Woman, child, tortoise, cat rescued from sailboat 925 miles off Hawaii coast
ktla | 09/01/2024

[T]he sailboat – a 47-foot French-flagged vessel named Albroc – and a mayday call was received from a 47-year-old woman aboard the boat who stated that she, her 7-year-old daughter and their pets needed to be rescued.

She also reported there was a deceased man onboard…

Calling Detective Columbo.

Eventually – and in spite of 10-foot seas and 15 mile per hour winds – a small boat crew was able to launch and rescue the woman, her daughter, a tortoise and a cat. Due to the adverse conditions, the crew could not safely recover the deceased man, officials confirmed.

So there’s an abandoned boat with a dead man in it floating around the Pacific? With no autopsy being performed on the body and no investigation of the uncontaminated scene. Perfection!