New York Martha Nolan designer found dead on boat as cops reveal onlookers tried to save her
The revelation comes one day after Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra, 33, was found unconscious on a boat docked at the ritzy Montauk Yacht Club around midnight and was later pronounced dead.
An autopsy determined the victim did not show signs of a violent death, but police have yet to announce a cause of death or any details surrounding her mysterious demise.
Police also revealed that good Samaritans tried to resuscitate Nolan-O'Slatarra after she was found unconscious on the boat, one of two owned by the same individual, sources told the New York Post.
A native of Ireland, Nolan-O'Slatarra moved to the US at the age of 26 and began her career by launching pop-ups featuring the summer wear brand East x East in the Hamptons in 2023, she told the Irish Independent in an interview last year.
Her business partner posted a moving farewell on Instagram on Wednesday.
'We dreamed big together, laughed harder than anyone else could understand and built so much for nothing,' Dylan Grace, who started the design company East x East with boat club victim Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra in 2023 said in a moving Instagram post.
'I'm truly blessed and grateful to have had you in my life,' Grace wrote. 'Love you so much Mar. Fly high girl.'
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