{"id":372823,"date":"2026-07-27T20:37:21","date_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:07:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/?p=372823"},"modified":"2026-07-27T20:37:21","modified_gmt":"2026-07-27T15:07:21","slug":"us-tourist-vanishes-on-trip-to-caribbean-as-husband-issues-heartfelt-plea-news-world","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ebiztoday.news\/index.php\/2026\/07\/27\/us-tourist-vanishes-on-trip-to-caribbean-as-husband-issues-heartfelt-plea-news-world\/","title":{"rendered":"US tourist vanishes on trip to Caribbean as husband issues heartfelt plea | News World"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Elizabeth Waddell had been on a visit to Grenada when she vanished (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Concern is growing for a girl who disappeared after travelling to the Caribbean island of Grenada.<\/p>\n

Elizabeth \u2018Liz\u2019 Waddell, 44, from North Carolina, was last seen at Grand Anse Beach within the capital St George\u2019s last Wednesday, in keeping with local police.<\/p>\n

Authorities haven’t released any information concerning the circumstances surrounding her disappearance but have asked local fishermen, boat operators and folks who live along the island\u2019s coastline to report any information they may have.<\/p>\n

Her husband, Cailen Waddell, a North Carolina parks manager, has also shared her photo on Facebook, issuing a heartfelt plea for her return.<\/p>\n

\u2018I expect nothing lower than Liz\u2019s protected return,\u2019 he wrote, \u2018So please send your love, light, thoughts and prayers our way.\u2019<\/p>\n

He told Grenada Broadcasting Network: \u2018My wife is a loving, free-spirited person. She could make friends with anyone. She often did.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth\u2019s husband has flown to Grenada to help within the seek for his wife (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Cailen, who’s the Parks, Recreation and Cultural Resources manager in town of Cary, flew to Grenada on Friday to assist seek for his wife, in keeping with his post.<\/p>\n

A family friend told NBC News that Elizabeth is believed to have gone for a swim before she vanished, and had left a towel on the pier nearby.<\/p>\n

Amanda Romano-Harmon explained that Elizabeth\u2019s travelling companion had been studying at their shared Airbnb on the time. <\/p>\n

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Elizabeth is seen with pink hair in a photograph released by the authorities (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

\u2018The friend saw her exit and put the towel out and sit down and just form of was chilling,\u2019 she said.<\/p>\n

\u2018When she finished up her class, she looked out and he or she didn\u2019t see Liz, so she just went outside and looked around. She didn\u2019t really see her on the beach, but she did find her towel on the pier.\u2019<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, she raised the alarm after Elizabeth, who didn’t have her phone along with her, did not return.<\/p>\n

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Her husband described her as a loving, free-spirited person (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elizabeth is described as being 5\u20195\u2033 tall and having short blonde hair, although a missing person\u2019s poster shared by police shows her with pink hair.<\/p>\n

She has a doctorate in physical therapy from the university of North Carolina-Chapel Hill and is the founding father of Art of Movement Physical Therapy, based in Cary.<\/p>\n

Nevertheless, she took to Instagram late last 12 months to say she had stopped working attributable to health issues. <\/p>\n

\u2018I\u2019ve learned to present up control and live within the moment. I take heed to my body as much as\u00a0possible and provides myself grace once I can\u2019t do the things I would like to do,\u2019 she wrote on the time.<\/p>\n

\u2018I actually have no regrets. I feel I\u2019m imagined to be learning the hard lessons and taking this time to heal and grow.\u2019<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth and Cailen adopted their daughter last 12 months (Picture: Facebook)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Elizabeth and Cailen also became parents for the primary time last 12 months after they adopted an adult daughter, Suwan.<\/p>\n

Anyone who can have any information as to her whereabouts has been asked to contact Royal Grenada Police.<\/p>\n

\u2018We especially appeal to fishermen, boat operators and residents along the southern coastline to report any sightings or relevant information that will assist in locating Ms Waddell,\u2019 they said in an announcement.<\/p>\n

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Elizabeth Waddell had been on a visit to Grenada when she vanished (Picture: Facebook) Concern is growing for a girl who disappeared after travelling to the Caribbean island of Grenada. Elizabeth \u2018Liz\u2019 Waddell, 44, from North Carolina, was last seen at Grand Anse Beach within the capital St George\u2019s last Wednesday, in keeping with local […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":372824,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[20691],"tags":[12753,5698,2207,3457,395,13544,14584,1084,34030,813],"class_list":["post-372823","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world","tag-caribbean","tag-heartfelt","tag-husband","tag-issues","tag-news","tag-plea","tag-tourist","tag-trip","tag-vanishes","tag-world"],"aioseo_notices":[],"aioseo_head":"\n\t\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t\n\t\t