Missing Navy sailor Waukegan: Body matching description of Seamus Gray pulled from water, police say

Missing Navy sailor Seamus Gray last seen in March

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Thursday, April 20, 2023 2:28AM

Investigators search water for Navy sailor missing for over 1 week

WAUKEGAN, Ill. (WLS) — A body and clothing matching the description of missing sailor Seamus Gray was pulled from Waukegan Harbor Wednesday night, Waukegan police said.

ComEd workers flagged down Waukegan police officers just after 7:05 p.m.

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The workers, who had been doing routine work near Waukegan Harbor, said they saw what they believed to be a body in the water, according to police.

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Police pulled the body to shore, and determined the body and clothing match the description of Gray, who went missing March 18. He was last seen leaving a Waukegan bar.

Surveillance video showed Gray, dressed in red, standing outside the Ibiza Bar on Genesee Street with friends, after managers said he appeared drunk and was asked to leave.

The Lake County coroner has taken custody of the body, and an autopsy is scheduled for Thursday morning.

The video in the player above is from an earlier report.

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