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Italian prosecutors are reportedly looking into laying manslaughter charges in the fatal sinking of the superyacht Bayesian as a final body, believed to be that of 18-year-old Hannah ******, was recovered from the wreckage.

The Italian coast guard said Thursday that it discovered the bodies of five people, including the ******** of British tech magnate Mike ******. At the time, only one person remained missing — Mike’s daughter, Hannah.

A woman’s ******** were found by a recovery team on Friday,

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. The body has not been officially identified, but it’s believed to be Hannah.

Photos showed Italian emergency workers hauling a plastic body bag ashore.

****** and his family were on board the Bayesian, a 56-metre British-flagged yacht, when it went down in a storm early Monday. The boat had been moored about a kilometre off the Sicilian coast near Porticello. Officials believe the ship was struck by a waterspout, a tornado that forms over water, and sank.

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How did the Sicily superyacht capsize?

Fifteen people escaped the shipwreck and were rescued by a nearby sailboat, including Mike’s wife, Angela Bacares. The seven other people on board *****. Search and rescue divers struggled to find the bodies trapped in the yacht’s hull.

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The Prosecutor’s Office of Termini Imerese is investigating how the luxury vessel, which shipbuilders touted as “unsinkable,” went down.

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reports that prosecutors are “investigating shipwreck and multiple counts of culpable manslaughter,” though it’s unclear who prosecutors are looking to charge. A press conference is reportedly set up for Saturday.

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