”
The family requested the second post-mortem opinion to take place before they return her body to Ireland.
Meanwhile, according to DailyMail, witnesses said a 60-year-old insurance company owner, Christopher Durnan, had a business meeting with Nolan-O’Slatarra on the night she died. He also reportedly invested $200,000 in her brand.
Witnesses said they spotted a naked man running from one of the boats while screaming on the night in question, throwing items at the other boats.
Sources on the other boats told 27East that the screaming man had been yelling,”Do something, do something.”
Witnesses reportedly said the man was Durnan. Public records identified him as the owner of the boat Nolan-O’Slatarra was found on, a cabin cruiser named “Ripple.”
Police have not specified whether Nolan-O’Slatarra, who was the East x East clothing brand founder and the director of operations for K IV Capital Management, has any known history of drug use.
Adaila said that her family “did not know her to be someone who used drugs.”
“They want more details,” he said. “The circumstances surrounding this are far from typical.”
“They would like to know anyone who was with Martha that evening. Earlier that evening, at the time of the actual incident, we know one person who was there. Was anyone else around?”
Police also have not named a suspect in the case.
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