Missing fishing vessel, legal victim family: "Ramming hypothesis"

• Fishing boat dispersed off the coast of Trapani, found dead body in the sea of ​​Ustica

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"From the information in our possession we do not exclude that the vessel may have been rammed by another vessel". So the lawyer Aldo Ruffino, who assists the families of Matteo Lo Iacono and his nephew Giuseppe, two of the three sailors of the "Nuova Iside" whose corpses were recovered in the waters north of the Palermo coast. Still no trace, however, of the youngest of the crew, Vito Lo Iacono, son of Captain Matteo.

"At 9:45 pm on Tuesday - explains the lawyer - the fishing boat sent a signal to the captain's office through the Blue Box, the next one should have left two hours later, at 11.45 pm, but this was not the case. Among other things, at 10 pm Giuseppe Lo Iacono overheard the family over the phone and didn't seem worried. "

The three sailors received messages on Whatsapp until around 10 pm, as can be seen from the double check that is missing in the messages of 00.13. "That evening the weather conditions were not adverse - observes the lawyer - and in any case there were no conditions to sink a 16-meter long fishing boat. The situation will only get worse at 7 am on Wednesday".

The Prosecutor of Palermo has already opened an investigation file, currently against unknown persons, and authorized the autoptic examination on the body of Matteo Lo Iacono, who has been transferred to the Polyclinic of Palermo. "The autopsy - adds Ruffino - can clarify many elements, identify the time span in which the death occurred and perhaps give indications on the sinking of the fishing boat. The family just wants to clarify to give justice to the two victims and the boy disappeared. "