Woman found dead on boat at Montauk Yacht Club identified as Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra, 33
Suffolk County police have identified the woman who was found dead aboard a boat at the Montauk Yacht Club early Tuesday morning.
Martha Nolan-O'Slatarra, 33, died in the incident, police said. She lived in Manhattan.
The death is being investigated by the Suffolk County Homicide Squad. An autopsy "did not show evidence of violence and her final cause of death is pending further examination," Suffolk County police said Wednesday.
East Hampton Town Police got a 911 call from a man saying there was a woman unconscious on the boat at around midnight Tuesday, Suffolk County police said. Good Samaritans performed CPR on her, but first responders pronounced her dead at the scene.
She was found on a boat named "Ripple." Fisherman George Miller had just come in from catching fluke when he said docks surrounding the area were cordoned off by East Hampton police.
"Someone was taken to the hospital," Miller said. "Later on, we talked, and he said she arrived at the hospital and was expired."
Suffolk County investigators are asking anyone with information about this incident to call them at (631) 852-6392.
What we know about Nolan-O'Slatarra
She worked as a marketing consultant and was also the co-founder of East x East, a swimwear brand, her profile says. The brand was operating a pop-up store in Montauk for the summer, according to a social media post.
Dylan Grace, her business partner, put out a heartbroken farewell on social media.
"We dreamed big together, laughed harder than anyone else could understand, and built so much from nothing," Grace wrote. "Love you so much, fly high girl."
Nolan-O'Slatarra was originally from Carlow, Ireland, and graduated from University College Dublin before she moved to New York in 2015, according to her LinkedIn profile.
In a 2024 interview with the Irish Independent, Nolan-O'Slatarra said she lived on the Upper East Side of Manhattan.
"I love it in New York. It's expensive but I don't see myself living anywhere else for now," she said.
Posts on her TikTok account feature a vibrant young woman dedicated to building her East x East swimwear brand. She also posted that her fashions were sold at Gurney's Spa in Montauk at a pop-up site this summer.
Families on boats and shopping on Main Street were abuzz.
"We come out here every summer for vacation, and it's definitely a little disturbing to hear, and we don't know why," one person said.
The Irish Department of Foreign Affairs wrote in an email it is aware of the case and providing consular assistance.