Help Police Find Adonis Ventura Wanted For Attempted Murder On St. Croix

FREDERIKSTED — Police need your help tonight to find a modern-day husky Adonis who is wanted for attempted murder on St. Croix.

Adonis Ventura, 25, is wanted by the Virgin Islands Police Department for attempted murder this evening.

Ventura is ab Hispanic male with brown eyes, brown hair and a brown complexion, according to the VIPD. He stands 5-feet, 9-inches tall and weighs about 201 pounds.

The wanted suspect has a distinguishing feature which is that he is cross-eyed which the police described as his having a “lazy eye.”

Ventura is known to frequent the Sion Farm, Estate Glynn and Old Fredensborg areas of St. Croix.

If you see Ventura, please call 911 or make contact with Det. Teaclla Buckley at the Wilbur Francis Command (340)712-6035. If you know the whereabouts, you can contact Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).

UPDATE: Ventura surrendered to police without incident on March 28, 2023.

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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.