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Attorney General Confirms Suspect Led Police to Body of Missing 9-Year-Old<\/strong><\/p>

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Attorney General and Minister for Public Safety Sir Steadroy Cutie Benjamin has confirmed that a female suspect voluntarily led police officers to a secluded area in Weatherills Estate on Friday night, where she pointed them to the body of 9-year-old Chantel Crump, who had been missing since Wednesday evening.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to Sir Steadroy, Crump was last seen leaving The Five Islands Primary School but never made it home, prompting her parents to report her disappearance. \u201cBy Thursday morning, the entire nation was gripped with concern, and efforts intensified to locate the young girl,\u201d he said.<\/p>

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“Finally on Friday night, the female suspect on her own volition took the Police Officers to a secluded area at Weatherills Estate, and showed them where the young girl\u2019s body could be found.”<\/strong><\/p>

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With assistance from the community, police detained a man and his female partner. \u201cThe man was identified as the registered owner of a vehicle into which Chantel had entered freely,\u201d the Attorney General stated. \u201cPersistent police questioning led to the female suspect taking officers to the location of the child’s body.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He further confirmed that following forensic procedures at the scene, the remains were transported to a funeral home.<\/p>

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Sir Steadroy extended his deepest condolences to the Crump family, their friends, and the community of Gray\u2019s Green, acknowledging the profound grief caused by this tragic incident. He also commended the police and the public for their efforts in swiftly advancing the investigation.<\/p>\n

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Attorney General Confirms Suspect Led Police to Body of Missing 9-Year-Old Attorney General and Minister for Public Safety Sir Steadroy Cutie Benjamin has confirmed that a female suspect voluntarily led police officers to a secluded area in Weatherills Estate on Friday night, where she pointed them to the body of 9-year-old Chantel Crump, who had […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":229301,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-229349","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\nAG: Female Suspect Led Police to Body of Chantel Crump - Antigua News Room<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"AG: Female Suspect Led Police to Body of Chantel Crump\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Attorney General Confirms Suspect Led Police to Body of Missing 9-Year-Old Attorney General and Minister for Public Safety Sir Steadroy Cutie Benjamin has confirmed that a female suspect voluntarily led police officers to a secluded area in Weatherills Estate on Friday night, where she pointed them to the body of 9-year-old Chantel Crump, who had […]\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Antigua News Room\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/antiguanewsroom\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2025-03-15T21:10:47+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2025-03-15T22:19:55+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:auto\/h:auto\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0355.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"828\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"444\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:creator\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:site\" content=\"@AntiguaNewsRoom\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"Editor\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"2 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"Editor\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#\/schema\/person\/36cac05ef6398fe56ae3e6317f8535c5\"},\"headline\":\"AG: Female Suspect Led Police to Body of Chantel Crump\",\"datePublished\":\"2025-03-15T21:10:47+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2025-03-15T22:19:55+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/\"},\"wordCount\":264,\"commentCount\":25,\"publisher\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/#organization\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/mlavawteztbj.i.optimole.com\/w:828\/h:444\/q:mauto\/f:best\/https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/03\/IMG_0355.jpg\",\"articleSection\":[\"News\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/antiguanewsroom.com\/female-suspect-led-police-to-body-of-missing-9-year-old-girl\/\",\"name\":\"AG: Female Suspect Led Police to Body of Chantel Crump - 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