Sarm Heslop’s Disappearance Must Now Be Treated As Murder, Says Mother
- Janeka Simon
- March 04, 2024
After three years, the disappearance of a 41-year old British woman from a yacht anchored off the coast of St. John should be treated as a homicide, the woman’s distraught mother told the UK press. Sarm Heslop disappeared after a night out with her boyfriend Ryan Bane. The couple were living on Bane’s yacht Siren Song and had gone out for dinner the night Ms. Heslop disappeared. She was last seen as the couple left the bar they had been visiting on shore. Scrutiny immediately fell on Mr. Bane, who waited hours to report his girlfriend’s disappearance, did not allow authorities to thoroughly search the boat from which Ms. Heslop went missing, left the USVI’s jurisdiction with alacrity, turned up in Grenada, removed the Siren Song’s name from where it was painted on the vessel, and put the catamaran up for sale after gutting and remodeling its kitchen. “There’s too many things that don’t make sense and don’t add up,” said Brenda Street, Ms. Heslop’s mother. She spoke to The People n...