MV Mariana

Citing Coast Guard reports, Homeland Security testimony, and a 12‑day multinational search, the Superior Court has declared four members of the M/V Mariana crew presumed dead, including the vessel’s captain, concluding that Sinlaku’s extreme conditions left no chance of survival.

With the Coast Guard refusing live testimony in the MV Mariana probate hearings, attorney Andrés Ojeda Morales is asking the court to permit the release of certified records — but only under strict conditions demanded by federal officials.

The wife of MV Mariana captain Frederick Nosek Jr. has become the third family to petition the Superior Court for a declaration of death and authority to administer the estate of a missing crewman