Bryan Hendry News Today

Grenada cops say a Virginia woman was raped before she and her husband were murdered and thrown off their yacht into the sea by a trio of escaped prisoners.

The son of Kathleen Brandel and son of Ralph Hendry have released a statement in regards to their missing parents, who police say were hijacked in Grenada by three escaped inmates and presumed dead.

What we know so far about the couple that went missing in February near Grenada, and who authorities think is responsible.

Police believe 3 escaped prisoners hijacked the catamaran with the couple aboard and then likely threw them into the water while traveling to St. Vincent from Grenada.

Police say the three prisoners escaped from a police station on Feb. 18 and hijacked the catamaran a day later. Authorities said the prisoners then illegally entered the southwest coast of St. Vincent on Feb. 19 and docked the boat. Two days later, the three men were arrested along the island's northwest coast.

WPTV continues to closely monitor a story out of the Caribbean, where a couple with ties to Fort Pierce is presumed dead, after their yacht was allegedly hijacked by escaped prisoners of Grenada.

Authorities in the eastern Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran Simplicity when police say it was

Pete and Tammy Sisson traveled with Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel before the latter couple vanished from their yacht in the Caribbean.

Over a week after Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry were reported missing, authorities presumed them dead. Here’s a complete timeline of the missing American sailor couple’s case.

Authorities in the Caribbean are scouring waters in the region in hopes of finding a missing U.S. couple who were aboard their catamaran when police say it was hijacked by three escaped prisoners.