The mobile phone belonging to the lacking Chicago girl who traveled to the Bahamas for a yoga retreat has reportedly been discovered.

Taylor Casey, 41, was final seen on Wednesday, June 19, within the space of Paradise Island, the Royal Bahamas Police Power stated in a press release on June 21.

Organizers of the yoga certification retreat that Casey was attending, the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat Bahamas, additionally confirmed her disappearance after she failed to indicate as much as class on June 20.

On Wednesday, June 26, Royal Bahamas Police Power Chief Superintendent Chrislyn Skippings stated that Casey’s mobile phone had been discovered within the ocean, based on CNN and native media outlet the Nassau Guardian.

Per native impartial outlet the CSJ Report, Casey’s good friend Sara additionally stated that the mobile phone had been discovered.

“We’ve got performed intensive investigation into the matter,” Skippings stated in a press convention, per CNN. “Our precedence is to search out Taylor and to search out Taylor in good well being.”

Skippings not instantly reply to PEOPLE’s request for remark.

The officer stated police had been using drones, search-and-rescue canine, divers, in addition to checking CCTV cameras amid the continuing investigation, CNN reported.

Skippings added that authorities had been working with Casey’s household in addition to talking with yoga retreat attendees, the outlet added.

Whereas talking to CBS Information, Casey’s mom, Colette Seymore, stated, “Oh my God, I miss Taylor. Taylor shouldn’t be lacking so far as I am involved.”

“I heard from Taylor Tuesday, that was the final time Taylor had despatched me photos of Taylor within the Atlantic ocean, saying, ‘I miss you, mother. I miss you. Look, I am on the seashore,’ ” Seymore stated of final talking along with her daughter on June 18.

“Taylor all the time calls me, retains in contact. Taylor despatched me stunning photos from the Bahamas, Taylor within the ocean,” Seymore added to ABC Information. “We would like Taylor dwelling. We want Taylor in our lives. We miss Taylor.”

The outlet acknowledged Seymore had now traveled to the Bahamas to assist with the seek for her daughter.

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“I imagine Taylor is in peril as a result of she was desperate to share her yoga retreat expertise with others upon her return,” Seymore stated in a press release posted on a “Discover Taylor Casey” Fb web page earlier this week.

“Taylor would by no means disappear like this,” Seymore insisted.

Casey has been a yoga practitioner for 15 years. Attending the Sivananda Ashram Yoga Retreat was a part of her “long-term purpose of deepening her follow,” her household stated of their assertion.

Casey is described as a light-skinned Black girl with a slim construct. She is roughly 5 ft 10 inches tall and 145 lbs., with brown hair and brown eyes, and has pure hair usually coated by a durag.

Anybody with data is urged to contact the Royal Bahamas Police Power at at 502-9991/2 or Crime stoppers at 328-TIPS (8477).