Idaho Game Warden’s Body Never Found In State’s Oldest Cold Case

One of Idaho's oldest cold cases may have finally been solved even though a body has never been found. The case of a game warden who went missing in the line of duty southeast of Sandpoint in 1934 has baffled local police for over 90 years, but they may finally have some answers.

Ellsworth Arthur Teed disappeared in August of 1934 in a heavily forested area near Mullan, 100 miles southeast of Sandpoint. Teed was following up on a lead that some poachers were in the area when he dropped his car off at a local cemetery and entered the forest on foot, according to The Spokesman-Review.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Ellsworth Arthur Teed, please reach out to Idaho law enforcement.

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Teed's family never heard from him after he left to investigate the illegal hunting tip near an area called Boulder Gulch. This matter was considered to be the state's oldest active cold case until earlier this year when police ruled it a likely homicide after multiple individuals came forward with information. Teed was reportedly murdered by the very group he was looking for, and these rumors swirled about in the Mullan community for decades but couldn't be corroborated due to the lack of a body, according to The Spokesman-Review.

Let's suppose this story about Teed being murdered by poachers in the line of duty isn't accurate. This would make this matter an active missing persons case still.

If you have any information on the whereabouts of Ellsworth Arthur Teed, please reach out to Idaho law enforcement.