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Retired Alexandria Couple Feared Dead In Caribbean Boat-Jacking By Escaped Prisoners
A retired Virginia couple is feared dead after their catamaran was stolen by escaped prisoners in the Caribbean, authorities said.
The Royal Caribbean Police on Monday, Feb. 26 said the three prisoners, who escaped police custody on Sunday, Feb. 18, likely used Ralph Hendry and Kathy Brandel's boat, Simplicity, as a getaway boat.
Simplicity was found "anchored and abandoned" off a beach on the south coast of the Caribbean island of St. Vincent on Wednesday, Feb. 21, according to the Salty Dawg Sailing Association. But Hendry, 66, and Brandel, 71, were missing.
In their update Monday m…
