COBDEN, Ill. -- Authorities were still searching Wednesday night for an 82-year-old man who walked away from a health care facility in Cobden Tuesday night.
The Union County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue team began looking for the man, an Alzheimer's patient, Wednesday morning in wooded areas near Cobden.
The man's identity and the name of the facility were not disclosed.
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