Key keywords: Elizabeth Waddell, Grenada missing person, Grand Anse Beach disappearance, North Carolina mom missing Caribbean, Grenada tourist missing 2024, Waddell family search appeal, US tourist missing Grenada, #FindElizabethWaddell Elizabeth Waddell, a 42-year-old mother of two from Raleigh, North Carolina, has been reported missing after vanishing during a leisure trip to the Caribbean island of Grenada, with her last confirmed sighting at the world-famous Grand Anse Beach on the morning of May 22, 2024. Waddell traveled to Grenada for a 5-day getaway with three close friends, marking her first international vacation since 2019, and had documented her excitement for the trip on personal social media pages in the weeks leading up to her departure. Per accounts from her travel group, Waddell left the beachfront rental villa they shared just after 6 a.m. on May 22 for a planned solo morning walk along the shoreline, a routine she followed on her first two days on the island. When she failed to return by 9 a.m. and did not answer repeated calls, text messages, and social media notifications, her friends contacted the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) to file an official missing person report. Local law enforcement immediately launched a large-scale search operation, deploying coastal patrol units, K-9 teams, drone surveillance, and dozens of volunteer searchers to cover the full 2-mile stretch of Grand Anse Beach, adjacent rocky coves, and nearshore waters. The RGPF confirmed that it is investigating all potential angles, including accidental drowning due to unreported strong rip currents that impacted the northern end of Grand Anse Beach that morning, though no evidence of foul play has been uncovered to date. The United States Embassy in Grenada has also confirmed that it is providing consular assistance to Waddell’s family and coordinating with local authorities to expand search efforts. Waddell’s husband, Mark, and their two children, aged 10 and 13, remain in Raleigh as they coordinate travel plans to fly to Grenada later this week. The family has released Waddell’s physical description to the public: 5’5” tall, with short blonde hair, a small sunflower tattoo on her left wrist, and last seen wearing a pale blue one-piece swimsuit, a white linen baseball cap, and a black Garmin sports watch. They have also set up a verified GoFundMe campaign to cover travel costs, local search support fees, and legal expenses, which raised over $48,000 in its first 24 hours. Friends and family have launched the social media hashtag #FindElizabethWaddell to amplify the search across global platforms, with more than 17,000 shares recorded in the first two days of the campaign. “We are begging anyone who was on Grand Anse Beach between 6 a.m. and 10 a.m. on May 22, or who has any information about Liz’s whereabouts, to contact local police immediately,” Mark Waddell said in a public statement released May 23. “She is the center of our family, and we will not stop searching until we bring her home safely to our kids.” Local Grenada tourism officials have also issued a public reminder to visitors to avoid solo walks on remote stretches of beach during early morning and late evening hours, and to check local sea condition reports before entering the water.