Navy sailor missing after being seen at Illinois bar and lakefront

Searchers in Illinois are searching for a Navy sailor who was final seen leaving a bar in Waukegan and in addition presumably by a lakefront marina, police mentioned.

Seamus Grey was final seen in particular person early Saturday, when video confirmed him leaving a bar, police in Waukegan, about 42 miles from Chicago, mentioned in a discover Thursday. He was reported lacking Tuesday, and by no means reported again to the Navy when he was imagined to.

Grey is assigned to Naval Station Nice Lakes, which is on the Lake Michigan coast south of Waukegan, police mentioned.

Police mentioned video confirmed Grey close to Sheridan Highway and Washington Road at 1:40 a.m. Authorities are asking anybody with data to contact police.

Surveillance video from outdoors the bar seems to point out some kind of interplay Grey had with presumably two others, however the video is just not clear.

“Our investigators are working with NCIS to assist establish individuals who is likely to be on that video,” police Deputy Chief Brian Mullen informed reporters Thursday.

The Ibiza nightclub, which Grey went to the night time he was reported lacking, has been completely cooperative, enterprise legal professional Robert Ritacca informed NBC Chicago.

“What we wish is for Seamus to be discovered,” Ritacca mentioned.

On Thursday, police targeted their search on the lakefront, by land and within the air.

Searchers are focusing there as a result of video has proven Grey’s development from the downtown space, the place the bar is, to the lakefront, Mullen mentioned.

“In a single day we acquired some extra video down right here on the lakefront, from among the companies on the marinas, that have been displaying Seamus proper on the water’s edge,” he mentioned.

Searchers have been utilizing side-scan sonar, in addition to drones and different instruments.

Naval Station Nice Lakes is the Navy’s largest coaching set up, and covers over 1,600 acres, in keeping with its web site.  

The Navy didn’t instantly reply to a request for remark Thursday night time. The Naval Prison Investigative Service, or NCIS, is aiding police, Mullen mentioned.

Surveillance video from outdoors the bar seems to point out some kind of interplay Grey had with presumably two others, however the video is just not clear.

“Our investigators are working with NCIS to assist establish individuals who is likely to be on that video,” Mullen mentioned.

The Ibiza nightclub, which Grey went to the night time he was reported lacking, has been completely cooperative, enterprise legal professional Robert Ritacca informed NBC Chicago.

“What we wish is for Seamus to be discovered,” Ritacca mentioned.

The search continues to be energetic and the investigation is ongoing, Mullen mentioned.

“At this level, we’re simply persevering with to seek for Seamus,” Mullen mentioned Thursday. “We all know he’s in glorious form and we’re very hopeful that possibly he may very well be on the market someplace.”