11-year-old Terry Jo Duperrault Survived On A Raft Without Food After Being A Victim Of A gruesome Murder Massacre On Sea

5Harvey's crimes

Turns out Harvey had murdered his wife Mary, who was his sixth wife, for collecting an indemnity insurance worth $20,000. Terry's whole family was murdered by Harvey as they might have witnessed the murder or could obviously question him later.

When Terry questioned his actions, he reportedly slapped her and asked her to return to her bunk. Terry went to the deck and saw the ship's dinghy had broken and fled the ship, in an attempt to catch it. When Harvey went to Terry's bunk, with a mind of killing her, he saw the room was filled with water as the ship was gradually sinking.

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6The escape

Terry Jo loosened a cork raft which are usually stored in ships in case of emergencies and fled the ship which was sinking fast. She remained on sea in that tiny cork raft for four whole days, without any food or water and was starving terribly until a freight ship noticed her.

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7The rescue

The crew of the Greek freighter ship which rescued Terry reported that the raft in which she was found was just 2 feet by 5 feet wide. Terry was wearing her pyjamas and had no shoes or cap to protect her from the intense sunlight. She drifted on the raft for 4 days and was eventually found by Captain Theo's crew.

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8Harvey discovered…

Harvey was found three days prior to Terry's discovery and he was found with little Renee's corpse but had a rather different story to tell than Terry. Harvey claimed that Bluebelle was hit by a violent gust of sea wind which wrecked the ship's gas tank and completely reduced it to a wreckage. He said he found an unconscious Renee floating in the water and tried to bring her to life but she was already dead.

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