Michael Kenneth Murphy Jr., a 26-year-old Native American man, was last seen February 23, 2018, at the Palouse Mall in Moscow, Idaho. Witnesses reported he was getting into a vehicle with an unidentified man and he has not been heard from since. At the time he was living in Lapwai and frequently traveled to the Lewiston/Clarkston area.

Michael wasn’t reported missing until July 2018. His family says he kept in regular contact with them, making the gap in communication unusual. He did not typically use credit or debit cards, and his cell phone had no working number, which has complicated efforts to trace his movements.

He is described as 6 feet 2 inches, 180 pounds, with brown hair and brown eyes. Distinguishing features include tattoos (Moscow on his right forearm, tattoos on both calves, his left shoulder and left hand), ear and lower lip piercings, and eyeglasses. The Idaho State Police and the Nez Perce County Sheriff’s Office list the investigation as open and are asking anyone with information to come forward.

If anyone saw Michael at the Palouse Mall on February 23, 2018, or knows who the unidentified man or vehicle might have been, please share what is known.