Intense search for missing man underway at Yellowstone National Park
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YELLOWSTONE NATIONAL PARK — An intense search is underway at the north entrance of Yellowstone National Park for an Illinois man who has been missing since Wednesday morning.
Jeff Murphy, 53, is from Batavia, Illinois. He is 5’11” tall, weighs 190 pounds, wear glasses and may be wearing khaki pants, a yellow T-shirt, navy pullover, a green and gray rain jacket and an army green backpack.
Murphy’s last known location was the Rescue Creek Trailhead, near Yellowstone’s North Entrance, at 8 a.m. on Wednesday, according to a park news release. He intended to hike for the day to Turkey Pen Peak.
Staff are currently searching the Rescue Creek area on foot and by air.
Anyone with information on Murphy is asked to call (307) 344-2643.