And nothing. It is almost like a vanishing act. Time is ticking here. And theres no sight of her. Its just an overwhelming feeling. Woman what did that Surveillance Video show you . Two individuals getting on this dinghy going into the waters. The fact that no body was found is very suspicious. Its heart wrenching every day. She is an honest and truthful friend. Shes got a real lust for life. How can you give up on your friend . Where on earth is she . Andrea canning its Andrea Canning from dateline. Can we talk to you . Did you have anything to do with the disappearance of sarm . Hello. And welcome to dateline. Sarm heslop was as spontaneous as she was fearless. So friends were not surprised when the free spirit left home to sail the caribbean with her new boyfriend. Then sarm vanished. As the Coast Guard searched far and wide, investigators zeroed in on someone they believed held the key to her disappearance. But would he lead them to sarm . Heres Andrea Canning with Siren Song. Andrea canning the us Virgin Islands of saint thomas, saint croix, and Saint John earned the Nickname Americas Paradise for their miles of White Sandy Beaches and impossibly blue water. The sailing is the best in The World, great for snorkeling, great for all water activities. Man its the easternmost point of the united states. Its a beautiful tropical island. Andrea canning its truly a wish you were here destination, so breathtaking its hard to imagine something tragic happening in this idyllic place. But of course, it does. On march 8, 2021, a beautiful former Flight Attendant moved here for love and her dream job. Weeks later, the woman with a lust for adventure disappeared without a trace. It is almost like a vanishing act. You know, all her personal belongings are still on the boat. No one saw anything. Andrea canning its a mystery that made international headlines. For her friends back in england, the news was devastating. I just go, sarm. Sarm. And then i just was on the floor just hyperventilating, i guess. I was just panicking. Andrea Canning Dateline travels to paradise to try to find out what happened to the woman named Sarm Heslop. Can the helicopter see into the water . Could it see a body from up there . And to track down the last person known to have seen her alive. Do you have any idea where sarm is . Our story begins off the island of Saint John, Spring Break 2021. Tourists were traveling again. Every hotel was sold out. Every sailboat booked. Anchored just a short distance from shore was a 47foot Luxury Catamaran called Siren Song. All was quiet on a warm, starry march night, when, suddenly, an unusual Distress Call came from the boat. Our 911 dispatch got a call at approximately 2 35 am. Andrea canning The Call was made by the boats captain Ryan Bane. He said his british girlfriend and first mate Sarm Heslop was missing from the boat theyd been living and working on. Then us virgin Islands Police CommissionerTrevor Velinor says officers rushed to the dock near where the boat was anchored. As they approached, ryan was in a dinghy coming toward them. So he actually leaves the boat to meet your people . Yes. So officers meet him on the dock. And he explains that, i went to sleep. And when i awoken, she was nowhere to be found. Andrea Canning Ryan said his Boat Alarm had woken him up. There was a Anchor Alarm that alerted that the boat had shifted or moved. Does ryan have any idea where she could be . Or does he have a hunch or a Theory Or Anything . He simply said, maybe she could have fallen off the boat. Andrea canning with time of the essence, the officers began searching for sarm In The Dark Waters of Frank Bay. They lit the area up, looked around in the area, did not see anything. Did he express if they had fought or if she was upset about anything that may have led her to leave on her own . No. He did not provide any information of an argument or any type of disharmony. Andrea canning instead, ryan told the officers it was an uneventful night, that he and sarm had gone ashore around 6 30 for dinner. He identified that they had been to a restaurant. I think it was 420 to center. Andrea canning a Dive Bar popular with the locals. He said they stayed at the restaurant for about an hour and a half. Did he say if they had been drinking, anything that might have impaired her judgment . Mr. Bane indicated that they were drinking. But his emphasis was that he went to sleep. He awoken. And she was nowhere on the boat. Andrea canning after that brief interview, the Police Left without searching Ryans Boat. Officers say they told him to contact the Coast Guard, which he did later that morning. He calls Coast Guard sector San Juan command center. That is the Search And Area coordination center. Andrea Canning Lieutenant CommanderJan League says a team sprung into action. And they launched our 33foot small boat. They then launched a helicopter, an mh65 out of puerto rico. And they begin an urgent marine information broadcast. Andrea canning Alerting The Public to be on the lookout for a 41yearold Female who may have gone overboard. Coast guard officers took us to the area where they searched. Your team pulls up to Siren Song in a boat like this . Exactly, this 33footer. And what happens when you approach Siren Song . At that point, they just pull up alongside. They go aboard. Andrea canning and how is Ryan Bane reacting to the Coast Guard arriving . Hes cooperative. He shows us all of her keys, her phone, her passport. They look in the cockpit. They do a quick look down the passageways. When someones personal belongings are still on the boat and theyre nowhere to be found, is that a really bad sign . We just take it as there is somebody in the water. And we begin our search accordingly. Andrea canning the lieutenant Commanders Team used something called Drift Analysis to help focus their search. With the good weather, we can quickly cover a lot of the area of the shoreline and the open ocean, the isolated islands like we see over there. In position. Does it have to enter your mind as youre searching that there could have been a crime committed . No. At that point, our focus, again, is all search and rescue. Andrea canning after a full day of searching we started at approximately 1 oclock. And we searched until sunset. Andrea canning they also found nothing. Like where could she be . Im honestly not sure. Andrea canning the Coast Guard was puzzled. If sarm had drowned in the waters off Saint John, they believed they would have found her body. A mystery in paradise was unfolding. Where was Sarm Heslop . The search for sarm grows urgent, as volunteers take the helm desperate to find her. Coming up. Start rounding up the troops. Were not giving up until we have some resolution. What do you think happened