The back story of a man and woman’s relationship is being investigated by police after their mysterious deaths on board a yacht on Sydney’s north shore.
Police were told the pair, believed to be Sydney residents in their early 60s, had planned to stay on the 47-foot yacht Taloha at Tunks Park in Cammeray on Monday night. However, a friend became concerned when they hadn’t returned to land by Wednesday night.
Police removed two bodies from the yacht on Thursday morning. Credit: Nick Moir
When Sydney Water Police officers boarded the yacht about 9pm, they found the couple’s bodies.
Officers detected fumes on board and Fire and Rescue NSW were called to help. Whether the pair were overcome by fumes will form one line of inquiry.
Detective Inspector Siobhan Munro said the bodies were found with no obvious indications of what caused their deaths, but there were no signs of domestic violence.
“The cause of death is not obvious, and so all evidence is being considered, and obviously all information will be taken on board. Nothing is being discounted at this time,” she said.
Munro said the deaths were being treated as suspicious only because the cause of death was not yet clear.
The bodies were removed from the yacht, which belonged to the man, onto stretchers at the boat ramp at 9.15am on Thursday. The bodies were loaded into vans along with evidence boxes. A helicopter circled above as passers-by on their morning walks watched on.
Two cars belonging to the man and woman were towed away from the boat ramp car park by police.
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