Nija 'Towny' Townsend Jr., 20, was last seen around 1 p.m. Saturday, while on shore leave from USS Germantown landing ship in San Diego.
A U.S. Navy sailor who left USS Germantown for shore leave in San Diego and later vanished has been missing for almost a week, according to friends and family. Nija 'Towny' Townsend Jr., 20, was last seen around 1 p.m. Saturday, his mother, Courtney Frazier, told Fox News Digital. His phone is turned on and fully charged, she said, but authorities have allegedly refused her requests to ping its location, citing a lack of legal authority to do so.
They did not, and no one has seen him since. 'His lieutenant said no he has not done this before, this is very out of character, and he always shows up for work,' Frazier said, adding that her son has no known issues with drugs or mental health. The worried mother said she tried to file a missing person report with San Diego police, which a detective told her they could not accept the report because they had no indications of 'foul play or imminent danger.
She said the company told her it could not track his location data without a request from police. 'We're not getting any kind of answer that we need, because we just don’t have any information,' Frazier told Fox News Digital. He is 5 feet, 10 inches tall and around 165 pounds. He wears glasses, and it was unclear what he may be wearing.
This is unlike him not to report back to duty,' a close family friend, Cynthia Diaz Richardson, wrote on Facebook. 'Anyone that knows him knows his character and that he is responsible and would NEVER just go missing without any word or without anyone knowing where he is at.' The family is asking for anyone who may have seen him to contact San Diego police at 619-531-2000.
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