Missing Broadway Dancer Zelig Williams' Family Speaks Out Amid Search

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Zelig Williams’ loved ones are experiencing each family’s worst nightmare.

More than 1 week aft the Broadway dancer, who has appeared successful deed shows specified as Hamilton, went missing in his hometown of Columbia, South Carolina, those closest to the performer are holding retired anticipation they’ll reunite with him soon.

“It is very, precise difficult,” relative Mieoki Corbett Jacobs told NBC News Oct. 14. “It is simply a struggle, but they are holding adjacent to the content that Zelig volition instrumentality home.”

Zelig, 28, had been spending the summertime with his mom Kathy Williams portion helium hosted creation workshops successful his hometown. While Kathy, per her relative Mieoki, said Zelig appeared mean connected Oct. 3, the time helium was past seen, a person aboriginal received an SOS alert to her telephone suggesting helium had been successful a car accident.

Two days later, according to Mieoki, the car was recovered by constabulary successful a lot—but did not amusement signs of being successful immoderate accident. Zelig’s parent urged assemblage members to scope retired to the Richland County Sheriff’s Department with immoderate tips and to beryllium alert that her lad requires medicine and could beryllium successful a susceptible authorities erstwhile found.

Hugh Jackman, who starred alongside Zelig successful his 2019 circuit The Man. The Music. The Show., posted a plea to fans connected his Instagram Stories.

“Please ... if anyone has immoderate accusation arsenic to the whereabouts of ZELIG WILLIAMS, delight scope retired to your section authorities,” Hugh wrote implicit a photograph of the dancer. “ZELIG, we emotion you and are praying for your harmless return.”

Zelig’s last station to his ain idiosyncratic Instagram account was celebrating his 28^th day connected Sept. 11.

“28 lone feels similar a caller happening due to the fact that 27 I gave my afloat yes to Christ,” helium wrote astatine the time. “This yes is simply a regular yes. Yes, I’ll travel you. Yes, I’ll halt pursuing my aged ways. Yes, I’ll praise you. Yes, I’ll alteration this and that. Yes, I’ll listen. Yes, I’ll fto go. I lone accidental yes due to the fact that of His goodness and emotion for me. He is unmatched. Thank you, Jesus for being bully to maine this twelvemonth and keeping maine successful each my ways. Also convey y’all for the B-Day love.”

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