NY Couple Vanishes in Romantic Caribbean Vacation Mystery

What to Know

• A couple from New York has been missing for nearly two weeks after they vanished while on a vacation in the Dominican Republic[hhmc]

• Orlando Moore and his girlfriend, Portia Ravenelle, were supposed to return home March 27, but officials said they never made their flight[hhmc]

• Police say the Mount Vernon couple checked out of their hotel in Samana, but there has been no sign of them or their rental car since[hhmc]

A frantic search is underway for a New York couple who took a vacation to the Caribbean, and suddenly vanished, with no sign of them for nearly two weeks.

Orlando Moore and his girlfriend, Portia Ravenelle, flew out of Newark Liberty International Airport on March 23 for a getaway in the Dominican Republic. They were supposed to return home to Mount Vernon on March 27.

Thirteen days later, their family hasn't heard from them — and their car is still parked at the airport.

Moore's sister, Lashay Turner, said the worried family called police.

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Cops say the pair checked out of their hotel in Samana, but what happened to them next remains a mystery at this point. Officials say they didn't make the flight back to Newark, and there's no record of them getting back to the U.S..

Turner said her brother and Ravenelle had a rental car in the Dominican Republic, but there's no sign of the vehicle. A picture believed to be the latest of them posted to social media before they vanished shows them riding hRead More – Source

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