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Couple who disappeared after yacht was hijacked by escaped convicts ‘likely dead’ | World News<\/p>\n
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An American couple who disappeared a week ago after their catamaran was hijacked by three escaped convicts are likely dead, police have said.<\/p>\n
Police Commissioner Don McKenzie said the prisoners had escaped custody on the Caribbean island of Grenada on the 18 February and the following day commandeered a catamaran<\/strong> named Simplicity – with Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry on board.<\/p>\n “Information suggests that while travelling between Grenada and St Vincent, they disposed of the occupants,” Commissioner McKenzie said.<\/p>\n The couple was last seen on the night the prisoners escaped and their boat was later tracked leaving the Grenada late at night at an unusual speed.<\/p>\n Police in St Vincent and the Grenadines captured the three fugitives on Wednesday, he said, adding that a team from Grenada had been dispatched to collaborate on “having a complete and thorough investigation of the matters at hand”.<\/p>\n The island nations are separated by about 85 nautical miles.<\/p>\n Ron Mitchell, 30, Trevon Robertson, 19, and 25-year-old Abita Stanislaus were being held at the South Saint George Police Station near Grenada’s southwestern tip on charges of robbery with violence, when they escaped.<\/p>\n Mitchell also faces counts of rape, attempted rape and indecent assault.<\/p>\n Read more:<\/strong> Police from St Vincent said in a statement they had discovered the ship with no bodies but items strewn across the deck and possible blood on board.<\/p>\n On Monday the suspects appeared in court in St Vincent on four immigration counts, to which they pleaded guilty, and they had been remanded into custody with sentencing set for 4 March.<\/p>\n St Vincent Police Superintendent Junior Simmons said that though the couple are presumed dead, “the investigation and search for the missing persons continues.”<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n \u0627\u0644\u0645\u0635\u062f\u0631<\/a>
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