The heartbroken mom of Manhattan fashion designer Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra said she’s still in disbelief after learning that her oldest daughter was found dead at a ritzy Montauk yacht club.
“I don’t know what happened to my daughter,” Elma Nolan told the Irish Independent. “I feel numb and in shock. My younger daughter, Jacqui, arrived on Tuesday night and she was crying and shaking. She said, ‘I have terrible news. Martha’s dead.’”
Nolan-O’Slatarra hails from the small village of Carlow, Ireland, where her family remains.
The 33-year-old designer was found dead Tuesday aboard a boat at the upscale Montauk Yacht Club, with Suffolk County police still investigating her mysterious death.
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Detectives said Nolan-O’Slatarra’s body did not show signs of violence, but have not ruled out foul play. No arrests have been reported in the case.
The blue-eyed beauty migrated to New York in 2018 and launched East x East, a swimwear line that proved lucrative enough to allow her to summer in the Hamptons.
Elma Nolan said the tragic news of her death came as her daughter planned to visit Carlow.
“She wanted to know if I would be around to pick her up,” the grieving mother told the Independent. “It was a very quick call because she is so busy. But that’s the last time we spoke.”
