Missing Neenah man left mysterious note

NEENAH – Police say a missing 22-year-old left a mysterious note before his disappearance on Aug. 8 and indicated he may have left town in the past.

Kyle A. Blohm was last seen that night wearing a red cut-off shirt with basketball shorts. He's 6'1" tall and 170 lbs with brown hair and green eyes.

Blohm's girlfriend reported him missing Aug. 9 and police say he took some personal belongings and his bicycle is missing.

"In the following days we saw he hadn't used his cellphone and now if you call it goes to voicemail," said Edgar Gonzalez, community liaison officer with Neenah Police. "We also haven't been able to find any financial transactions from his cards so he either lost them or is purposefully not using them."

The search for Blohm took a twist on Aug. 12 when his family found a note left in a toolbox that didn't overtly signal suicidal thoughts, but was cause for concern.

"He was apologizing to family and basically saying they'd be better off without him," Gonzalez said. "At that point, we added him to the missing persons list."

If any police agency runs Blohm's license plate or comes in contact with him, an alert will signal he's been listed as missing and endangered.

Gonzalez said Blohm quit his job shortly before his disappearance and has left town abruptly in the past.

"The family is still adamant that he's not hurting himself, but taking time to sort his life out," Gonzalez said.

Blohm's family disputes the fact that he left town abruptly in the past.

"This is not typical, he's never taken off like this," said Ann Kuehni, Blohm's mother. "He has an eight-month-old. He's a great dad, a great son and an upstanding young man."

Blohm may be driving his red 1999 Ford Ranger pick-up truck with Wisconsin plates JA4344.

Anyone with information should contact the Neenah police department at 920-886-6000.

— Nick Penzenstadler: 920-996-7226, or npenzenstadler@postcrescent.com; on Twitter @npenzenstadler