Homicide detectives in the Hamptons are still investigating a possible murder case after a young, Irish businesswoman and swimwear designer was found dead on a yacht.
Martha Nolan O’Slatarra, 33, was found at around 12:00 A.M. 5 August on the vessel moored at the Montauk Yacht Club in East Hampton on Long Island. Club members told the New York Post that screams were heard coming from the docks late 4 August.
An investigation into O’Slatarra’s death has been launched by detectives from the Suffolk County Police Department and the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office.
A police spokesperson said that officers had responded initially to reports of an "unconscious woman."
The exact circumstances leading up to her death are unknown at this time.
"East Hampton Town Police responded to a 911 call from a man reporting a woman unconscious on a boat docked at the Montauk Yacht Club, on Star Island Road, at approximately 12 a.m.," a statement from the department read.
Good Samaritans had attempted to perform CPR on the woman, later identified as O’Slatarra, but she was pronounced dead by first responders.
O’Slatarra, originally from Carlow in Ireland, moved to the U.S. when she was 26, according to the Irish Independent.
She was a marketing consultant, entrepreneur and founder of fashion brand East x East, which specializes in designer swim and resort-wear. She lived in Manhattan at the time of her death.
TikTok videos on her page showed a luxury lifestyle, including trips on helicopters and private jets with her friends and travel across the U.S. Others featured "get ready with me" videos, testing out products and giving first look at her own clothing lines.
In an interview with the Irish Independent last year, she extolled the virtues of her "hard work mindset" while also being grounded in her roots back home.
"I always knew I wanted to be successful, that I was money driven, business driven and that fashion is a tough industry and it would be a slow road," she told the outlet. "I made friends in the institute and at college and a new group in New York, but I still have all my Carlow friends. They are still my crew."