(NewsNation) — The autopsy of a fashion designer who was found dead on a boat at a Long Island yacht club this summer revealed she had a trace amount of cocaine in her system, according to multiple reports.
Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra’s body was discovered on a boat by authorities with a white powdery substance near her body and no signs of violence. Police had done their own autopsy and toxicology tests on the 33-year-old but are still awaiting the results.
However, Nolan-O’Slatarra’s family had a separate autopsy done. The findings showed “there was no indication of drugs in her system that would have killed her,” a Nolan-O’Slatarra family source told the Daily Mail.
“There were only trace amounts of cocaine. And it could have been in her system for days,” the source added.
Martha Nolan-O’Slattara was on yacht for possible business: Family source
Nolan-O’Slattara’s family says on the night she died, she arranged to meet investor Christopher Durnan to discuss his possible investment in East x East. The family source acknowledged the pair had originally planned to meet in the afternoon in a public setting, but Durnan allegedly texted Nolan-O’Slattara later, asking her to come instead to his yacht around 7.30 p.m.
“It seems like it was intended to be a romantic interlude,” the family source said.
When the pair was meeting, Durnan was driving the yacht before they set out to watch the Montauk sunset. A second family source believes the two were drinking a lot of champagne.
Hours later, Nolan-O’Slattara was found dead on the yacht.
Investor on yacht with Nolan-O’Slattara tried to perform CPR: Attorney
Durnan’s attorney, Robert Holman, said his client was seen running down the dock naked, throwing sunscreen at a neighboring boat and screaming for help.
Holman claimed Durnan had stripped because his clothes were soaked in Nolan-O’Slattara’s vomit. He added the pair had been sitting on the yacht when Nolan suddenly went limp. Holman added Durnan attempted CPR on Nolan-O’Slattara, but she was already unresponsive.
Another source close to Nolan-O’Slattara’s family stated Martha Nolan-O’Slattara never spoke of any relationship with Durnan and that the family had never met him.