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Francis August Breit (AKA Knauer)

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Missing Since: July 1, 1990
Missing From: Eagle RiverRiver, Vilas County
Sex: Male
Race: White
Age: 78 years old

DOB 16 MAR 1912 
Height and Weight: 5'2 - 5'7, 120 - 130 pounds
Clothing: he usually wore jumpsuits in the summer and snowmobile suits in the winter, usually red in color.
Gray hair

brown eyes. Breit wears eyeglasses.

a full beard

His nose, right hand, and leg have previously been fractured


Details of Disappearance

Breit was living in Eagle River when he disappeared. He had Social Security benefits that were automatically deposited in his bank account; the last activity on his account was in July 1990. His son reported him missing after months passed without contact. Breit reportedly had "very strange habits." Few details are available in his case. His nicknames are Frank and Frankie, and he may use the last name Knauer or the name Frank August. The name Knauer was his biological father's name and Breit was his stepdad.

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