A household is desperately holding out hope that their lacking relative, a CUNY legislation pupil, shall be discovered protected after having gone lacking in Manhattan almost two weeks in the past.
What makes the case much more troubling: Police discovered two clues miles aside, in a unique borough from the place Jordan Taylor was final seen alive. His pockets was discovered on West Road close to the Goldman Sachs Constructing in Battery Park Metropolis, whereas his telephone was discovered greater than three miles away in Hell’s Kitchen.
Taylor has made activism and politics the middle of his life since faculty. The Nyack native went for a haircut two weeks in the past in Queens, and abruptly left the appointment mid-trim and hasn’t been seen since.
He posted a selfie on Fb after which apparently turned up hours later at the Port Authority Bus Terminal.
“He was hanging for like three hours or so. So it’s kind of strange, like, I guess maybe meeting someone? We weren’t entirely sure at the time,” stated Alton Taylor, Jordan’s brother.
He stated it is probably that Jordan went to the LGBTQ nightclub The Q — the identical membership the place John Umberger met two males and was drugged, robbed and left for lifeless whereas visiting NYC.
“I’m checking the phone history with the movement. I’m sure that he was there that night between Friday and Saturday in the morning,” stated Alton.
It was not clear to Taylor’s brother why Jordan’s pockets would have turned up in decrease Manhattan.
“We got a call at 9:30 saying that someone found his wallet in Battery Park by Goldman Sachs,” Alton stated, including that there was nonetheless no signal of Jordan.
“I don’t want to rule out a heinous foul play. Like, I don’t want to think about it, but I can’t rule it out either,” he stated. None of Jordan’s shut pals have seen or heard from him, Alton added.
Complicating issues even additional: Taylor was final seen alive in Queens, leaving it a thriller as as to if his pockets and telephone had been on him, or in the event that they had been stolen.
Taylor had labored on the campaigns of present Lt. Gov. Anthony Delgado and Baltimore Metropolis Council President Nick Mosby.
“I’m trying to keep, I’m keeping high spirits. They hope we’re going to find him going to be safe and sound. And then, you know, we’ll figure out a way to get back to a sense of normalcy from this,” stated Alton.
The NYPD stated it is coverage that any individual lacking for greater than two weeks will get assigned to the Missing Individuals Unit, which is now main the investigation into the place Taylor could also be.