KEWANEE, Ill. (KWQC) - A previously missing and endangered man has been found, the Kewanee Police Department said.

Officers asked the public for help finding 29-year-old Thomas Stoecker after he left OSF Saint Luke Hospital and couldn’t be found.

Stoecker has since been found, according to a Facebook post.

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Officers with the police department said, around 1:40 p.m. on Monday, OSF Saint Luke Hospital contacted them about a missing patient.

Hospital staff told police 29-year-old Thomas Stoecker had left the facility and couldn’t be found.

Police said Stoecker was last seen by staff going south from the hospital. He was wearing a hospital gown and didn’t have any personal belongings with him.

Officers searched the surrounding area with the Henry County Sheriff’s Depar

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