Crime & Safety

Father Reported Missing From Washtenaw County

Police say Marcus Esper, 56, left his Superior Township home and was never seen again.

Marcus Esper, 56, has been reported missing from Washtenaw County.
Marcus Esper, 56, has been reported missing from Washtenaw County. (Via Washtenaw County authorities )

WASHTENAW COUNTY — A father has been reported missing in Washtenaw County.

Police say Marcus Esper, 56, left his Superior Township home to go to a storage facility in Ypsilanti Township and hasn't been seen or heard from since then.

WDIV reported that this was the first time he has missed a day of work in 30 years.

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His vehicle was located unoccupied on Thursday, parked behind a church in Belleville.

Esper is described as 6 feet, 1 inch tall and weighing about 235 pounds. He has brown and gray hair that is balding and blue eyes.

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He was last seen wearing a gray hooded University of Michigan jacket, blue Sketchers shoes and a baseball cap.

Esper was driving a white 2013 Buick LaCrosse with a DNU8172 Michigan license plate.

Anyone with information is asked to call 911 or the Washtenaw County Sheriff’sOffice at 734-994-2911.

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