Police Need Your Help To Find Johnny ‘Kountry’ Encarnacion On St. Croix

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

Johnny “Kountry” Encarnacion, 49, was reported missing by family members earlier this week.

Encarnacion is an Hispanic male who stands 5-feet, 10-inches tall and weighs about 160 pounds. He has black hair, brown eyes and a brown complexion.

Encarnacion has tattoos on his chest, left shoulder, and right shoulder, and scars on his face and nose. He also wears a gold rope chain with a pendant.

Johnny is known to frequent the Alphonso “Piggy” Gerard Complex (Bassin Triangle apartments), the D. Hamilton Jackson Terrace (also known as Red Brick), downtown Christiansted, and Estate Peter’s Rest.

Encarnacion was last seen on November 15 at the Piggy Gerard Complex.

If you have seen Johnny Encarnacion, or know of his whereabouts, please call 911, the Criminal Investigation Bureau at (340) 778-2211, or Crime Stoppers USVI at (800) 222-TIPS.

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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.