Could Taylor Casey have ‘drowned’ like Wesley Bell at the Sivananda Yoga Retreat in the Bahamas?

No one has found a trace of 41-year-old Taylor Casey since her disappearance in the Bahamas after she visited the Sivanandra Ashram Yoga Retreat on Paradise Island, igniting international headlines and safety concerns in the Bahamas, a destination for millions of tourists each year.

Though Taylor’s mother believes the woman may have faced danger because she is transgender, it is possible Taylor could have drowned like Wesley Bell who disappeared 11 years ago at the same site, both seeking wellness tourism.

Bell who was 41 at the time, was visiting from Houston Texas when he vanished from the yoga retreat on Paradise Island where he was a guest.

Bahamas authorities issued a missing person bulletin hoping he would be spotted, but he vanished.

His father, Don Bell, told NBC last week, he believes his son “drowned in the water” adding that authorities “couldn’t find him.” His shoes, shirt, and hat were found on the beach.

Danniel Ward-Packard 58, who befriended Bell at the time said she remembered him walking off alone to snorkel, but never returning.

“People were pretty traumatized. It’s a beautiful place, everybody is having an amazing yoga experience in this gorgeous location, and then somebody’s gone.”

Now that Taylor is missing just two weeks into her visit to certify as a yoga instructor, drowning seems to be the more plausible cause. The beautiful waters around the site are dangerous. It became the focus of efforts to find her– from divers, drones, and search dogs deployed in the area.

Raquel Ramotar acquainted with the area where Taylor was last seen, remembers it as private property that’s dangerous and treacherous.

“That place should be investigated. The ocean in the back of that retreat is a mystery. It is breathtaking but when you walk into it, the drop below is deep and the sand sinks.”

Someone had seen Taylor going to look at a coral reef but did not see her return.

Bahamas police, accused of not doing enough to find her, found her phone and journal under 56 feet of water. Now, many wonder where is her US passport since authorities said it remains missing. This is mystifying.

All of her belongings were found in her tent where she lived and the spokesperson for the retreat says she “was not taken” but left “voluntarily.”

On the face of it, the circumstances seem unusual because she has not been found. However, considering tourists’ admiration for the turquoise waters, Taylor’s curiosity may have ended tragically.

Taylor may never be found and Bahamas authorities may always face scrutiny from her family and friends amid a succession of unfounded speculations.