Overview

Last known contact: May 31, 2023
Last known location: Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming
Age when missing: 64
Status: Missing
Investigating agency: Boulder Police Department, Colorado
NamUs number: MP114169

Bruce David Teitel was last known to have contact with others in Laramie, Wyoming, on May 31, 2023. Before arriving in Wyoming, he was known to have been in California in March 2023. Teitel was unhoused at the time of his disappearance. He was reported missing to the Boulder Police Department on September 25, 2023.

Main circumstances: Teitel was traveling or moving between locations; he was known to have been in California approximately two months before his last contact in Wyoming; his final publicly documented contact occurred in Laramie; and several months passed before he was formally reported missing. Publicly available case information does not explain where he was staying in Laramie, who last communicated with him, how he traveled there, or what his intended destination may have been.

Detailed Case Breakdown

Bruce David Teitel Missing Person Case: Laramie, Wyoming — Missing Since May 31, 2023

Brief Case Summary

Last known contact: May 31, 2023
Last known location: Laramie, Albany County, Wyoming
Age when missing: 64
Status: Missing
Investigating agency: Boulder Police Department, Colorado
NamUs number: MP114169

Bruce David Teitel was last known to have contact with others in Laramie, Wyoming, on May 31, 2023. Before arriving in Wyoming, he was known to have been in California in March 2023. Teitel was unhoused at the time of his disappearance. He was reported missing to the Boulder Police Department on September 25, 2023.

Main circumstances: Teitel was traveling or moving between locations; he was known to have been in California approximately two months before his last contact in Wyoming; his final publicly documented contact occurred in Laramie; and several months passed before he was formally reported missing. Publicly available case information does not explain where he was staying in Laramie, who last communicated with him, how he traveled there, or what his intended destination may have been.

Bruce David Teitel Disappears in Laramie, Wyoming

Bruce David Teitel was 64 years old when he disappeared in 2023. According to information derived from the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System, Teitel was known to have been in California during March 2023. By May, his movements had taken him hundreds of miles east to Wyoming.

The last documented contact with Teitel occurred on May 31, 2023, in Laramie, Wyoming, in Albany County. No later confirmed contact or sighting has been publicly documented.

Reported Missing Months After His Last Contact

Teitel was not formally reported missing until September 25, 2023, nearly four months after his last documented contact.

The missing-person report was made to the Boulder Police Department in Colorado, despite Teitel’s last known location being Laramie, Wyoming. Boulder Police is identified in publicly available case information as the investigating agency.

The publicly released circumstances are unusually limited. They do not identify who reported Teitel missing, who last spoke with or saw him in Laramie, where specifically in Laramie that contact occurred, whether he had transportation, or where he planned to travel next.

Who Is Bruce David Teitel?

At the time he went missing, Teitel was described as a 64-year-old white male, approximately 5 feet 11 inches tall and 165 pounds, with gray or partially gray hair and brown eyes.

Public case information also describes him as an unhoused individual. That circumstance may complicate efforts to reconstruct his movements because a person without a fixed residence can move between communities without leaving the same trail of residential, employment, utility, or other records commonly available in missing-person investigations.

California to Wyoming: An Important Unanswered Period

One of the most significant pieces of the publicly known timeline is Teitel’s movement between states.

He was known to have been in California in March 2023, followed by his last known contact in Laramie, Wyoming, on May 31, 2023. Public records do not explain when he left California, how he reached Wyoming, where else he may have stopped, or whether Laramie was his intended destination.

Those missing weeks could be important because anyone who encountered Teitel while he was traveling may hold information that establishes a more detailed account of his movements before his disappearance.

Latest Public Information on the Investigation

Bruce David Teitel’s disappearance remains publicly listed as a missing-person case. CaseTrace, which directs users back to NamUs as its listed official source, continued to display Teitel as missing when checked on August 26, 2026. The listing retains his May 31, 2023 disappearance date, Laramie location, age of 64, and NamUs case number 114169.

His full name, Bruce David Teitel, also appeared among missing people acknowledged in connection with Colorado’s 2025 Missing Persons Day resolution. The resolution was adopted in February 2025 and recognized people who were still considered missing at that time.

No publicly available update located for this article announces that Teitel has been found or that his case has been resolved. Likewise, no credible public announcement located names a suspect, states that investigators have determined foul play occurred, or classifies his disappearance as a homicide.

The absence of those public disclosures should not be interpreted as proof that investigators have ruled particular possibilities in or out. It means only that such findings have not been made public in the sources reviewed.

Questions That Remain Unanswered

More than three years after Teitel’s last documented contact, major pieces of his story remain outside the public record.

It remains unclear exactly where in Laramie Teitel was last seen or contacted, who interacted with him that day, whether he intended to remain in Wyoming, whether he planned to continue traveling, and what belongings or transportation he may have had with him.

The period between his known presence in California in March 2023 and his disappearance from contact in Wyoming on May 31 is also largely undocumented publicly.

How the Public Can Help

Anyone who encountered Bruce David Teitel in California during or after March 2023, in Laramie or elsewhere in Wyoming around May 2023, or at any location after May 31, 2023 could potentially have relevant information.

Even information that appeared insignificant at the time — including a conversation, ride, campsite encounter, shelter visit, business interaction, photograph, or recollection of where Teitel said he intended to travel — may help investigators reconstruct his movements.

Tips concerning Bruce Teitel should be provided directly to the Boulder Police Department rather than posted publicly. His missing-person reference is NamUs MP114169.