Deputies searching for missing man in Bartholomew County

The Bartholomew County Sheriff’s Department is looking for a man missing in Columbus since Sunday.

According to deputies, 25-year-old Joseph Ross of Brownstown was last seen entering the woods near Amberley Addition at about 8 p.m. Sunday night after leaving a friend’s house and has not been seen since.

Ross is 5′ 10″ tall and weighs between 135 – 145 pounds. He has blond hair, hazel eyes and was last seen wearing blue jeans and a green t-shirt.

Deputies from Bartholomew, Jackson and Jennings counties, along with the Indiana State Police, are searching for Ross.

Anyone with any information, no matter how seemingly insignificant, is asked to call the sheriff’s office at 812-379-1689 or you can leave a message on the anonymous tip line at 812-379-1712