Kelley Lee Phillips, a 69-year-old white man, was last seen in Idaho County, Idaho, in August 2021 and has not been heard from since. Reports differ on the last sighting date and place: one account gives August 14, 2021, while others place him at his Grangeville home on August 24. Phillips is described as 5 feet 11 inches, about 170 pounds, with gray hair and green eyes.

Friends say Phillips planned to go camping in the Newsome Creek area, roughly 50 miles east of Grangeville, a mining area he knew well. His white 1991 Toyota pickup was found near Fall Creek at milepost 35.2 off State Highway 14; witnesses had seen it parked there with the hood up on August 23 and 24. A notepad describing mechanical troubles and his keys were inside the truck. He was reported missing to the Idaho County Sheriff’s Office on September 7, 2021.

Phillips was reported to be in very poor health and had told friends he believed his life was ending, even writing a letter to family saying he was at the end of his days. Despite searches by multiple agencies, including Grangeville Mountain Rescue, no sign of Phillips has been found. Does anyone who spent time in the Newsome Creek or Fall Creek areas in August 2021 have information that could help locate him?