Kid­napped busi­ness­man Der­rick “Stones” Tardieu was re­leased by his ab­duc­tors in the ear­ly hours yes­ter­day. How­ev­er, the fate of his wife Clari­bel re­mained un­known up to last night and it was be­lieved she was still in the hands of the men who ab­duct­ed the cou­ple.

While rel­a­tives of the kid­napped cou­ple were thank­ful for Der­rick’s re­lease yes­ter­day, they thus con­tin­ued to pray for his wife’s safe re­lease.

Tardieu, 70, was re­port­ed­ly re­leased along the North Coast around 1 am and was picked up by po­lice of­fi­cers from sev­er­al spe­cial­ist units soon af­ter­wards.