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Rescuers recover fifth body from sunken superyacht off Sicily; 1 woman still missing

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PORTICELLO, Sicily (AP) — Rescuers searching the wreck of a superyacht that sank off Sicily have brought ashore a fifth body, leaving one person still unlocated. The coast guard identified the missing person as a woman, suggesting that the recovered bodies include British tech magnate Mike Lynch. No signs of life have emerged over four days of searching the yacht’s hull on the seabed 50 meters (164 feet) underwater. The Bayesian, a British-flagged yacht, went down in a storm early Monday. Civil protection officials say they believe the ship was struck by a tornado over the water, known as a waterspout, and sank quickly. The six missing passengers also include Lynch’s 18-year-old daughter and associates who had successfully defended him in a recent U.S. federal fraud trial.

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