Missing Sailor Seamus Gray Went To Lakefront After Waukegan Bar: Video

GREAT LAKES, IL — Waukegan police and the mother of a missing sailor are asking the public for help finding 21-year-old Seamus Gray, who was assigned to Naval Station Great Lakes.

Navy officials said the Jupiter, Florida, native never reported back to the base after leaving Friday to take part in St. Patrick's Day celebrations.

Shortly after 1:30 a.m. on Saturday, Gray left Ibiza bar, 17 N. Genesee St. in Waukegan, and was seen on surveillance video walking by himself.

According to the bar's manager, Gray twice entered the bar after midnight but was kicked out for being too intoxicated, NBC Chicago reported. He then got into at least two altercations outside the bar.

Video footage from outside the bar obtained by WMAQ appears to show a confrontation between Gray and a group of people before leaving down a nearby alley.

Waukegan police later released footage of Gray near the intersection of Sheridan Road and Washington Street.

On Thursday, Deputy Chief Brian Mullen said police, fire and U.S. Coast Guard personnel, along with volunteers from the community, have deployed drones, dogs and boats in the search.

"We've canvassed the entire lakefront yesterday, we are going to re-cover those same search areas today to make sure that we're not missing anything," Mullen said.

The deputy chief said detectives have found additional surveillance video that shows Gray alone near Lake Michigan.

"The last video that we obtained shows Seamus right by the waterfront, right by some of our docks down there," he said.

Seamus Gray is described as being 6 feet, 3 inches tall, about 170 pounds, with brown hair and blue eyes. He has tattoos on his left arm and a tattoo in script on his rib cage.

At the time he went missing, he was wearing a red hooded sweatshirt and red pants.

Waukegan police asked anyone with information about the incident to contact them via phone or online.

Kerry Gray, the single mother of the missing sailor, said she had been on a FaceTime call with her son during St. Patrick's Day celebrations hours before he went missing.

"There's three things my son lives for: he lives for his family, he lives for God, and he lives for his country," Kerry Gray said. "He came here to fight for his country, and now he's missing, and I'd like everybody's help to find my son."

The night he went missing, he was supposed to go home and play online games with his little brother and friend from Florida, Gray told reporters Thursday morning in Waukegan.

"I'm here, I'm going through dumpsters looking for my son," Gray said.

The missing sailor's mother said she had no idea where her son could be, and only learned he was missing when she was contacted by Navy officials.

"The only time I've not heard from my son was when he was in boot camp," she said. "We talk 10 times a day, whether it's just silly memes, whether it's just texting. That's my guy, please help me find him."

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