ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, CMC – Police Commissioner Don McKenzie, Monday raised the likelihood that the homeowners of a catamaran hijacked final week in native waters could also be lifeless, because the three essential suspects appeared in a court docket in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on immigration expenses.
Talking at a information convention, McKenzie offered no conclusive proof that the our bodies of Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel had been disposed of within the waters between the 2 Caribbean Neighborhood (CARICCOM) international locations.
“Data means that whereas touring between Grenada and St Vincent, they disposed of the occupants,” McKenzie advised reporters, including that “we now have nothing conclusive to say that the people are lifeless.
“We nonetheless maintain out hope that in spite (of) what may be a low chance, they’d flip up alive someplace,” the highest cop mentioned.
The three suspects, Ron Mitchell, 30, Trevon Robertson, 25, and Atiba Stanislaus, 23, of Paradise, St. Andrew, Grenada, pleaded responsible in a Justice of the Peace’s Court docket in Kingstown on Monday to expenses that on February 21, at Petit Bordel, being a prohibited immigrant, entered the island by boat with out a passport.
They had been additionally charged with coming into the state aside from at a port of entry, coming into the state by boat and disembarking with out the consent of an immigration officer, and knowingly and wilfully permitting themselves to be landed as a prohibited immigrant.
The lads, who appeared earlier than Senior Justice of the Peace Colin John, had fled to St. Vincent and the Grenadines after escaping jail of their residence nation.
They’ve been remanded into custody and can return to court docket inside per week.
McKenzie advised reporters he was “fairly restricted” with what he might share with the general public concerning the case as a result of the continued investigation and Grenadian authorities nonetheless didn’t have a lot data.
“The knowledge I possess is proscribed and will be thought-about second-hand as I’ve had minimal discussions with my Vincentian counterpart concerning the investigation particulars,” McKenzie mentioned.
On Saturday, two of the couple’s kinfolk stood on the dock on the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coast Guard Service Calliaqua Base, the place the yacht is docked, as investigators continued their probe.
The kinfolk of the lacking couple are mentioned to have helped detectives to determine a few of the lacking couple’s objects.
The yacht was allegedly stolen in Grenada on February 19 and sailed to St. Vincent in a single day, allegedly by the three escaped prisoners.
Caribbean Security and Safety Internet (CSSN), which collects and disseminates data referring to 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 final 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 homeowners had been lacking,” CSSN reported.
The yacht’s dinghy was additionally lacking however was later recovered. Nonetheless, passports on the vessel allowed authorities to contact the victims’ emergency contact.
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