Police Need Your Help To Find Missing Teen Beronica Cepeda Rosa On St. Thomas

John McCarthyPosted oninAt VIFreep, Breaking News, Community Affairs, Police News, St. Thomas News

CHARLOTTE AMALIE — The VIPD St. Thomas/St. John/Water Island District is asking for the community’s assistance in locating 17-year-old Beronica Cepeda Rosa.

Cepeda Rosa is an Hispanic female with a light complexion, long burgundy-colored hair, who stands between 5 feet and 5-feet, 2-inches tall. Beronica weighs about 100 to 110 pounds.

“Cepeda Rosa was last seen on October 11 leaving her home, and has not been seen since,” VIPD spokesman Toby Derima said.

If seen, please call the Youth Investigation Bureau at (340) 715-5540, (340) 715-5542, or (340) 715-5543.

John McCarthy

John F. McCarthy is a veteran journalist in the Caribbean, writing from the "Decision Space" where survival meets the surreal. His reporting steel was tempered by a lineage of legendary editors and broadcasters, including Ed Wynn Brant (The Bomb), Owen Eschenroder (Ann Arbor News), Lynelle Emanuel (BVI Beacon), and Charles Thanas (WSVI-TV). Alongside longtime colleague Kenneth C. "Casey" Clark, McCarthy has navigated the front lines of the territory’s history—from the 1997 volcanic "snow" to every major hurricane since Hugo. Known for leaning out of doorless helicopters to capture the "money shot," McCarthy now edits the V.I. Free Press, providing the essential link between the island's colonial past and its SpaceX future.