James Ellis was 56 when he was last contacted on January 12, 2019, in Atlanta, Georgia. In the weeks before that date he had been pawning some belongings, but his activity and communications stopped abruptly after January 12. A welfare check at his Atlanta apartment found the unit empty and his vehicle missing, a detail that suggested a planned departure yet was out of character because friends and family received no contact.

James Ellis is described as a Black man with black hair and brown eyes, about 5 feet 7 inches to 5 feet 8 inches tall and weighing 145 to 160 pounds. The City of Canton Police Department is handling the investigation, and he remains missing.

Did anyone in the Atlanta or Canton area have contact with James around January 2019 or see his vehicle before it was recovered?