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A U.S. couple who disappeared a week ago after their catamaran was hijacked by three escaped prisoners in the Eastern Caribbean are likely dead, local police told a press conference on Monday, though they said the investigation was ongoing. Grenadian police Commissioner Don McKenzie said the prisoners had escaped custody on Feb. 18 and the following day commandeered a catamaran named Simplicity - with U.S. citizens Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry on board.

The Salty Dawg Sailing Association/GoFundMeA missing American couple whose boat was hijacked by three escaped prisoners in the Caribbean last week were likely thrown overboard and are presumed dead, authorities said Monday.Police in Grenada and St. Vincent and the Grenadines have not yet found any definitive proof that Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry are no longer alive. But Don McKenzie, the commissioner of the Royal Grenada Police Force, said there is a “low probability” that the pair survived.

Kathy Brandel and Ralph Hendry, US couple missing in Caribbean, were vacationing in Grenada when three men allegedly stole their boat.

Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel vanished while sailing off the coast of Grenada.

Three escaped inmates in Grenada may have stolen a yacht and killed the two American passengers onboard, the Royal Grenada Police Force said on Thursday.