He stated that his wife had disappeared during the honeymoon, but in reality, the truth was different – 26/01/2019

The boat Surf in summer He left Cuba for Florida with Lewis Bennett, an English sailor living in Delray Beach, Florida, USA, and his wife Isabella Hellman. They had been married for three months and had decided Go out to celebrate your honeymoon with a boat trip in the Caribbean.

But at the end of their holidays, when they returned home, something happened. The 37-foot catamaran in which the couple was traveling was wrecked and when the Coast Guard arrived at the scene (30 miles from Bahamas) he found only Bennett.

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He badured that his wife had disappeared and that the agents had started the desperate search. For four days of tension, Hellman's parents prayed for a miracle and took care of Emelia's daughter, while Bennett, supposedly looking for his wife. They began to suspect that something strange was happening because, in the midst of the tragic situation, the man did not seem very affected by the sudden absence of his wife.

The court decided to investigate the man and, therefore, the first convocation came to declare itself. Bennett stated that the last time he saw his wife, it was the afternoon of May 14, 2018 when they left their last stop in Varadero (Cuba). The man stated that he descended to the bottom of the boat around 8:00 pm and that five hours later, around 1:00 pm, he woke up with a start when the boat hit something.

Before the impact, He said that he had quickly climbed onto the bridge but that his wife was gone. Then he sent a warning message to ask for help.

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The story was revealed in November 2018when the appearance of different tests allowed Bennett to be found guilty of homicide. The decision will be made Tuesday January 29 in Miami, In Florida. At these times, new photos appeared, revealing the possibility of condemning the accused to a maximum penalty.

Prosecutors released photos of Bennett's damage to the ship's hull in order to sink it and make Hellman's death a tragic accident.

The photos became essential as they showed that the portholes of the ship had been intentionally opened to allow water to penetrate and that the damage had been caused from within.

The evidence is multiple, the main one: only four months after the disappearance of his wife, Bennett went to court and presented the "presumption of death" of his wife to collect the inheritance. This procedure is usually performed after the five years of the absence of a person. Hellman had left a lot of money and a property that the Englishman wanted to charge.

In addition, when they reconstructed the facts, the investigators found that, despite the fact that he knew Hellman's inexperience, his poor swimmer capacity and his night navigation in the dangerous waters of the sea, Bennett fell asleep after having dinner and he asked his wife to watch the ship for two or three hours.

Bennett is captain and knows all the safety precautions to consider when navigating. However, despite the rescuers or harnesses of the catamaran, neither he nor his wife used the available safety equipment. "He also did not ask his wife to do it while she was supposedly in charge of the catamaran."Jones informed.

What he did: he threw away a suitcase, two canvas bags, a backpack, some water, some buoys, some food, and some silver and gold coins that he had stolen ( for which he had already been sentenced to seven months in prison) on a lifeguard raft

Then, when he was rescued, Bennett did not light flares to find Hellman, nor indicated his position. He did not turn his boat back to look for him.

Prosecutors say that a marital fight was a motive for the crime. "The murder of Hellman would eliminate all marital conflict of the accused, allow him to live his life and inherit money from Hellman's badets," said a prosecutor.