Police: Missionary student drowned

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Police have identified the body found in Waipio Valley on Sunday as 22-year-old Lindsey Nickerson of Kailua-Kona, a student at University of the Nations.

Police have identified the body found in Waipio Valley on Sunday as 22-year-old Lindsey Nickerson of Kailua-Kona, a student at University of the Nations.

An autopsy determined that she died of asphyxia due to drowning.

Nickerson was last seen alive Saturday afternoon when she separated from a group of 25 persons during a hike in Waipio Valley.