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Kathy Brandel, who was murdered alongside her husband, Ralph Hendry in the Caribbean, was raped before she was killed, according to reports, as three were arrested and charged with murder

Kathleen Brandel and husband Ralph Hendry were sailing around the Caribbean when their yacht was reportedly hijacked and they were slain.

American woman Kathy Brandel raped, murdered on yacht in Caribbean crime, husband Ralph Hendry killed after being thrown off boat

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.

Ron Mitchell, 30, Atiba Stanislaus, 25, and Trevon Robertson, 23, escaped from the eastern Caribbean island of Grenada and were charged with capital murder in the slayings of Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel

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

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.

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.

The disappearance of Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel in Grenada 8 is not the first time tragedy has struck their family.