33-Year-Old Fashion Designer Martha Nolan Found Dead on a Boat at a Yacht Club – Details

Because of her intense love for her business idea, Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra left her birthplace to pursue her dreams and establish a new life elsewhere.

The body of Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra, a 33-year-old fashion designer from Manhattan, was found early on Tuesday, August 5, on a boat anchored at the Montauk Yacht Club. Authorities are looking into her unexpected death. In the affluent Long Island neighborhood, where violent fatalities are uncommon, the occurrence has shocked everyone.

Around midnight, East Hampton Town police received a 911 call from a man who said a lady was unconscious on a boat moored at the club on Star Island Road, according to Suffolk County Police. Before first responders arrived, good samaritans tried CPR, but Nolan-O’Slatarra was declared dead at the site.

After an autopsy, the Suffolk County Medical Examiner’s Office will ascertain the precise cause of death, which is still unknown. The initial results were not conclusive.

According to a fellow boater, Nolan-O’Slatarra’s boyfriend owned the boat, Ripple, which is frequently used for parties. The boater revealed that she heard cries the night Nolan-O’Slatarra was discovered.

The woman was identified as the girlfriend of Nolan-O’Slatarra’s boyfriend, who was frequently noticed inebriated and unkempt. He was also alleged to have been seen running outdoors naked and calling for assistance.

Detectives were interviewing visitors and securing areas of the yacht club while police stayed on the scene until Wednesday morning, August 6. Other guests were observed going about their daily lives as usual, dining at the on-site eateries or relaxing by the pool, as police searched the area for hints.

Life at the upscale resort continued much as usual, despite the police presence. Nevertheless, the startling event has rocked the close-knit and generally calm community, which is well-liked by influencers and celebrities in the summer.

People who knew Nolan-O’Slatarra said she was gregarious and friendly. “She had a good reputation in the neighborhood. She was really amiable. Constantly grinning. This is likely to spark a lot of discussion,” a local resident stated.

The team is collaborating closely with authorities as investigations are ongoing, according to a Montauk Yacht Club spokesman, who also expressed sadness over the situation. Although they declined to elaborate, they underlined their commitment to guaranteeing the security and welfare of both visitors and employees.

Nolan-O’Slatarra was from Monacurragh, which is on the outskirts of Carlow town along Blackbog Road. Her LinkedIn profile states that she graduated from University College Dublin with a degree in commerce and then went on to the UCD Michael Smurfit Graduate Business School to obtain a master’s degree in digital marketing.

Before relocating to New York, she worked in Ireland until 2015. “Carlow is a small town, and I was the small town girl who needed to get out to achieve her big dreams,” Nolan-O’Slatarra stated in a 2024 interview. I coerced my parents into letting me attend the Dublin Institute of Education for my fifth and sixth years.

Despite the exorbitant cost of city life, Nolan-O’Slatarra welcomed it after moving to New York and settling on the Upper East Side. Even though she still had a strong affection for and missed her birthplace of Carlow, she was able to travel there frequently because she worked for herself. She also mentioned how often her parents and friends came to visit her in New York.

She later founded her own clothing line, East x East, in New York, specializing in upscale swimwear, sunglasses, and resort wear for both sexes. She revealed that her entrepreneurial spirit and intense passion for fashion led her to launch firms after gaining experience in the field.

She combined her love of travel with her experience in marketing to launch her resortwear line, East x East. “I always knew I wanted to be successful, that I was money driven, business driven and that fashion is a tough industry and it would be a slow road,” she said.

After celebrating the launch of her beachwear line at Gurney’s Montauk Resort and Seawater Spa, the entrepreneur was occupied with accomplishing her objectives. The “Goals Achieved” title on a TikTok video she shared a few weeks ago invited viewers to visit her pop-up store.

Nolan-O’Slatarra was excited about the future and wanted to keep fusing creativity and innovation in business and design in her 2024 interview. She intended to expand her consultancy firm, return to the Hamptons for a second season of pop-up stores, and introduce new lines in partnership with celebrities.

She was confident in her abilities and believed that using her extensive knowledge and resources to assist others in creating successful brands was her calling. It seemed to Nolan-O’Slatarra that everything she had learnt had finally made sense. Sadly, such aspirations and hopes have now been dashed.

Unfortunately, there are other recent reminders of a young life that ended far too soon than Nolan-O’Slatarra’s tragedy. Isabel Ashanti Gómez, a twenty-two-year-old American lady with no connection to drug trafficking, killed in Michoacán, Mexico, after unintentionally running into suspected cartel gunmen.

Isabel and her 26-year-old companion Dánae attended a local dance festival in her village on Sunday, June 22, 2025. Her father, Valentín, offered to come get them when the celebration got late. He drove them home in his Ford F-150 vehicle at around midnight.

They encountered what looked to be a cartel roadblock while traveling the Zitácuaro–Aputzio de Juárez highway. Local reports claim that members of the Jalisco New Generation Cartel (CJNG) were responsible for setting up the checkpoint.

Isabel’s father did not stop, fearing they might be arrested or hurt. But this might have led the gunmen to believe they were members of rival gangs.

The armed men fired on their truck in a matter of seconds. After being shot, Isabel passed away immediately. Both her friend and father were taken to a neighboring hospital for treatment after suffering severe injuries.

Investigators think a group led by William Edwin Rivera Padilla, also known as “El Barbas,” a regional lieutenant for the CJNG in that region, was responsible for the attack.

No arrests have been made thus far, despite the seriousness of the matter. While relatives, friends, and locals call for justice and an end to the violence, authorities are still conducting their investigation.

Many people in Isabel’s community, who knew her for her generosity, her cheerful smile, and her commitment to promoting culture in the state, were deeply saddened by her passing.

In a Facebook tribute, her civil partner May Mendoza said, “I will always carry you in my heart my beautiful girl.”

There was also a flood of other tributes. X users shared a message that said, “You pain me, Michoacán.” It explained how the residents of Aputzio de Juárez said a passionate goodbye to Isabel, who was lovingly referred to as “Chavelita.” The final words of the message were “May she rest in peace.”