Family of missing American in Bahamas calls for U.S. to intervene

The family and friends of Taylor Casey, a Chicago woman who went missing in the Bahamas last month, are calling on the U.S. to intervene in the investigation.

The family and friends of a Chicago woman who went missing in the Bahamas last month are calling on the United States to intervene in the investigation into her disappearance. 

Taylor Casey was last seen on June 19, about two weeks into a monthlong yoga retreat on Paradise Island in Nassau. Her family and friends held a news conference in Chicago on Thursday, Casey’s 42nd birthday, demanding action from the federal government.

“Please help us find Taylor,” Casey’s mother, Colette Seymore, said through tears. “I just want the senators to light a fire under the people in the Bahamas feet so they can correctly search for my child and help to bring my child home.”

Casey’s friends and relatives have been urging Illinois’ senators to pressure the State Department and FBI for help. They said they want U.S. officials to intervene with Bahamian authorities in Casey’s disappearance. 

“If we don’t have answers, we’re going to keep pushing,” Emily Williams, a close friend of Casey’s, said. “That’s why we’re calling on the senators, Dick Durbin, Tammy Duckworth, to put pressure on the State Department, to tell the Royal Bahamian Police Force to get the FBI down there right now and find Taylor.”

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