US sailor goes missing after leaving Illinois bar; search reaches ‘standstill’ as mother pleads for help

Illinois police investigating the mysterious disappearance of a younger U.S. sailor final seen strolling away from a bar practically every week in the past mentioned Friday the search is at a “standstill.” 

Seamus Grey, 21, vanished within the early morning hours of March 18 following his departure from a bar on Genesee Avenue in Waukegan, police say.  

Waukegan Police Cmdr. Scott Chastain informed reporters Friday the final time Grey was captured on surveillance footage he was in “shut proximity” to the harbor in Waukegan alongside Lake Michigan. However exhaustive searches on land and water, together with with the assistance of 100 fellow Navy personnel, have come up empty. 

“If he’s within the water and that’s what occurred, it could be days or even weeks earlier than the physique would come again up,” Chastain mentioned. 

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“The issue is with the chilly climate proper now and the chilly temperatures within the water, if any individual does go within the water, they aren’t arising instantly,” he added. “I used to be informed by our fireplace division the gases within the physique gained’t come out instantly due to the chilly, which makes them keep underneath the water a little bit bit longer than regular.” 

Chastain hailed the U.S. Navy’s assist in the search, saying regulation enforcement is “very appreciative of that” and “I do know the household was as properly to see his fellow Navy males come out right here and search.” 

However “proper now, we’re simply form of at a standstill,” he mentioned, pleading to the general public for info for anybody who could have come into contact with Grey after 2 a.m. the morning of March 18. 

“With the currents, if somebody did go underwater, it may take them so far as Chicago or all the way in which out to Milwaukee, and that has occurred previously. That’s the challenges we face with Lake Michigan,” Chastain added. 

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Seamus Grey on the intersection of Sheridan Street and Washington Avenue in Waukegan at round 1:40 a.m. March 18 after leaving a bar. He has not been heard from since. (Waukegan Police Division)

On Thursday, police launched surveillance footage displaying Grey being concerned in an obvious altercation outdoors the Ibiza bar in Waukegan shortly earlier than his disappearance, in response to Fox32 Chicago. 

The station, citing police, says Grey visited the bar earlier within the night on St. Patrick’s Day earlier than returning round closing time and being refused admission. 

Ibiza Nightclub mentioned Wednesday it was cooperating with the police investigation and that it will assist “any means we will” to search out Grey.

The video, Fox32Chicago says, exhibits Grey chatting with a gaggle of individuals outdoors the bar earlier than he’s held down by a person on the bottom. 

“We’re conscious of the video from outdoors of the bar, and our investigators are working with [the] Naval Legal Investigative Service to establish individuals who could be on that video,” the station quoted Waukegan Deputy Chief Brian Mullen as saying Thursday. 

Kerry Grey, mom of lacking U.S. sailor Seamus Grey, speaks Thursday. (WSL-TV by way of APTN)

Police mentioned “Grey has not been seen or spoken to since leaving the bar” and that Grey, “a member of the USA Navy assigned to Naval Station Nice Lakes, didn’t report again at his assigned time.” 

Grey’s mom Kerry has traveled from Florida to Illinois to assist in the search efforts. 

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“I would really like all people’s assist to search out my son,” she mentioned, in response to Fox32Chicago. “I’m right here, I’m going by way of dumpsters searching for my son.” 

Grey was final seen carrying a pink/pink shirt and pants. He stands 6 ft, 3 inches tall and weighs 170 kilos with brown hair, blue eyes and tattoos on his left arm and rib cage.