Dancer Zelig Williams has been missing for almost two weeks and those around him are worried. “Please, if anyone has any information regarding Zelig Williams’ situation, call your local police. Spread the message. Zelig, we all love you and pray for your safe return,” shared Australian actor Hugh Jackman in a story posted on his account, reports NBC News.
The two artists know each other from having worked together on the “The Man” world tour. The Music. The Show” by Hugh Jackman, promoting his album “The Greateast Showman” in 2019. Zelig Williams is also known for starring in the musicals “Hamilton” and “MJ the Musical”.
“A missing person with suspicion of criminal act”
The 28-year-old Broadway dancer was last seen on October 3 in Columbia, South Carolina, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department cited by USA Today. According to his mother, Kathy Williams, the young man left home in the morning, around 10 a.m., to go and lead a dance workshop. She is particularly worried that her son left without his medication, which he needs.
A few minutes later, three friends of the artist living in New York received an alert message on their phones, suggesting that the artist had been in a car accident, explains CNN. An iPhone can be programmed to send SOS messages to a predefined contact list in the event of a violent impact. But the vehicle found abandoned in the Palmetto Trail parking lot, with its belongings inside, around 11 p.m. the next day was not damaged.
With no news from the artist since, his loved ones have increased their calls on social networks. The affair has taken a new turn since his Broadway colleagues relayed them. “It’s very, very difficult,” admits Mieoki Corbett-Jacobs, a close relative of the family, in the columns of NBC. “It’s a fight, but they remain confident that Zelig will return home. »
She is convinced, Zelig Wiliams “did not get lost”. “It is indeed a missing person with suspicion of criminal act,” she adds. The family called on a private detective in the hope of speeding up the search.
