Help cops find missing woman on St. Croix

CHRISTIANSTED — Police need your help tonight to find a missing woman on St. Croix.

Belinda Flannery, 54, of Tampa, Florida, is actively being sought by the Virgin Islands Police Department.

Flannery was last seen wearing a bathing suit with a tank top and shorts over it.

Belinda is a Caucasian female with blue eyes and short brown hair. She stands 5-feet, 2-inches tall and weighs 130 pounds.

The missing woman was wearing flip flops when last seen and is known to frequent the Estate Shoys and Chenay Bay areas of St. Croix.

Flannery has a distinguishing mark — a tattoo on her lower middle back.

If you see Belinda Flannery, or know her whereabouts, you are asked to call 911 or 340-778-2211. You can also contact Crime Stoppers USVI 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.