CHICAGO — The Royal Bahamas Police Pressure has introduced the suspension of a high-ranking officer concerned within the investigation into the disappearance of a Chicago girl.
Taylor Casey, 41, was final seen June 19 on Paradise Island. She was within the Bahamas for a yoga retreat.
The suspension of Chief Superintendent and Officer-in-Cost of the Legal Investigation Division Michael Johnson got here late final week because of a “regarding voice observe” circulating on social media. Authorities didn’t specify what was within the voice observe.
One other officer, Chief Superintendent Anthon Rahming, will assume the tasks of officer-in-charge of the Legal Investigation Division in the course of the suspension.
This comes after police within the Bahamas gave an replace Monday on the restoration of Casey’s cellphone.
They revealed police had discovered it below 50-plus ft of water, and each Bahamian and U.S. authorities have been unsuccessful in getting data from it.
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Police additionally mentioned Monday that canines picked up on a scent from the yoga tent throughout their search, however it finally didn’t result in something.
Casey’s mom traveled to the retreat after her daughter’s disappearance, however mentioned her go to was “deeply unsettling.”
“I simply felt like they did not care. They did not care in any respect,” Colette Seymore mentioned.
The household is looking on the FBI to step in, saying, with out their assist, they could by no means know what occurred to her.
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