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UPDATE: Missing Teton County man found

UPDATE: 7:30 p.m. The Teton County, Wyoming Emergency Management said Sam Brenton Collins has been found.

UPDATE: 4:10 p.m. The Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office has suspended its part of the search for Sam Benton Collins.

The Sheriff’s Office said investigators found video footage of Collins traveling through Afton, Wyoming at around 4:30 p.m. Monday.

The Sheriff’s Office said that footage confirms Collins traveled out of the county before going missing.

ORIGINAL STORY:
The Teton County, Wyoming and Bear Lake County, Idaho Sheriff’s offices are attempting to locate 63-year-old Sam Collins.

Collins’ wife reported he was overdue from a motorcycle tour. Collins left Jackson, Wyoming on Monday, July 9 at 11 a.m. and was due back later that day.

According to the Sheriff’s Office, he traveled to the Bear Lake, Idaho area. He was last seen on video traveling northbound on Highway 89 near Montpelier at around 3:15 p.m. Monday.

Collins is described as a white male, wearing black, white and silver riding gear with a full-face black helmet.

He was riding an orange and black KTM Superduke GT motorcycle.

The Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office is leading the investigation and Teton County, Wyoming investigators are assisting.

Anyone with information should contact the Bear Lake County Sheriff’s Office in Paris, Idaho at 208-945-2121 or the Teton County, Wyoming Sheriff’s Office at 307-733-2331.

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