Detectives from St Vincent and the Grenadines and Grenada had been on Friday combing a catamaran for proof as they examine the disappearance of two United States sailors.
The sailors, whose names haven’t been launched, are stated to have been aboard the yacht ‘Simplicity’ when it was allegedly stolen in Grenada on Sunday and sailed to St Vincent in a single day, allegedly by three escaped prisoners.
Officers from the Main Crime Unit and the Prison Data workplace in Kingstown had been joined by their Grenadian counterparts, together with a forensic investigator, aboard the vessel that was anchored on the most important Coast Guard base in Calliaqua, on the south Coast of St Vincent.
They had been joined aboard by the three Grenadian prisoners — Ron Mitchell, 30, unemployed; Trevon Robertson, a 25-year-old farmer, and Atiba Stanislaus, 23, unemployed, all of Paradise, St Andrew, Grenada — who investigators suspect may need killed the 2 sailors and disposed of their our bodies.
Police stated on Thursday that three prisoners who escaped lawful custody in Grenada had been recaptured by police in Petit Bordel on the north western coast of St Vincent, the day gone by.
Police stated the boys had been recaptured about 4:35 p.m., throughout an operation by officers from Narcotics and Speedy Response items.
A supply confirmed to the Caribbean Media Company (CMC) that one of many males was shot throughout the arrest and was handled in hospital for his accidents.
In the meantime, Caribbean Security and Safety Internet’s (CSSN), which collects and disseminates info regarding crimes towards yachts within the Caribbean, reported {that a} cruising catamaran that had been anchored off Grand Anse, Grenada, was discovered poorly anchored with a shredded jib off the coast of Wallilabou on the west coast of St Vincent on Tuesday.
“Upon inspection, it was discovered that the yacht had been ransacked, and it was obvious a violent act had taken place. Copious quantities of blood had been discovered within the grasp stateroom, and the 2 house owners had been lacking,” CSSN reported.
The yacht’s dinghy was additionally lacking however was later recovered and private objects of the occupants of the yacht had been additionally lacking.
Nevertheless, passports discovered onboard the vessel allowed authorities to make contact with the victims’ emergency contact.
CSSN stated the three males escaped from their holding cell in Grenada the day the yacht’s automated identification system monitor moved from Grenada to St Vincent between Sunday night time and Monday afternoon.
In an announcement on Thursday, the Royal Grenada Police Power stated the three males who escaped their custody and had been recaptured had been charged collectively with one depend of theft with violence.
Moreover, Ron Mitchell was charged individually with one depend of rape, three counts of tried rape, two counts of indecent assault, and inflicting hurt.
“All three males had been stored within the holding cell on the South St George Police Station and escaped lawful custody, on Sunday the 18th of February 2024.”
The Grenada constabulary stated that collaboration with their regional counterparts in St Vincent has led to the recapture of the three males.
“Preliminary info emanating from investigators in St Vincent means that the three males made their option to St Vincent by way of a yacht which was docked within the St George space. The RGPF is at present engaged on leads that recommend that the 2 occupants of the yacht might have been killed within the course of. It’s believed that the occupants of the yacht had been Americans.”
The Grenada police stated that the investigation is in its infancy stage and that they’ve dispatched a staff of senior investigators and a forensic specialist to St Vincent and the Grenadines in furtherance of this investigation.
“Commissioner, Don McKenzie has ordered a right away investigation into the circumstances of the escaped prisoners,” the Grenada police stated.
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