Missing persons

  • Tributes pour in for Hannah Lynch

    Tributes are pouring in for 18-year-old Hannah Lynch. A friend of Ms Lynch, Katya Lewis, described her as a “warm and beautiful soul”.  “Being with Hannah made me feel whole and happy,” she said. The head of English at Latymer Upper School, Jon Mitropoulos-Monk, said he had never taught someone who “combined sky-high intellectual ability with…

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  • YACHT DEATHS: Investigators gather evidence for potential criminal probe

    Investigators from the local public prosecutor’s office are gathering evidence for a potential criminal investigation into the sinking of the yacht, media reports confirm. British investigators have said its too early to comment on their probe. A “blame game” has already started, with the chief executive of the company that owns the firm that built…

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  • The search continues for 18-year-old Hannah Lynch, the final person missing from the wreck of the Bayesian. The body of her father, technology tycoon Mike Lynch, was recovered yesterday, while his wife Angela Bacares survived. Divers paused their efforts at 8pm off the coast of Sicily last night and were expected to resume at 6.30am (5.30am…

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  • The search for six missing tourists is set to resume this morning after the Bayesian luxury yacht was sunk by intense storms off the coast of Palermo yesterday. Italy’s fire brigade Vigili del Fuoco said on X that early inspections of the wreck were “unsuccessful” due to limited access to the bridge and furniture obstructing passages.…

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  • Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter among the missing – local media

    Mike Lynch’s teenage daughter Hannah is among those missing from the yacht, according to Italian media. Mr Lynch remains unaccounted for, but his wife was rescued. The six missing people are made up of four Britons and two Americans, according to La Repubblica. The one body recovered is believed to be the boat’s cook, said…

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  • Uganda Rugby Cranes, winners of Africa Rugby Championship, retained the trophy on 7 October, 2017 after beating Zimbabwe 10-7 to qualify for next year’s World Cup in San Francisco and the upcoming Commonwealth games to be played in Australia. Ugandans and rugby lovers, although excited with the historic achievement, have frowned at disappearance of three…

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  • A total of 6 African high school students were reported missing from an international robotics fair in Washington, and media reports confirm none of the whiz kids have been found as at the time of this update. Washington police said on Thursday that two of the teenagers from Burundi — Audrey Mwamikazi, 17, and Don…

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