UPDATE: Missing Rocklin Man, 88, Found, Transported To Hospital
10 p.m. UPDATE: A volunteer from the Placer County Mountain Rescue Team located missing senior Dennis Knibbs at around 5:40 p.m. on Thursday.
The missing senior was a few hundred feet from a walking path where he had apparently slipped and fallen out of view earlier in the day. Emergency crews were able to get him to the hospital.
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6 p.m. UPDATE: Rocklin Police are reporting that Dennis Knibbs has been found and is being transported to the hospital.
We are very pleased to report Mr. Dennis Knibbs was found and is being transported to the hospital. More info to follow in a press release.
— rocklinpolice (@RocklinPolice) June 20, 2014
@RocklinPolice wants to thank EVERYONE on Twitter & Facebook who helped spread the word to find Mr. Knibbs. YOU make Placer County special!
— rocklinpolice (@RocklinPolice) June 20, 2014
@RocklinPolice Special thanks to our partners @PlacerSheriff Search & Rescue team and AirOps for their assistance finding Mr. Knibbs.
— rocklinpolice (@RocklinPolice) June 20, 2014
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ROCKLIN (CBS13) – Authorities are searching for a Rocklin man who has been missing since Wednesday evening.
Dennis Knibbs, 88, was last seen at his 6400 block of Wisp Court care home around 6:30 p.m. Wednesday. Officers, including a California Highway Patrol airplane and a K9 from the Placer County Sheriff's Office, showed up after the initial report but couldn't find Knibbs.
The Rocklin Police Department considers Knibbs at-risk due to his age and medical conditions.
Search crews were back out Thursday.
Anyone who sees Knibbs is asked to call the Rocklin Police Department at (916) 625-5400.