Lynnfield Native Missing On Nicaragua Mission Trip

BOSTON (CBS) – A Lynnfield native is missing in Nicaragua where she was on a church mission.

Karen Colclough, who now lives in Wyoming, was on the mission with the group Argos International working with local farmers.

Karen Colclough (Photo from Facebook)

The group she was with had completed its missionary work and was spending several days at a resort before heading home.

Colclough went for a walk Thursday afternoon and did not return.

Her brother Michael, who lives ins Meredith, N.H., told WBZ NewsRadio 1030 it is not known what happened.

"I'm told that a local farmer saw her walking through a cane field toward some cliffs," he said. "She had her Bible and a journal and camera with her and that's all we know at this point."

Michael Colclough said divers and dogs are searching for his sister with more help on the way.

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