http://abcnews.go.com/wire/World/ap20021206_1843.html U.S. Missionary Missing in Dom. Republic American Missionary Disappears in Dominican Republic National Park
The Associated Press
SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic Dec. 6 An American missionary who went camping in a remote national park in this Caribbean country, was declared missing Friday by Dominican and U.S. Embassy authorities.
Sean Clinton Stover, an 18-year-old from Virginia, disappeared during a camping trip with a friend at Jaragua National Park in Bahia de las Aguilas, police spokesman Rafael Ruiz said.
Stover, a Jehovah's Witness, was setting up camp while a fellow missionary went looking for firewood. When the other missionary returned he said Stover had disappeared, Ruiz said.
Police said they were holding the other missionary for questioning. A rescue team was searching Bahia de las Aguilas, about 209 miles west of the capital, Santo Domingo, and surrounding areas, police said.
Further details weren't immediately available.