Below The Deck
GENDARMERIE MARITIME DE POLYNéSIE FRAN?AISE
POLICE EXHIBIT TWELVE
Transcript of call from Maritime Rescue Coordination Centre to Chief of Police Henri Robert
M Robert: This is Chief Robert.
Operator: Monsieur Robert, this is [NAME REDACTED], on the maritime distress emergency call response team.
M Robert: Go ahead, but be brief, please – we have a major incident unfolding here.
Operator: Copy that. This concerns the distress call made from the Lusso di Mare a few moments ago reporting a male passenger deceased on board.
M Robert: Do you have information relating to the case?
Operator: Well, I’m not sure – maybe. But CROSS Papeete called into us about two hours ago reporting an injury to a male passenger on the same vessel.
M Robert: On the same … I see. And what were the circumstances?
Operator: This passenger fell during a patch of rough weather. They requested medical assistance.
M Robert: And this is the same yacht that just reported the deceased passenger on board? You’re sure about that? And the same caller?
Operator: Correct, Chief. Same captain, same crew, same passenger list.
M Robert: Do we know if this was also the passenger – did Captain … ah … Taylor report the casualty’s name to the coastguard?
Operator: Negative, sir.
M Robert: I see. Log the call as a priority notification. I want the full transcript too, please. If they were already on high alert, how did they end up with someone dead?
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