Mother of missing Broadway star, 28, collapses into the arms of family as she makes tearful plea

The mother of missing Broadway star Zelig Williams made a tearful plea at a police-organized press conference yesterday before falling into the arms of her family.

The 28-year-old artist disappeared on the morning of October 3 after leaving his mother’s home in Columbia, South Carolina.

“I just want Zelig to come home,” Kathy Williams, the artist’s mother, said at Wednesday morning’s news conference.

Williams lost her other two children, Zelig’s sisters, in a traffic accident in 2004. She fell into the arms of a relative and was helped offstage as she sobbed and repeated, “He’s all I have, he’s all I have.” I have, he is All I have, please bring my baby home.”

Within seconds of her emotional plea, the mother of one fell into the arms of a relative and was helped off the stage as she sobbed and repeated, “He’s all I have, he’s all I have.”

Zelig Williams, 28, disappeared on the morning of October 3 after leaving his mother’s home

The early morning conference, held by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, was organized to gather information about the mysterious disappearance of the South Carolina native.

The event opened with a statement from the County Sheriff, Leon Lott: “We are confident that there are people in the community who may know something that can help us, but don’t realize that they hold the final key to the puzzle .’

Lott went on to say that “every manpower” was used by the department in the search and that police “will continue to search to find him.”

Zelig’s cousin, Mieoki Corbett-Jacobs, also spoke at the conference and said through tears that Zelig, called Z by family and friends, is believed to have stopped taking medication before he went missing.

She added that “he appears to be in distress or even in a trance-like state,” and that without the medication he is “very, very vulnerable.”

Zelig, who performed in “MJ The Musical,” “Hamilton” and Hugh Jackman’s 2019 tour, had recently returned to his hometown from New York City and worked as a dance teacher before his disappearance.

The early morning conference, held by the Richland County Sheriff’s Department, was organized to gather information about the South Carolina native’s disappearance.

Zelig is a light-skinned black man, 6 feet tall, weighing 150 pounds, with short black hair, brown eyes and a birthmark on his throat, according to local police.

Not long after he went missing, the 28-year-old’s car was in a parking lot near Congaree National Park – about 20 miles from Colombia.

An SOS alarm was pinged from the missing dancer’s phone just minutes after he left his mother’s house that fateful morning.

The ping, which Apple said was intended to be triggered by a heavy fall or car accident, indicated that an accident may have occurred, but when police located Zelig’s vehicle there were no signs of distress. vehicle.

Police say the case is being investigated as ‘missing’, but foul play cannot be ruled out.

‘Most people know Zelig as a dancer, but he was more than that. He was a light to our family,” Corbett-Jacobs said as she pleaded for his safe return.

Zelig is a light-skinned black man, 6 feet tall, weighing 150 pounds, with short black hair, brown eyes and a birthmark on his throat, according to local police.

Anyone who has seen Zelig Williams or has information is urged to call the Richland County Sheriff’s Department.