Traffic stop for welfare check leads to finding missing Montana man

WORLAND — Wyoming Highway Patrol troopers on April 1 helped locate a Montana missing man through a traffic stop.

Trooper Melanie Kress, riding with Field Training Officer Erin Devries, executed a stop of a 2015 Ford F150 where the driver was southbound on U.S. 20 at milepost 127 in Hot Springs County. The driver was driving the pickup on the shoulder with flashers on.

When Trooper Kress approached...