Two US Sailors, Tasha Fuiva and Jennifer Appel, and their dogs were "stranded" for 5 months at sea after the engine of their boat failed during a journey from Tahiti to Hawaii. The two sailors attributed their survival to a collection of dry food and a water purifier on board. Recently, however, doubts have formed over the women's survival story have emerged. A US Coast Guard spokesperson Lt Scott Carr has said that the pair had an Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon on board, which the women both knew how to operate and was fully functional.
The articles purpose is most likely to raise suspicion of the two sailors' story because it has many faults: the "tropical storm" that the sailors said occurred on their first night at sea in May did not exist, their dogs, Valentine and Zeus, were in great health considering the fact that there was a struggle for food aboard the ship, and the lack of use of the EPIRB have all pointed out that the two sailors are fabricating parts of their story. The situation presented by this case is slightly similar to that of Bowe Bergdahl: they both involve military members, and they both involve faulty alibis.
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-41816709
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