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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.

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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.

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