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Urgent search underway for missing Broadway dancer: ‘I want you to come home with me’
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Urgent search underway for missing Broadway dancer: ‘I want you to come home with me’

An urgent search is underway for a missing Broadway dancer in Columbia, South Carolina.

Zelig Williams, 28, was last seen leaving the home he shares with his mother on the morning of Oct. 3, the Richland County Sheriff’s Department said.

“Go home, Zelig,” the dancer’s mother, Kathy Williams, told ABC News. “I love you. I want you to be home with me.”

In this photo published by his family, we see Zelig Williams. Williams, 28, has not been seen since Oct. 3, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

Courtesy of the Williams family

According to the family, Zelig Williams’ friend in New York reported receiving an SOS alert on the 28-year-old’s cell phone indicating a car accident on October 3.

Zelig Williams was seen driving in the Congaree National Park area, about 17 miles from Columbia, the sheriff’s office said, and his car was later found in a parking lot near the park with no signs of being injured. accident.

“We searched the area near where the car was found,” Williams’ cousin Mieoki Corbett Jacobs told ABC News. She said authorities and community members walked the trails with them and searched the area using ATVs and drones.

In this photo published by his family, we see Zelig Williams. Williams, 28, has not been seen since Oct. 3, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

Courtesy of the Williams family

Zelig Williams recently starred in productions of “Hamilton,” “MJ the Musical” and Hugh Jackman’s 2019 tour of “The Man.” The Music. The Show.”

Jackman asked anyone with information to contact police, writing on social media: “We love you and pray for your safe return.”

In this photo published by his family, we see Zelig Williams. Williams, 28, has not been seen since Oct. 3, according to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.

Courtesy of the Williams family

The dancer’s mother said her son was her only child. She said her two daughters died in an accident years ago.

“He really danced because of them,” Kathy Williams said. “He loved dancing because he said he felt his sisters near him.”

“It’s just him and me. So I want him to come home,” she said.

The Sheriff’s Office is urging anyone with information to call them at 803-576-3000 or contact Crime Stoppers at crimesc.com.