By BEN SERRANO, Correspondent BAROBO, Surigao del Sur — The result of the autopsy conducted by Caraga Police Regional Crime Laboratory 13 headed by Medico Legal Officer Senior Insp. Barnaby Laguerta showed that the German found dead inside his drifting yacht had an enlargement of the heart. The Caraga police have ruled out foul play. Barobo Chief of Police Cheif Inspector Dominador Plaza told Gold Star Daily that based on the official Medico Legal report furnished to his office that Manfred Fritz Bajorat died of natural causes. Plaza also claimed that certain personnel from the German Embassy in Manila, David Baumgartner, instructed the Barobo Police not to release photos of the victim. “David Baumgartner also told us not to allow media to take photos inside the yacht and release to media further information about the yacht and Bajorat,” Plaza added. “The German Embassy also informed us that the daughter of Bajorat will be arriving here in Barobo to verify the identity of the cadaver at the Dollete Funeral Parlor here in Barobo and that we may also recommend DNA testings if possible,” Plaza said. Information gathered by the local police revealed that Bajorat got separated with his late wife in early 2010 who died of cancer in 2013 in Germany. Bajorat and his wife used to board the yacht and reportedly had reached the equator in 2007. In another development, the local fisherman who found the mummified remains of Manfred Fritz Bajorat inside a drifting yacht nearly drowned six times when he towed the yacht ashore. Strong and huge waves nearly capsized the motorized bangca of Christopher Escartin Rivas. “Grabe gyud ka lisod pag guyod sa Yate. Kay gamay man akong fishing boat. Mao toy pinaka lisod nako naagihan so far. Hapit ko malunod sa dihang nabugto ang pese sir nga giguyod sa yate ka unom ka beses nabugto. Napugos ko pagsalum sa dagat, bisan pa sa dagkong balod, hapit ko maanod ug malunod,” Rivas recounted the he found the German inside the yacht in the afternoon of Feb. 25. He used to be the fishing boat captain and Hepe De Viaje, Rivas owned the 30 feet long medium sized fishing boat to tow the more than 40 feet long yacht. Rivas reasoned that he had to bring the yacht to shore and report it to authorities no matter what and how difficult it was, using up his own fuel. “I am always in the deep sea, ocean. I do not want what happened to Manfred Fritz Bajorat happen to me.” Rivas said he lost some earning because his day was spent towing Bajorat’s Yacht. Rivas said he is happy now that he was able to help bring the dead body to authorities by finding the drifting yacht. “Even if they will not reward me what I have done It’s okay as long as I was able to discover the German,” he said. But Barobo Chief of Police Chief Inspector Dominador Plaza told Gold Star Daily he is recommending a reward for Rivas and his three companions. Rivas who had been fishing since age of 14 admitted that had it not been found by them, the yacht could have drifted further into the ocean.