Help police find missing Sion Farm man

CHRISTIANSTED — Police have issued a Silver Alert for a missing St. Croix man.

Raymond Ward, 62, was last seen by a family member on April 29, 2024, the Virgin Islands Police Department said.

Ward was wearing a white t-shirt and blue jeans. He stands 5-feet, 9-inches tall and weighs about 147 pounds.

“Smiley” Ward is a black male with brown eyes, gray-brown dreadlocks and a light complexion.

He is known to frequent the Sion Farm, Sion Hill and 5 Corners areas of St. Croix, including H&H Tire & Battery..

If you see Raymond Ward, or know his whereabouts, please call 911 or contact Ofc. T. Cox of the Wilbur Francis Command Police Station at 340-778-2211 or Ofc. M. Joseph, of the Ancilmo Marshall Command Police Station at 340-773-2530. Also you can contact the Emergency Call Center at 340-772-9111 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.

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.