LAKE COUNTY, Ill. — The Waukegan Police Department is looking for a 21-year-old Navy service member from Jupiter who has been missing for nearly a week.
The department said Séamus Gray was reported missing around 2 p.m. Tuesday. Waukegan Police Department’s Criminal Investigations Division said the man has not been seen since the early morning hours of Saturday.
"I'd like everybody's help, about 40 miles north of Chicago.
The Gray family is from Jupiter. Kerry Gray said she's been searching tirelessly for her son.
"I'm here, I'm going through dumpsters looking for my son. The Waukegan Police Department has been amazing. They're why I'm still able to stand," she said.
Detectives said Gray is a member of the United States Navy and is assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes. He did not report back at his assigned time, authorities said.
According to the authorities, Séamus Gray was last seen at 1:35 a.m. Saturday. He was seen leaving a bar called Ibiza in Waukegan. Surveillance video released Thursday showed him walking east from the bar in a pink shirt and pants. Police said he has not been seen or spoken to since.
His mom said her son was supposed to be heading home.
"He was supposed to go home and play Xbox with his little brother online and his best friend from Florida," Kerry Gray said.
The Waukegan Police Department was notified on Tuesday that Séamus Gray was missing. Within that time, authorities said, they've gotten their hands on even more video of him.
"The last video that we obtained shows Séamus right by the waterfront by the docks down there," Waukegan Deputy Chief Brian Mullen said during Thursday's news conference.
Mullen said they searched the waters in that area.
"We focused our efforts searching the water again today, we did search the water some yesterday but we refocused it,"he said.
Anyone with information on Séamus Gray's whereabouts is asked to contact the Waukegan Police Department at 847-360-9001.
A group of about 30 family members and friends gathered for a special prayer vigil at St. Peters Catholic Church in Jupiter.
"When you feel so helpless, I look to a higher power," family friend Cynthia Hawkins.
"He’s a fighter and he’s resilient," another friend, Jennifer Patterson said. "And no matter what happens he’s watching all of us do all of this and pray, and he is such a smart amazing young man."
A GoFundMe has been set up for the family.