Police are puzzled by the suspicious disappearance Saturday of a Coeur d’Alene man after he left his job as an x-ray technician at a Post Falls hospital.

William “Bo” Kirk, 41, went missing just after 7 p.m. after his shift at Northwest Specialty Hospital. Almost three hours later, his pickup truck was found ablaze in the northern part of Kootenai County. And in between, someone driving the truck and wearing a mask stopped at two banks to take money out of Kirk’s account using his ATM card.

Police said Tuesday they believe there were two people in the truck during those withdrawals.

“It’s suspicious, there’s obviously foul play involved, it’s not right, something has gone bad here – and so what we are trying to do is figure out exactly what happened,” Post Falls police Chief Scot Haug said Tuesday afternoon.

“Our No. 1 priority is to find Mr. Kirk. Right next to that we want to find any suspects involved in that and try to figure out what happened,” Haug said.

Three Post Falls police investigators are working full time on the case, assisted by the Kootenai County Sheriff’s Office and members of the North Idaho Violent Crimes Task Force. Extra employees have been brought in to answer the phones and process a wave of tips from people who saw the bank surveillance footage or other bulletins about the missing man.

Haug said a motive for what happened has been elusive/Scott Maben, SR. More here.

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