The family's call after the kidnapping: “Don't search.” the world

The three inmates, Ron Mitchell, 30, Abita Stanislaus, 25, and Trayvon Robertson, 19, managed to escape from custody in St. Louis. George in Grenada last Sunday.

During their escape, they hijacked a raft docked in the capital and then fled into the Caribbean Sea.

The ship was owned by American couple Ralph Hendry and Cathy Brandel, who are believed to have been killed in connection with the hijacking.

Only three days later, police were able to arrest the fleeing men on the island of Saint Louis. Saint Vincent and the Grenadines, located north of Grenada in the Caribbean Sea.

But no trace of Ralph and Kathy was found in the abandoned and preserved boat.

Family plea: 'Stop looking'

Since then, a large-scale search has been underway for bodies at sea. A research effort that also involved the public.

“We want to address the boat owners and express our gratitude to everyone who worked to gather information and conduct the search efforts,” family members Brian Hendry and Nick Burrow said in a statement, according to Fox News.

-It means a lot to us that so many people care about Ralph and Cathy so much that they are willing to stay and help in any way they can.

But the family is now calling on the public to halt search efforts. Instead, they want the authorities and experts to bear sole responsibility for the research work.

We ask everyone who is not associated with official officials to stop searching. The family said, according to the channel, that the only way the situation could get worse is if someone was injured or exposed to danger while trying to conduct searches.