Overview
- Bane issued a five-page open letter saying he followed legal advice, declined police questioning and blocked a forensic search of his yacht to protect his rights.
- A recent BBC documentary aired newly released CCTV showing the couple walking hand-in-hand on St John hours before Heslop vanished.
- Records show Bane called local police around 2:30 a.m. but did not contact the US Coast Guard for about nine hours.
- He has refused to release findings from a private investigator and previously resisted a full forensic search of the yacht, which Heslop’s family continues to demand.
- Court records confirm Bane’s 2011 misdemeanor domestic-violence conviction, which he acknowledges while denying any role in Heslop’s disappearance.