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Vanished: The mystery of Antigua and Barbuda's missing people

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At least nine people have vanished in Antigua in the last two years alone .

Theories range from the banal - a lack of will to investigate by an under-resourced and under-paid police force - to the sinister.

Some have dubbed the disappearances an epidemic, others a crisis.

One man has collated a list of almost 60 people who have disappeared in 10 years .

Orden David , 39 , disappeared in January after a night out at a casino in Antigua .

His burnt-out car has since been recovered, but there have been few clues.

With the exception of a 43-year-old woman, all those to vanish without trace in the last two years are men, aged between 18 and 76 .

Lack of a local forensic lab means crucial DNA samples must be sent overseas for analysis.

VR Score

75

Informative language

74

Neutral language

35

Article tone

informal

Language

English

Language complexity

41

Offensive language

not offensive

Hate speech

not hateful

Attention-grabbing headline

not detected

Known propaganda techniques

not detected

Time-value

short-lived

Source diversity

1

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