When the sea returned their bodies, Gianmarco Murgia wore jeans and blue shoes, daughter Valentina leggings and a top, and was barefoot. Even these elements could be useful to understand how and why Giba 's father and daughter, 64 years old, he and 34 she died in the sea of the Gulf of Palmas.
Drowned (but also on this we must wait for the results of the autopsy exams) after going out to sea for a fishing trip with a rod, Saturday around 15, and never returned home. But it will be essential to find the boat: despite an impressive deployment of men and vehicles for research, working for 48 hours, no trace of their five-meter fiberglass boat was found.
Yesterday afternoon the tragic ending after a weekend of apprehension . The first body of Valentina was found: it was in the water, in front of the beach of Is Pruinis, south of the port of Sant'Antioco . Shortly after, not far away, that of the father was spotted by a helicopter of the Capitaneria.
One of the many vehicles used in the sweeping searches: in two days an Atr 42 and an Aw 139 helicopter of the Coast Guard, a carabinieri helicopter, three Italian patrol boats and also a Greek one were engaged in the area for the Frontex mission.
Yet the bodies had not been found for two days: they re-emerged, in all probability shortly before the discovery, in a stretch of sea that had been sifted inch by inch, several times, in the previous hours.
The military searched for the boat in that area, but nothing, it was not found.
What happened on Saturday? Gianmarco Murgia, who knew him knows this and repeats it after the tragedy is over, he was an expert and prudent navigator. He mastered to perfection that stretch of sea which he and his daughter swallowed up, only to return them after two days.
She had returned from Germany to be with her family. Now for Gianmarco's mother, sister and brother it is the time of pain. But everyone is waiting to understand what happened. And to do this, it is necessary to find out what happened to the boat and wait for the results of the autopsies.