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SILVER ALERT – cancelled – Missing West Bend, WI man – Michael Leinen found safe

July 5, 2021 – West Bend, WI – UPDATE – Michael Leinen has been found safe.
Washington County Sheriff’s dispatch said at 5:33 p.m. on Monday, July 5, 2021 that a Silver Alert has been issued for a missing 76-year-old West Bend man, Michael Leinen, who was last seen around 7 p.m. on Sunday, July 4.

If you have information to help locate Leinen, contact the Washington County Sheriff’s Department at

262-335-4411

Michael Leinen
Some details about Leinen are posted below:
  • white male, 5’8″ tall, weighing 155 pounds, hazel eyes, and brown hair.
  • last seen wearing gray shorts and white t-shirt that read “Leinen family reunion.”
  • last seen Sunday leaving 179th Avenue S/E in Fairmount, North Dakota in his 2005 white GMC Yukon.
  • Leinen was driving a 2005 white GMC Yukon Denali XL with Wisconsin license GF9785.-
  • The vehicle was pulling a 12-foot utility trailer with wood sides and an unknown plate.
  • Officials said Leinen was headed to home to CTH P in West Bend, WI and has not shown up.

If you have information to  locate Leinen, contact the Washington County Sheriff’s Department at

262-335-4411.

Family said they last heard from Leinen around 9 a.m. on Monday, July 5. Leinen said he was lost and traveling on I-90 west. He is not answering his cell phone; family believe the phone battery is dead.

The Silver Alert said Leinen would regularly stop for gas in Somerset, Wisconsin when making this trip. He would normally use I-94 east from Fairmount to Highway 33 east to West Bend and would frequent waysides on I-94.   written on it.

If you have information to locate Leinen, call Washington County Sheriff’s Department at 262-335-4411.

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