NEAH BAY — The State Patrol has issued a missing-person notice for a Neah Bay man who has not been seen since Friday — and whose case is being investigated in two states.
Mark A. Wise, 49, phoned his wife, Susan, from Port Angeles at about 12:30 p.m., said his daughter, Elizabeth Wasson.
“Nobody has heard from him since,” Wasson said.
His truck was found in Portland, Ore., at about 8:30 p.m. Sunday, said Neah Bay Police Department dispatcher Alyssa Olson and Officer Brandon Smith.
Neah Bay police have been in contact with police in Portland, Ore., as well as North Olympic Peninsula agencies, Smith said.
A missing-person poster (at right) was sent out Tuesday to law enforcement agencies in Washington and Oregon.
Susan Wise said she last saw her husband of nearly 14 years when she left their Neah Bay home for work at 7:45 a.m. Friday.
Heading home
“The last time I talked to him was at 12:30, and he told me he would be heading home in about an hour and that he was in Port Angeles,” she said.
Wise is Native American with brown eyes and black hair.
He stands 5 feet 10 inches tall and weighs 190 pounds.
Susan Wise said her husband, who works as a flagger for local construction companies, went to Port Angeles to “pay his union dues and do a little bit of shopping.”
He hadn’t been to Portland for more than 20 years, she said.
Originally from Neah Bay, he had returned there about 20 years ago, she said, and is now a retired firefighter and a licensed first responder.
In the past, he has run the Neah Bay food bank and the USDA food program, she said.
“He’s done a lot for the community,” she said.
“He is concerned about the community and the elders.”
Anyone with information is asked to phone the Neah Bay police at 360-645-2701, the State Patrol missing-persons unit at 800-543-5678 or the National Center for Missing Adults at 800-690-3463.
