Missing sailor Seamus Gray’s mom breaks silence on heartbreaking search through dumpsters for 21-year-old son
THE mother of missing sailor Seamus Gray has spoken out, saying she’s searching dumpsters to find her son. The search for Gray, who was last seen in the early hours of March 18, ended on Friday. Seamus Gray was last seen in the early morning hours of March 18Facebook Gray’s mother, Kerry, has spoken out as she continues to search for her sonABC7 Surveillance footage captured Gray, 21, dressed in red, and standing at Ibiza Bar with friends at about 1.30am on March 18. His mother, Kerry Gray, said she last spoke with him earlier on March 17. “We were on a FaceTime call while we were both out for St. Patrick’s Day. We talk no less than ten times a day,” she said during a press conference. “We’re in contact all the time.” Kerry also shared three things that Seamus lived for. “He lives for his family, he lives for God, and he lives for his country,” she said. “I’m here, I’m going through dumpsters looking for my son.” Kerry urged anyone with information about Seamus’ disappearance to come forward. “That’s my boy, that’s my guy,” she said. “He’s my life.” SEARCH ENDS Police expanded the search to North Chicago, near a naval base where they believed the man might have been heading. “We did search the heavily wooded area, the beaches along the coast of the water, and also the Coast Guard was out on the water as well searching,” said Waukegan Police Commander Scott Chastain at a press conference. “After an extensive search, exhausting all of our efforts, we made it all the way back to the base and we were unable to locate him at this time.” The search included nearly 100 sailors from the area. Drones and canines also aided in the search. “We’ve searched every area we can search at this time,” Chastain said. “If we develop any other leads, we definitely will be coming back out if that is what our leads take us to.”
THE mother of missing sailor Seamus Gray has spoken out, saying she’s searching dumpsters to find her son.
The search for Gray, who was last seen in the early hours of March 18, ended on Friday.
Surveillance footage captured Gray, 21, dressed in red, and standing at Ibiza Bar with friends at about 1.30am on March 18.
His mother, Kerry Gray, said she last spoke with him earlier on March 17.
“We were on a FaceTime call while we were both out for St. Patrick’s Day. We talk no less than ten times a day,” she said during a press conference.
“We’re in contact all the time.”
Kerry also shared three things that Seamus lived for.
“He lives for his family, he lives for God, and he lives for his country,” she said.
“I’m here, I’m going through dumpsters looking for my son.”
Kerry urged anyone with information about Seamus’ disappearance to come forward.
“That’s my boy, that’s my guy,” she said.
“He’s my life.”
SEARCH ENDS
Police expanded the search to North Chicago, near a naval base where they believed the man might have been heading.
“We did search the heavily wooded area, the beaches along the coast of the water, and also the Coast Guard was out on the water as well searching,” said Waukegan Police Commander Scott Chastain at a press conference.
“After an extensive search, exhausting all of our efforts, we made it all the way back to the base and we were unable to locate him at this time.”
The search included nearly 100 sailors from the area.
Drones and canines also aided in the search.
“We’ve searched every area we can search at this time,” Chastain said.
“If we develop any other leads, we definitely will be coming back out if that is what our leads take us to.”
