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Press Release: British woman reported missing from boat Monday 8 March

British citizen missing – friends call for “urgent and thorough” investigation Southampton resident 41 year old Sarm Joan Lillian Heslop went missing from a catamaran from St. John in the US Virgin Islands in the early hours of Monday March 8, 2021. Heslop was first reported missing on Monday. She… Continue reading...

Daily Mail: Pictured: American boyfriend of British woman missing for five days in Caribbean

Ryan Bane, 44, told officers his girlfriend Sarm Heslop, 41, might have fallen overboard from their catamaran after he woke up at ‘around 2am’ on Monday and ‘realised that she was not on board.’ The US Coast Guard told local media it was alerted to Ms Heslop’s disappearance at 11.46am.… Continue reading...

Daily Mail: Friend says he ‘finds it incredibly difficult to believe’ she fell from boyfriend’s catamaran

Sarm Heslop, 41, was reported missing on March 8, with American Ryan Bane, 44, telling local officers that she may have fallen from the couple’s catamaran. However, her best friend Andrew Baldwin has questioned Bane’s suggestion that her falling overboard was one explanation for her disappearance, while appealing for more… Continue reading...

Day 5 Update

Coverage in several UK papers today of Sarm. We thank everyone one who is sending their love and best wishes. To the amazing people who are searching for our friend we thank you so much. Please if anyone sees or hears anything then let us know x

Metro: Divers search for British woman, 41, who ‘fell off yacht’ in Caribbean

A friend of the missing woman said: ‘We have heard that Sarm’s phone, passport and all belongings were left on the boat, where she was living with her boyfriend. Full story from James Hockaday at https://metro.co.uk/2021/03/12/divers-search-for-british-woman-41-who-fell-off-yacht-in-caribbean-14233752/

Southampton Daily Echo: Southampton woman Sarm Heslop missing off US Virgin Islands

A search has been launched for a Southampton woman reported missing in the Caribbean. Read the full story from Tom Orde at https://www.dailyecho.co.uk/news/19155426.southampton-woman-sarm-heslop-missing-off-us-virgin-islands/

New York Post: UK woman goes missing from catamaran moored off US Virgin Islands

A massive search-and-rescue operation has been launched for a British woman whose boyfriend said she might have fallen off their catamaran moored off the US Virgin Islands, according to reports. Read the full story by Yaron Steinbuch at https://nypost.com/2021/03/12/uk-woman-goes-missing-from-catamaran-moored-off-us-virgin-islands/

Telegraph: Huge search and rescue operation mounted for UK woman

Police and divers searching for Ms Heslop, 41, from Southampton, have been scouring the coastline and waters around the island of St John, where the yacht was moored. Read the full story from Patrick Sawer and Jessica Carpani at https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2021/03/12/urgent-search-british-woman-fell-yacht-near-us-virgin-islands/

Daily Mail: Divers search for British woman, 41, missing for four days in Caribbean after boyfriend told police she ‘might have fallen from their catamaran’

The US Coast Guard told local media it was alerted to Sarm Heslop’s disappearance at 11.46am on Monday when her boyfriend said she was nowhere to be found on board the 47ft Siren Song. Read the full story from Tim Stickings and Colin Maximin at https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9354457/Divers-search-British-woman-41-missing-Caribbean.html

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Sarm Heslop was reported missing on March 8. Heslop is a Caucasian female, 41 years old slim with a southern English accent and a tattoo on her left shoulder. Sarm was last seen on March 7 aboard a yacht, that was moored off the coast of St. John. When a… Continue reading...