Police looking for endangered missing man from central Ohio Ohio Attorney General's Office John Townsend. and last updated 2021-06-09 08:33:56-04 CIRCLEVILLE, Ohio â The Circleville Police Department is asking for help finding an endangered missing man from central Ohio. Police said John Townsend, 77, drove away from his home around 4:30 p.m. Tuesday in Circleville, and no one has heard or seen from him since. Townsend is about five-feet seven-inches tall, weighs about 135 pounds and has brown hair and hazel eyes. He was last seen wearing a black OSU shirt, black shorts, black socks and sandals, and he was driving his silver 2015 Lexus R350 with a Georgia license plate number of CIS4833.