American Sailors Presumed Killed In Grenada After Escaped Inmates Hijack Yacht

Two American sailors are presumed dead in the Caribbean after their yacht was hijacked by escaped prisoners and later found abandoned, bearing evidence of a violent struggle, according to their family and local investigators. Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel, a married couple, had been sailing in the Caribbean on their beloved catamaran Simplicity, when the vessel was found on Feb. 19 off the shores of Grand Anse Beach in Grenada, “bearing chilling evidence of a violent struggle,” their family said in a statement. The Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) said in a Thursday statement that they’re investigating leads that “suggest” the couple might have been killed, possibly by three fugitives who escaped from a jail cell and hijacked their boat....