Sophia and Ilya Tsaruk, who drowned while snorkeling during their Hawaii vacation in Maui, were celebrating their babymoon and were planning to name their child 'Melody' because they both were singers in their church choir,

Family members identified the couple on their verified GoFundMe page as 25-year-old Ilya Tsaruk and 26-year-old Sophia Tsaruk. Sophia Tsaruk was pregnant and the couple also had an 18-month-old son who was not with them at the time of their deaths, according to the GoFundMe page.

Couple die in freak snorkelling incident during babymoon in Hawaii - Ilya Tsaruk and his pregnant wife Sophia, who was expecting their second child, were found unresponsive in waters near Maui

MAUI (Gray News) – A pregnant mother and her husband from Washington state drowned while snorkeling on their vacation in Hawaii. A GoFundMe page identified the couple as Ilya and Sophia Tsaruk. According to the Maui County Fire Department, Ilya Tsaruk was 25 years old and Sophia Tsaruk was 26.

Family and friends are mourning the deaths of a Washington state couple who died while snorkeling on vacation in Hawaii. The couple was found unresponsive by first responders near the north side of Āhihi-Kīnaʻu Natural Area Reserve on Maui.

A couple celebrating the impending birth of their second child have died while snorkelling in Hawaii. Ilya Tsaruk, 25, and his pregnant wife, Sophia Tsaruk, 26, were found unresponsive in the water near the north side of Ahihi-Kina'u Natural Area Reserve on Maui on 14 September.

Sophia Kovalevich and 25-year-old Ilya 'Billy' Tsaruk drowned while snorkeling on their babymoon in Maui, Hawaii, over the weekend.

A tragedy in paradise as a young, married couple from Washington state, celebrating their anniversary and the soon-to-be birth of their second child, drown in Maui.

A Washington state couple who traveled to Hawaii for a "babymoon" fatally drowned while snorkeling on the first full day of their trip. Sophia Kovalevich, 26, and Ilya 'Billy' Tsaruk, 25, were on vacation with two other couples,