Prison escapees charged with murder in deaths of American couple presumed dead after yacht hijack
Three inmates who escaped prison in Grenada last month have been charged with capital murder in the deaths of an American couple presumed dead after their yacht was hijacked.
Three inmates who escaped prison in Grenada last month have been charged with capital murder in the deaths of an American couple presumed dead after their yacht was hijacked.
Ron Mitchell, 30, Atiba Stanisclaus, 25, and Trevon Robertson, 23, were charged with two counts of capital murder “by intentionally causing” the deaths of Ralph Hendry and Kathleen Brandel, the Royal Grenada Police Force announced Thursday.
The three men had escaped custody on the island of Grenada on Feb. 18, "commandeered" a yacht called Simplicity docked in the St. George area, and made their way to the nearby island of St. Vincent and the Grenadines, where they were recaptured on Feb. 21, police had said.
Kathy Brandel, front left, and Ralph Hendry, front right, with family.Courtesy Hendry FamilySimplicity was Hendry and Brandel's sailing yacht and they were on board at the time.
St. Vincent and the Grenadines Police said last week the couple is presumed “deceased.”
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