Taylor Casey
By KEILE CAMPBELL
Tribune Staff Reporter
kcampbell@tribunemedia.net
THE US Federal Bureau of Investigations (FBI) has helped local police with its investigation into the disappearance of American Taylor Casey, 41.
Ms Casey was reported missing on June 20 when she failed to attend morning classes at a yoga retreat on Paradise Island.
She was last seen in the Paradise Island area on June 19.
National Security Minister Wayne Munroe said criticism of efforts to find the woman is “odd.”
“To say that I’m not working hard enough, you should know everything I’m doing,” he said, adding that drone technology has been used, interviews have been conducted with those at the Sirvanada Ashram Yoga Retreat, and information has been gathered from Ms Casey’s cell phone.
“I know that they’ve met with representatives of the US government, I know they’re receiving assistance from the FBI who I trust people believe will tell them all that they think they should be doing, and the search continues as far as I’m aware,” he said.
On Wednesday, Chief Superintendent of Police Chrislyn Skippings said police briefed Ms Casey’s family on their search efforts so far and that they were expected to return to visit the Sirvanada Ashram Yoga Retreat site.
Director of Tourism, Investments, and Aviation Latia Duncombe also attended the meeting with Ms Casey’s family, highlighting that the priority is finding Ms Casey in good health.
Mr Munroe said yesterday: “Unless people believe that the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the Federal Bureau of Investigation suddenly is gonna decide not to do all that is necessary, then it should be self-evident that having done and deployed resources, having gotten advice, following that advice that all proper steps are being made to seek to determine the whereabouts of this individual.”
Comments
IslandWarrior 5 months, 3 weeks ago
It is essential to conduct thorough research on reported missing adults in the Bahamas. We might discover that some of these individuals travel here, especially to our family of islands, and choose to stay without contacting anyone. Additionally, the Bahamas often serves as a transit point for individuals attempting to enter other countries while leaving minimal traces, such as a discarded cell phone. My point is, let's not focus on the worst possible outcome. I am confident that cell phone records and location history (if not turned off) have been examined. Email correspondence and the use of an undelete program on his hard drive are also crucial steps in the investigation.
Was Mr Taylor a swimmer? Some photos suggest he enjoyed outdoor activities. Has the family issued a plea for Mr Taylor to come home? I can relate personally, as my younger brother went missing in the USA in 1997, and despite all efforts over the many years and the passing of close relatives, there has been no contact event.
It is important to exhaust every possible avenue before assuming the worst about Mr. Taylor's disappearance and, by extension, the Bahamas.
ThisIsOurs 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Your story is the wrong way around. It is not sensical that a transvestite would leave the US with a plan to ghost friends and family there and enjoy a good life free of discrimination in the Bahamas.
To the contrary, I believe it was a Canadian representative who made the comment that a number of Bahamians in that community apply for asylum in Canada
The realities are the reverse of the point you made
IslandWarrior 5 months, 3 weeks ago
"You are entitled to your opinion; however, if I were a 41-year-old man with an overbearing mother still referring to me as 'my child,' I would want to use the Bahamas to get away as well. As I have said before, whether 'transvestite' or otherwise, Mr. Taylor is a man. At 41, he must have realized that the person God created—the man in that transvestite confusion—is a man, regardless of what his friends and family may believe, possibly for their own amusement. Leave this man alone and let him live his life. It is evident he does not share your perspective."
rosiepi 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Right. An American trans woman has been missing for a week…in an extremely homophobic and violently inclined community yet the police and this Island Ostrich say it’s too soon to contemplate “foul play”. That we shouldn’t think “the worst”. The worst has already happened because this country refuses to govern nor even think for themselves.
ThisIsOurs 5 months, 3 weeks ago
Dont know if its foul play, it's a possibility, it's also a possibility she met an accident, it's a possibility she left the country. All things are possible, one is likely most probable.
Socrates 5 months, 3 weeks ago
This case is only major news because it involves a US citizen. the americans go around the world as they do because most times they dont trust ocal authorities. they even go so far as to kidnap leaders of countries like noreiga a few years back. so its the way it is.
Porcupine 5 months, 3 weeks ago
You're thinking exactly like they want you to think. A citizen, rather than a human being. Socrates was a thinker.
TalRussell 5 months, 3 weeks ago
When the colony's "elected" officials and tourism spokesperson never talk about the name of the well-loved by all who knew her. -- The permanent disappearance of Allison Dyck. -- A life lost when struck by a boat on June 22 while enjoying her swim in the sea waters of the Pink Sands Beach on Harbour Island. -- And again, lost a second-time, -- After forever being struck from the lips of the colony's officials' - including tourism's highest ranked spokesperson. -- Yes?
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