This tragic story, first published by the BBC, has all the makings of a mystery that begs to be solved. Did he do it? And if he did, why?
A man has been arrested on suspicion of murdering his wife whom he reported missing as the newlyweds sailed off the coast of Cuba, the FBI has said.
Lewis Bennett, from Poole, Dorset, was arrested on suspicion of second degree murder in a Miami court on Tuesday. He was being sentenced for smuggling stolen coins during the voyage in May from which he was rescued alone. The FBI believes Bennett “knowingly and unlawfully killed” Isabella Hellmann, the mother of his child.
Bennett reported the 41-year-old estate agent missing in an SOS call in the early hours of 15 May, saying their 37 ft catamaran, Surf Into Summer, had struck an unknown object and was sinking. Read more.