to sarm . I dont know. Its just really confusing as to where she is. Do you have any hope that sarm is still alive . I try to. Craig melvin when dateline continues. [pages flipping] ethan i remember seeing the Menthol Cigarette ads talking about how they were fresh and soothing. Heres my tip. Smoking any type of cigarette can cause a stroke. And Theres Nothing soothing about that. [sirens] announcer Menthol Cigarettes are just as damaging as other cigarettes. You can quit. For free help, call 1800quitnow. Air wick. How far would you go to set the ambience of your space . Try the Air Wick way with Air Wick essential mist. Infused with natural Essential Oils to fill your moment with immersive fragrance for up to 45 days. Now thats a breath of fresh Air Wick. Lets say youre deep in a show or a game or the game. On a train, at home, at work. Okay, maybe not at work. Point is at xfinity. Were constantly engineering new ways to get the entertainment you love to you faster and easier than ever. Thats what i do. Is that Love Island . Andrea canning as darkness fell over the caribbean waters of Saint John on march 8, 2021, Sarm Heslop had been missing for more than 16 hours. The Coast Guard had no Luck Finding her and returned to their headquarters. There was no signs of anyone in distress in the water. And then the Radio Broadcast also did not receive any leads. Did you resume searching the next day . No. We had suspended our search and rescue. But there was local efforts. Andrea canning local volunteers like jeff jones, who runs a boat rental business. He has extensive experience in search and rescue. When you get The Call about this incident, what are you told as far as what they know . Whats happened . Theres a woman who allegedly fell overboard in Frank Bay, was reported missing. And at this time, thats all we know. So start rounding up the troops. Andrea canning Jeff And Other Volunteers grabbed their Scuba Gear and highpowered drones and began searching the waters where sarm was last seen. Most likely, based on the data we have, she would have washed in to Frank Bay, which we did extensive dives. Andrea canning jeff also served another role. He became the link to sarms family and friends. I do my best to keep them updated, to let them know that, hey, were not giving up. We still want to keep this thing going until we have some resolution. Andrea canning two people desperately waiting for jeffs updates were vicki Mogridgepercy And Kate vernalls, two of sarms best friends, who live thousands of Miles Away in england. They felt grateful for jeff and the other volunteers. The amount of people who were out Snorkeling And Diving looking for her, its the generosity of strangers. And its been awesome. What do you think happened to sarm . I dont know. Its just really confusing as to where she is. Andrea Canning Vicki has known sarm for years. They met working as Flight Attendants. And vicki remembers all too well their first flight together, transporting a prisoner. Oh, i was quite nervous by it. And he was trying to get his hands out the handcuffs in flight. And i was like, god, have you seen what hes doing . And she was like, yeah. Dont worry about it. She wasnt fazed by things. Andrea Canning Vicki describes sarm as bold, fearless, a one of a kind woman. Shes not your 9 00 to 5 00 kind of wants to buy a house and have children. She very much spontaneous kind of person but with a really deep, beautiful Heart And Care deeply for her friends and family. Kate, a former roommate of sarms, says she wasnt surprised when sarm stumbled into sailing. One of sarms first adventures was one most accomplished sailors wouldnt even attempt. Friends invited her on a trip across the atlantic. Ever the adventurer, Sarm Couldnt resist the offer. She grabbed it with both hands. She made sure that she was qualified to do it. Shes brave and courageous, isnt she . So you sort of admire her. But you know, i think i was a bit worried. In the sense that, you know, you are traveling across the atlantic. Andrea canning it was at The End of that trip, when sarm arrived in grenada, that she met Ryan Bane. They met on tinder. I guess you dont really think about dating on the high seas. No. No. I dont think you do. What do you say, come over to my boat or ill come over to your boat . Yeah. Anything like that. No. They seemed to hit it off, which is great. Andrea canning based on his profile, ryan appeared to be the picture of success and swagger. The 44yearold was a former finance guy, who traded in his Suit And Tie for shorts and flipflops. In 2015, he began chartering his Luxury Catamaran to tourists in the caribbean. Sarm told vicki what she found most attractive about ryan was his personality. She liked his sense of humor. He made her laugh, which was really important. Shes a very, very funny girl and always making us laugh. Andrea canning in the beginning, her friends say the relationship was nothing serious. Theyd only been dating a little while when sarm decided to leave the caribbean and go to malta, where she had close friends. She left and needed to get some work. And so she prioritized that and went to malta. And then they kept in contact. And they were speaking every day. But something was calling her back to him. Yeah. She just decided that, actually, do you know what . This is a relationship thats worth continuing and so decided to fly back out and join him in the american Virgin Islands, at that point. Andrea canning her friends say the timing was perfect. Sarm needed a job. And ryan invited her to come work on his boat. It was a chance for sarm to pursue this Budding Relationship and do the things she loved most, sailing and cooking. Sarm even showed off her culinary skills on instagram. The clincher though was ryans dog hunter. Shes a really big animal lover. Like she absolutely loves dogs. Andrea canning so off she went to be with her new man. To her friends, all seemed well. She looked so happy in all her photographs. And when we spoke, she was really, really enjoying herself. It was like the ultimate outdoors. It was everything from previous Relationships Kind of pieced together to make this what seemed like a great, great life that she was starting. Andrea canning shed only been living and working on Siren Song for about two weeks. Her friends never could have anticipated the Darkness Headed Sarms way. Do you have any hope that sarm is still alive . I try to. Craig melvin coming up, a crucial new clue from a single Security Camera. It shows mr. Bane and miss heslop getting on a dinghy and going into the waters. You have no real confirmation that they ever made it to the boat. Thats correct. Andrea canning this is a real mystery. Trevor velinor it is. 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