Overview

• The Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office is conducting toxicology and histology tests expected to take weeks to months before an official cause of death can be released
• Suffolk County homicide detectives and the DA’s East End Drug Task Force are examining possible drug involvement, though no official cause has been determined and no charges have been filed
• Nolan-O’Slatarra’s family met this week with homicide detectives to review evidence and seek clarity on her final hours
• Photographs and witness accounts of white powder aboard the Ripple have circulated but remain unverified by law enforcement
• Public records identify insurance investor Christopher P. Durnan as the owner of the Ripple, and investigators are scrutinizing his ties to Nolan-O’Slatarra