March hopes to bring those reported missing back home

COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) – There’s an effort underway to bring awareness to the people who have gone missing in central Ohio and the hope that one day they will return.

Saturday marked the first Andy Chapman March for the Missing.

Whether they’ve been missing for a day or a decade, there’s not a day these families don’t think about their loved ones who disappeared.

Andy Chapman was last seen at his home on the west side of Columbus 18 years ago. His family has not given up hope that one day, he’ll be found.

Chapman’s family organized the march with the goal of getting any information about Andy.

The march wasn’t just for him; it was for any other local families who are searching for their loved ones, like Danny Fout, who went missing from the Hilltop area in 2019. His four daughters were at the march in hopes that they may find out something about their father’s whereabouts.

“Me, my sisters, my family, we miss him so much,” Danny’s daughter Kaitlyn Fout said. “Just any information that we can get, and happy early Father's Day if he sees this.”

“He's my blood,” Andy Chapman’s sister Aimee Chapman said. “He's my brother. He was my best friend. I'm not going to give up on him. I wouldn't give up on anyone else that went missing but it's even harder knowing that it's my family.”

Anyone with any information about any people reported missing is asked to call the Columbus Police Missing Persons Unit at (614) 645-4624 or the Ohio Attorney General’s Bureau of Criminal Investigation office.