Keith T. Kennedy Has Been Found

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1. Bonnie Sayers says:

   June 22, 2008 at 11:41 pm

   That is good news. Now two years in a row that someone has been gone for one week and survived the ordeal.

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2. Joeymom says:

   June 22, 2008 at 11:59 pm

   Thank God. May he and his family get a good night’s sleep.

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3. Andrea says:

   June 23, 2008 at 10:53 am

   Huzzah! That is wonderful news! I’ll be less nervous and more vigilant on our camping trip next week though.

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4. Val says:

   June 23, 2008 at 3:36 pm

   Yay!

   Val

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5. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

   June 23, 2008 at 9:40 pm

   “ I now believe in miracles. I really do,” Linda Kennedy is quoted as saying in the Star Tribune—-ad perhaps many of us, too.

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6. Karen says:

   June 24, 2008 at 10:35 am

   Fabulous news!!! thanks for keeping us updated.

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7. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

   June 25, 2008 at 2:00 am

   33 year old Christopher Michael Zittlow has been missing since Monday; he has “autism, noonan syndrome, severe ADHD, anxiety, depression and delayed cognitive and processing ability, according to a police news release.”

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8. Regan says:

   June 26, 2008 at 4:23 am

   Mr. Zittlow has been located and is fine, according to news reports.

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9. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

   June 27, 2008 at 3:44 pm

   Keith Kennedy’s condition has been upgraded to serious, as of June 27.

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10. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

    June 27, 2008 at 11:46 pm

    Officials have been trying to reconstruct Keith Kennedy’s circuitous route (Star Tribune):

    Sheriff Dean Roland said Kennedy was initially spotted southbound on WI-87. He said he thinks Kennedy turned down the first driveway he came across, or turned around, went north and turned down the first driveway there.

    “Both of those driveways lead to the creek,” Roland said. “The one on the north leads directly to the creek and the one on the south you have to walk through a field, but the fence is down.”

    Kennedy is believed to have followed a grass trail north, crossing the creek by a footbridge north of the camp or across a shallow area of water nearby.

    Once in that area, Kennedy likely became disoriented and continued walking around until his body began to shut down as he succumbed to hypothermia and kidney pain. Kennedy had a kidney transplant in 1995 and had been without his anti-rejection medication.

    “It appears he was constantly moving, and that’s why it was so difficult to find him,” Roland said. “But he wasn’t able to move real far … and probably walked in circles or zigzags.

    “You can cover a lot of ground in six days.”

    Kennedy’s clothes have yet to be found, Roland said. Kennedy was found lying naked in the fetal position, with ticks and sores on his body.

    “He probably would have taken those [clothes] off because of hypothermia, which makes you feel real hot.”

    So glad he was found.

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11. Kristina Chew, PhD says:

    July 7, 2008 at 8:59 pm

    July 7th update from Twin Cities.com: Keith Kennedy is back home in his Shoreview group home and eating and walking on his own.

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