Escaped Convicts Charged With Murder of American Couple on Caribbean Yacht

Three escaped prisoners, who have been recaptured, have been charged with murder in the deaths of an American couple who were sailing in the Caribbean.

Investigators from Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines stand aboard the yacht "Simplicity," now anchored at the St. Vincent and the Grenadines Coastguard Service Calliaqua Base, in Calliaqua, St. Vincent, on Feb. 23, 2024. Kenton X. Chance/AP Photo

Police said that three escaped convicts have been charged with murder in the deaths of an American couple whose yacht was hijacked in the Caribbean and found bearing signs of a violent struggle.

The Royal Grenada Police Force said in a March 7 statement that Ron Mitchell, Trevon Robertson, and Abita Stanislaus have each been charged with two counts of capital murder by “intentionally causing the death” of Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry, whose bodies have yet to be found after the suspects presumably threw them overboard.