ELBA, Minn. – Sheriff Ron Ganrude called off the search for a missing Elba man on Thursday after the man assured the sheriff by telephone that he was OK. Here’s what happened, according to Investigator Mark Dungy in a daily news briefing to reporters:
> An anonymous caller tipped the police dispatch office in Winona that the missing man, Bruce Wiza, was safe and well — and left a number to call.
> Ganrude called the number to confirm the information personally.
> Ganrude asked that Wiza be put on the line and was satisfied that he indeed was all right physically and that he would seek assistance as needed.
Dungy told reporters that he didn’t know where Wiza was for the telephone call or where he had been for 2-1/2 days. No criminal issue was being pursued, Dungy said. More detail would be available next week, he said.
Earlier: Missing Elba man found safe