Taylor Casey update: Mother travels to Bahamas after daughter’s disappearance, says visit was ‘deeply disturbing’

BAHAMAS– The family of a Chicago woman who went missing in the Bahamas is now asking the US government for more support.

Taylor Casey, 41, was last seen on June 19 during a yoga retreat on the paradise island.

“A young lady called me and asked, ‘Have you heard from Taylor?’ And I thought, ‘I’m looking at the phone because I know.’ She was from the yoga retreat and then said Taylor didn’t show up for yoga class,” recalled Casey’s mother, Colette Seymore.

Seymore traveled to the retreat last week and says her visit was “deeply disturbing.”

She says she had to beg to speak to students at the retreat and it felt like the students were “told what to say and what not to say.”

Seymore also said she had not seen any missing person posters, although authorities said they had spoken to “a number of people” and deployed drones, divers and a dog unit.

“I feel like the police did the bare minimum without the support of the U.S. government. We may never know what happened to my Taylor,” Seymore said.

Police were able to find Casey’s cellphone in the ocean last week, but the family said authorities refused to release the phone.

“We love Taylor and Taylor needs to go home to Taylor’s family,” Seymore said.

The family says Casey would never just “take off” without telling them.