Fugitives Charged With Murder of American Couple Missing in Caribbean

Three men who broke out of a prison in Grenada have been charged over the presumed deaths of an American couple whose yacht they allegedly hijacked following their escape from custody last month, police said Thursday.

U.S. nationals Ralph Hendry and Kathleen Brandel have been presumed dead since their catamaran, Simplicity, was found abandoned in St. Vincent and the Grenadines on Feb. 21. The Royal Grenada Police Force says Ron Mitchell, Atiba Stanisclaus, and Trevon Robertson have now all been charged with two counts of capital murder.

All three were further charged with escaping lawful custody, housebreaking, robbery, and two counts of kidnapping, authorities said, while Stanisclaus faces an additional charge of rape. The police media release announcing the charges did not provide details of the rape allegation, nor did it specify if the bodies of Hendry and Brandel have yet been found.

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