Missing US couple on hijacked boat feared killed - BBC News

Authorities in Grenada believe the couple were thrown into the sea by three escaped inmates.

13 hours agoShareclose panelShare pageCopy linkAbout sharingImage source, Salty Dawg Sailing AssociationImage caption, Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel were sailing the eastern Caribbean when their vessel was hijacked.By Bernd Debusmann JrBBC News, WashingtonA US couple whose boat was hijacked in the Caribbean last week are presumed to have died after being thrown into the sea, according to police in Grenada.

Ralph Hendry, 66, and Kathy Brandel, 71, both pensioners, have been missing since their catamaran was taken by three men on 19 February.

Police believe the suspects, who escaped from jail the day before, were attempting to head to St Vincent and the Grenadines.

All three have been found and arrested.

At a news conference on Monday, Royal Grenada Police Force Commissioner Don McKenzie said that "information suggests that while traveling between Grenada and St Vincent, they [the suspects] disposed of the occupants" of their catamaran, known as Simplicity.

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