UPDATE: Missing Aurora Man Found

UPDATE: The missing Aurora man has been found, according to police.

Aurora police are asking for the public’s assistance in locating a missing 73-year-old Aurora man who is considered endangered due to dementia and memory loss.

Noel E. Acosta, of the 400 block of Rosewood Avenue, has been missing since about 10 a.m. Thursday after he went for a walk and did not return. His family reported him missing at around 10:20 p.m. Thursday.

Troopers from the Illinois State Police had made contact with Acosta at around midnight Friday morning when they found him walking in the area of I-94 and 87th Street. He apparently requested a ride to the CTA Red Line Station and was taken there by a trooper. Before doing so, the trooper ran Acosta’s information through a nationwide database and came back clear as Aurora police were still completing the initial missing persons report and had yet to enter him as missing. He apparently boarded a northbound train from the 87th Street/I-94 Station.

Acosta is Hispanic, 5 ft. 6 in. tall, 160 pounds with short, gray hair and black eyes. He was last seen wearing a black jacket and blue jeans.

Anyone with information on his whereabouts is asked to call Aurora police investigations at 630-256-5500 or their local law enforcement authorities by dialing 911.