“Chantel Was Almost Home”: A Family’s Reflection

“She was almost home. She just did not make it home”. These were the words of a relative of Chantel Crump, whose lifeless body was discovered in bushes at Weatherhills in the early hours of Saturday morning.

Chantel was an innocent child with a bright future ahead of her, a life tragically cut short for reasons that remain unclear.

As her body was placed in the hearse, family members screamed in anguish, while others who could not cry out allowed their tears to flow silently.

Young Chantel, just 9 years old, was abducted while walking home from school with her friends.

“They said she waved goodbye to them through the window of the gray car that drove away with her. She didn’t know that this was her last goodbye—to them, to us, to the world,” a family member shared with Antigua News at the scene.

The motive behind  Crump’s murder is still unknown.

A man and woman are in custody, and police are expected to issue a statement soon.