Couple left to die in shark-infested waters – their diary entries are chilling

As night fell, the Lonergans were still stranded somewhere in the vast Coral Sea.

Bags finally opened

Over the next two days, the MV Outer Edge chartered two more dive trips to St. Crispin’s Reef with a fresh group of tourists who were unaware that two people had been missing.

Finally, noticing that the two unclaimed dive bags were still sitting on his deck, the skipper decided to open them.

Inside one of the bags was a wallet, identification documents, and the same shirt Tom had worn on the day of the dive.

Aware that something had gone wrong, Nairn called for help.

No sign of the couple

Within hours, a massive air and sea rescue effort was underway.

For the next three days, Navy aircraft, helicopters, police, and civilian boats scoured the vast expanse of the Coral Sea, desperately searching for the Lonergans.

But despite the scale of the operation, there was no sign of the missing divers – only empty water and a growing sense of dread.

Belongings recovered in water

Ten days after the pair had vanished, the first grim clues began to surface. Tom’s buoyancy compensator, with his name clearly labeled on the pocket, was discovered floating in the ocean – 50 miles north of St. Crispin’s Reef.

Not long after, a green and grey wetsuit, believed to belong to Eileen, washed ashore. The buttocks area had jagged rips, which authorities suspected may have been caused by a shark bite. Her buoyancy vest, dive hood, fins, and air tank were eventually recovered as well, scattered along the Queensland coastline.

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