PHELPS, WI (WSAU-WAOW) A silver alert has been issued for a missing man from Phelps.
Fred James Murphy, 89, is missing and believed to have dementia.
He’s a white male, 5’9″, 170 pounds, with a gray or white beard and blue eyes. He was last seen wearing black, white, and gray camo pants and a black t-shirt.
He has a chocolate lab with him named Spud.
Murphy left his house in Phelps Sunday to pick up a pizza in Iron River but never arrived there.
Murphy was driving a 2018 blue Ford F150, with Wisconsin License plate 192851.
Anyone with information should call the Vilas County Sheriff’s office at 715-479-4441.
