‘I don’t know what happened to my daughter’ – distraught mother of woman found dead on yacht in US

The mother of an Irish woman found dead on a yacht in the US has said she is “numb with shock” and struggling to get information about the circumstances.

“I don’t know what happened to my daughter,” Elma Nolan told the Irish Independent last night.

Carlow-born Martha Nolan-O’Slat­arra (33) was found dead on a yacht at the Montauk Yacht Club in East Hampton on Long Island at 12am local time on Tuesday.

Detectives in the US have said a post-mortem examination “did not show evidence of violence and her final cause of death is pending further examination”.

Earlier, they said a “preliminary investigation and exam”, after they arrived at the scene, “were inconclusive” in informing a cause of death for the fashion designer.

Ms Nolan-O’Slatarra’s mother said she learned about her daughter’s death on Tuesday night, but has been left in the dark about what happened on the boat where she was found.

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