Elizabeth Waddell, 44, disappeared while staying in Grenada, and police on Thursday launched a search after saying she was last seen on Grand Anse Beach at about 8 p.m. Wednesday. Her husband, Cailen Waddell, said he was on his way to the island to help look for her.
The search now centers on the southern coastline, where the Royal Grenada Police Force asked fishermen, boat operators and residents to watch for her and report any sighting. That appeal gives the case its urgency today: a visitor is missing, the last confirmed point is a public beach, and police have not said what happened after she was seen there.
Cailen Waddell used Facebook to ask for help finding his wife, calling her Liz and saying he expected nothing less than her safe return. He added that he was heading to Grenada to join the search, turning a missing-person notice into a family appeal that reached far beyond the island.
Elizabeth Waddell’s public profile shows why the disappearance has drawn attention. She graduated from UNC Chapel Hill with a Doctorate in Physical Therapy and opened Art of Movement Physical Therapy in Cary. Her bio says she had a decade of physical therapy experience and more than two decades in fitness and dance, and her Facebook account included photos from trips to Mexico and Thailand.
There is still a gap at the center of the case. Police have not explained how she disappeared while staying in the Grand Anse area, and their notice gave two different height descriptions, putting her at about 5 feet in one place and 5-foot-5 in another. That inconsistency matters because the search depends on the simplest details being right.
Her last post on May 22 described a long stretch of illness tied to long-COVID, Chronic Fatigue Syndrome, endometriosis and perimenopause. She said the symptoms began last September, forced her to stop working and going to the gym, and were finally easing as she got back to a more regular work schedule. Now the question for police is not what she has been through before, but where the trail at Grand Anse Beach went cold.
The Royal Grenada Police Force has not offered additional details, and that leaves the search to the people it specifically called on: fishermen, boat operators and residents along the south coast. For now, the case rests on the few facts that are known, and on whether someone in Grenada saw Elizabeth Waddell after Wednesday evening and has not yet spoken up.
