The boat was warm.

Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was cold.

When emergency medical workers entered a yacht docked at the Montauk Yacht Club shortly after midnight on August 5, 2025, they found the 33-year-old fashion entrepreneur unresponsive, turning purple and surrounded by troubling traces of blood.

One year later, newly obtained medical records are exposing the disturbing condition in which first responders found her—and raising fresh questions about what happened before anyone called for help.

According to the Montauk Fire Department’s patient-care report, Nolan-O’Slatarra was cool to the touch despite the warmth inside the vessel. Her nailbeds were purple, with additional discoloration around her lips.

Dried blood covered parts of her mouth, chest and the back of her head. Blood was also reportedly visible on the floor near her body.

“No active bleeding observed or obvious sources of trauma,” the EMT report stated.

But one responder noted that blood may have been coming from the back of her head when her airway was opened and resuscitation began.

Nolan-O’Slatarra, an Irish-born designer and founder of fashion brand East x East, never regained consciousness.

The report also documents the presence of an unidentified man who said he had been in bed with her. He reportedly told medics that he called 911 after being unable to wake her.

Boat owner Chris Durnan is the only person publicly confirmed as having been at the scene and seeing Nolan-O’Slatarra alive shortly before her death.

Witnesses previously said a naked man ran down the dock pleading for help.

“Do something!” he reportedly screamed.

Lawyers representing Durnan later said he had removed his clothing because it was soaked with Nolan-O’Slatarra’s vomit.

The newly released EMT report, however, reportedly contains no notation that responders observed vomit aboard the boat.

That omission does not prove that no vomiting occurred or that the clothing explanation was false. Emergency reports may not document every item or substance at a chaotic scene.

But it adds another unresolved inconsistency to a case already filled with them.

The official cause and manner of Nolan-O’Slatarra’s death have not been publicly released by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner.

Her family’s attorney says a separately commissioned autopsy found only trace amounts of cocaine in her system. That statement does not independently establish the cause of death or rule out every toxicological possibility.

Police reportedly considered whether a designer-drug overdose may have been involved.

Patrick Zirpoli, a retired Pennsylvania State Police corporal and private investigator, reviewed the EMT record for the New York Post and sharply questioned that theory.

“This thing stinks,” he said.

Zirpoli is not connected to the official investigation and did not examine the original scene. His conclusions are therefore outside opinions based on limited records, not findings by police or the medical examiner.

Still, he said the combination of blood, body temperature and uncertain timing made the case deeply concerning.

He theorized that Nolan-O’Slatarra might have been dead for as long as an hour before medics arrived and suggested that the scene could have been arranged to resemble something other than an assault.

“There has to be some sort of assault or something,” Zirpoli said.

That allegation has not been proven.

Cold skin and discoloration can occur after circulation stops, but estimating time of death from those observations alone is difficult. Environmental conditions, body size, illness and other factors can affect how quickly temperature changes.

Zirpoli also disputed the idea that an overdose would explain blood around the mouth, arguing that drug deaths are more commonly associated with findings such as frothing rather than unexplained bleeding.

A complete forensic determination would require the medical examiner’s autopsy, toxicology findings and an analysis of possible trauma.

Nolan-O’Slatarra’s family believes the death involved far more than an accidental overdose.

They filed a $50 million wrongful-death lawsuit against Durnan, accusing him of causing her death through assault, negligence and gross negligence.

Their attorney, Michael Bowe, also claimed that law-enforcement officials told the family they believed the boat had been cleaned before responders arrived.

Durnan has not been criminally charged in connection with the death based on the supplied information. Allegations in a civil lawsuit are not proven facts, and his attorneys must be given the opportunity to respond in court.

Lawyers for Durnan reportedly could not be reached for comment on the latest report.

The Suffolk County Police Department says the investigation remains active.

For Nolan-O’Slatarra’s relatives, the passage of a year has not provided answers. Instead, every new detail appears to produce another question.

Why was her body already cold inside a warm boat?

What caused the blood around her mouth and head?

Why did the EMT report apparently make no mention of the vomit Durnan’s lawyers said covered him?

How much time passed before help was called?

And why has the official autopsy still not been released publicly?

The final truth may lie inside medical files, phone records, forensic evidence and testimony that have yet to emerge.

For now, one detail remains as haunting as it is simple.

When medics entered the warm cabin, Martha Nolan-O’Slatarra was already cold.