One Caribbean prison escapee accused of hijacking a retired American couple’s yacht was shot dead during arrest on St. Vincent, while two others hid in the bushes, local reports said. Ta.
Details were revealed in court Monday, when a judge ordered three suspects, Ron Mitchell, 30, Trevon Robertson, 19, and Abita Stanislaus, 25, to “possibly.” He ordered them to be returned to Grenada as soon as possible.
Robertson was shot and killed by police after he allegedly tried to steal an officer’s gun. According to searchlight and other local retailers.
He denies these charges, telling the judge, “I never fought the police officer. They just threw me to the ground and shot me in the leg, you understand? I never fought the police officer.” I’ve never wrestled, you understand?” he reportedly said.
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The Royal Grenada Police Force said Ralph Hendry and Kathy Blundell were thrown overboard on suspicion of hijacking. (Salty Dawg Sailing Association)
The Royal Saint Vincent and the Grenadines Police Department, which made the arrest, did not respond to calls or emails for comment from Fox News Digital.
The Royal Grenada Police Force said it was still investigating the details of the incident and was awaiting the suspect’s return to the island.
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Suspects were arrested in connection with the couple’s disappearance. (RSVG Police, via Facebook)
The other two suspects were found hiding in the bushes in Spring Village and were taken into custody without incident, Searchlight reported.
The three men are suspected of escaping from a prison in Grenada, stealing a yacht owned by retired Virginia couple Ralph Hendry and Kathy Blundell, and throwing it overboard as they fled to St. Vincent Island, about 110 miles away. has been indicted for. Away.
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Video shows one of the men covered in blood and handcuffs as officers throw him into the back of a police truck.
This video was shared with Fox News Digital. mike hutchinsona veteran Grenada journalist of 15 years and the Royal Grenada Police Force, confirmed that the suspects seen in the footage were connected to the hijacked vessel.
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The escapees have not been charged with the hijacking of the American yacht or the couple’s presumed deaths.
The yacht, battered and bloodstained, was anchored off Grenada’s Grand Anse Beach, a popular tourist spot where the couple sailed.
A map pinpoints Grenada in the Caribbean, where the couple is feared to have died. (Google Maps)
The Royal Grenada Police Force said their bodies had not yet been found and the issue of jurisdiction was still being sorted out, but it was unclear whether the crime took place in Grenada or St. Vincent waters. Ta.
Police said all three suspects had pleaded guilty to immigration-related charges in a St. Vincent court and were expected to arrive in Grenada this week.
The couple’s sons say their parents “lived fulfilling lives.”
The Caribbean islands are a tourist hotspot, expected to see 221,000 visitors in 2022, according to Statista, and attract avid boaters like Blundell and Hendry.
virginian After retiring, the couple sold most of their property to live on their boat, their sons Nick Brough and Brian Hendry said in a previous interview.
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“Ralph and Kathy lived the kind of life most of us can only dream of,” Bureau and Brian Hendry said in a heartfelt message released to the press last week.
They sailed off the east coast of the United States on a yacht called “Simplicity” and “made friends with everyone they met, singing, dancing, and laughing with friends and family.”
Investigators from Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines were on board the yacht Simplicity, which was allegedly hijacked by three escaped convicts with two people on board and is currently being held in St. Vincent and Grenadines, Kariaqua. The ship is moored at Nadine Coast Guard Station Kariaqua. SAINT VINCENT, Friday, February 23, 2024 Authorities in the eastern Caribbean announced they are searching for two suspected U.S. nationals who were aboard a yacht hijacked by three escaped prisoners from Grenada. (AP Photo/Kenton X. Chance)
“That’s Ralph and Kathy, and that’s how they will be remembered in our hearts,” they said. “We live in a world that is sometimes cruel, but it is also a world of profound beauty, wonder, adventure, love, care, compassion, and faith.
“Our parents encompassed all of those values and more.”
Authorities have not received updates on internal investigations or criminal investigations into how the prisoners escaped.
But Bro and Brian Hendry’s message focused on their parents as these issues unraveled.
Ralph Hendry, 66, and his wife Kathy Blundell, 71, are “presumed dead” after being kidnapped by an escaped prisoner while on the run from authorities on the Caribbean island of Grenada. (Nick Bro)
“So many people have reached out with love and encouragement, sharing stories and anecdotes of their memories with Ralph and Kathy. We want to keep those stories in their memory. ,” they said.
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“The end of their lives may have been dark, but they brought light. That light will never fade from the hearts of those who knew them, loved them and cared deeply about them.”
fox news digital Bonnie Chu contributed to this report.
