Search for North Carolina woman Liz Waddell is still a missing person case, Grenada police insist - NBC News

What the report says

NBC News reported that police in Grenada said Tuesday their search for Elizabeth “Liz” Waddell, a 44-year-old tourist from Cary, North Carolina, remains an active missing-person investigation nearly a week after she was last seen at Grand Anse Beach. The Royal Grenada Police Force said Waddell went out for a swim on July 22, and officials continued to express hope that she could be found alive.

Acting Commissioner of Police Randy Connaught told reporters that surveillance footage placed Waddell walking on a jetty near the water at 11:36 a.m., entering the water at 11:51 a.m. and swimming under the jetty at 12:04 p.m. NBC reported that witnesses later told investigators they saw her in open water. Connaught said her traveling companion appeared on beach surveillance at 12:46 p.m. and reported Waddell missing at 5:50 p.m.; he also said police had found nothing questionable in the companion’s account and that she was cooperating.

Authorities have asked fishermen, boat operators and residents along the island’s southern coastline to watch for Waddell, described in the report as a medium-build woman with short blond hair. Officials said Waddell and her friend arrived in Grenada on July 11, and her husband has since traveled there to assist with the search.

The case has drawn attention because it involves a U.S. visitor missing in a coastal tourist area of Grenada, an eastern Caribbean nation north of Venezuela. According to NBC, police emphasized that they are still seeking information and have not shifted the matter away from a missing-person case.