Couple feared dead after sailboat hijacked

EVERYBODY WELCOME TO THE NEWS AT 6 A MERCHANT AND I'M KAREEN WYNTER THE SONS OF A MISSING US COUPLE ARE SPEAKING OUT AFTER THEIR PARENTS DISAPPEARED FOLLOWING A REPORTED SAILBOAT HIJACKING IN THE CARIBBEAN AND SADLY THAT COUPLE IS FEARED DEAD TONIGHT SARAH WELL SPOKE WITH THE FAMILY. >> SHE JOINS US LIVE IN THE NEWSCENTER MAKING KAREEN GOOD EVENING. ONE OF A COUPLE SONS LIVES IN THE SOUTH BAY TO TELL US THE FAMILY IS PRAYING FOR A MIRACLE FOLLOWING WHAT APPEARS TO HAVE BEEN. >> A VIOLENT STRUGGLE ABOARD THEIR PARENTS BOATS. >> IT PAINS ME TO KNOW THEY WENT THROUGH SOMETHING IT SEEMS SO PAINFUL AND TRAGIC. >> NIC BURROW AND HIS BROTHER BRIAN HENDRY ARE IN THE CARIBBEAN HOLDING OUT HOPE THEIR PARENTS WILL BE FOUND ALIVE OR HOPING TO. >> FIND SOMETHING AND WE'RE HOPING THAT THEY'RE ABLE TO FOR PARENTS SO WE CAN BRING THEM HOME SAFELY. >> WE'RE HOPING FOR THE BEST BUT WE'RE PREPARED FOR THE WORST AS WELL AROUND HENDRY AND KATHY BRANDEL DISAPPEARED FEBRUARY 18TH AFTER THEY WERE LAST SEEN ON THEIR 49 FOOT SAILBOAT SIMPLICITY AND SAINT GEORGE'S BAY GRENADA THERE WAS BLOOD FOUND ON THE BOAT. THE ARE CLEAR SIGNS OF A STRUGGLE. >> THEIR POSSESSIONS WERE STREWN ALL OVER THE VOTE AS WELL AS LAST WEEK INVESTIGATORS FOUND THE COUPLE'S CATAMARAN ANCHORED OFF NEIGHBORING ISLAND SAINT VINCENT WITH NO ONE ON BOARD. >> IT'S BELIEVED 3 VIOLENT PRISONERS IN GRENADA BOARDED THE BOAT IN SAINT GEORGE CERTAINLY AFTER ESCAPING POLICE CUSTODY AND LATER USED THE BOATS DIDN'T NEED TO GET TO SHORE AND THEN THESE 3 FUGITIVES WERE CAPTURED BY THE SAME HIM POLICE. >> WHAT IT WITHIN A MILE OF WHERE SIMPLICITY WAS FOUND. >> ALSO WITH POSSESSIONS FROM ON THE BOAT SEASON SAILORS, THE COUPLE MARRIED 27 YEARS HAD BEEN PREPARING FOR THE GRENADE A TRIP. THEY MADE THEIR CRUISING SHIP HOME FOR THE LAST DECADE SAILING ALL OVER THE EASTERN UNITED STATES AND THE WORLD. >> THEY WERE VERY METICULOUS IN THE PLANNING AND THEY TOOK RISK MANAGEMENT VERY SERIOUSLY THERE'S BEEN NO SIGN OF THE COUPLE'S BODIES, THE BROTHERS TELL US SEEM CONCERNED AUTHORITIES WORKING IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE CANADIAN POLICE AND COASTGUARDS ARE STILL SCOURING THE OCEAN CALLING THIS A SEARCH AND RESCUE EFFORT LOOKING FOR ANY SIGNS OF THE COUPLE RALPH AND KATHY WERE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE. >> AND I'D LIKE TO SAY ARE BEAUTIFUL PEOPLE BECAUSE I STILL DON'T WANT TO BELIEVE THAT THEY ARE. >> THERE ARE GONE FROM US. >> AND THE BROTHERS SAY THEY APPRECIATE THE HARD WORK OF THE CARIBBEAN INVESTIGATORS AS WELL AS THE OUTPOURING OF SUPPORT FROM THEIR PARENTS CHURCH AND THE SAILING COMMUNITY THERE'S A GOFUNDME SET UP TO HELP THIS FAMILY YOU CAN FIND THAT KT

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Length: 2min 30sec (150 seconds)

Published: Mon Feb 26 2024