Black transgender woman from Chicago disappears in the Bahamas
A Black transgender woman from Chicago disappeared last month while attending a yoga retreat in the Bahamas. A flyer the Royal Bahamas Police Force has distributed says Taylor Casey, 42, was last seen on June 19 on Paradise Island, which is adjacent to Nassau, the country’s capital.
Casey’s family in a press release said employees at the Sivanandra Ashram Yoga Retreat she was attending reported her missing on June 20 “when she failed to attend that day’s classes.” Casey’s mother, Colette Seymore, traveled to Paradise Island after her daughter disappeared.
The press release, which advocates in Chicago released ahead of a press conference on Thursday, notes “a search of the area and conversations with the Bahamian authorities left Ms.
Colette Seymore with more questions than answers.” Thursday is Casey’s 42nd birthday. Seymore is among those who spoke at Thursday’s press conference. “My child has been missing for almost three weeks,” said Seymore in the press release. “My family, friends, and I are distraught!
