An “experienced” diver would have stayed with the victum and signalled for help. Banging a metal object (like his diver’s knife) can be heard from great distances. I notice that he was wearing an octopus regulator. This means he had a spare mouthpiece to share with her if she had run out of air. Also, he had to know she would be fully drowned in the time it would take him to surface and get “help.”
The motive seems a little weak though. They may have been “married” only 11 days, but did they cohabit for a long time before. Was there conflict....another woman....? Questions that would require a stateside investigation. I suspect the man is guilty of murder or just neglient homocide (allowed her to drown when the opportunity arose).
However, I don’t think he should be extradited until Federal and State police do some investigating. If they can come up with a tainted history on the couple, the case against the accused would be better prosecuted in Austriala.
“An ‘experienced’ diver would have stayed with the victum and signalled for help. Banging a metal object (like his diver’s knife) can be heard from great distances. I notice that he was wearing an octopus regulator. This means he had a spare mouthpiece to share with her if she had run out of air. Also, he had to know she would be fully drowned in the time it would take him to surface and get ‘help.’”
Good points. However, even banging a metal object to call for help won’t do much good if you don’t know other people are around.
The point about the octopus is definitely on the mark.