Autistic man found alive after week in Wis. woods

[June 23, 2008]  GRANTSBURG, Wis. (AP) -- An autistic man who disappeared a week ago from a camp for the disabled has been found alive in the Wisconsin woods.

The Burnett County Sheriff's Department says 25-year-old Keith Kennedy of Minnesota was found Sunday evening.

Kennedy requires anti-rejection drugs after a kidney transplant in 1995. Officials worried his kidneys could shut down if he missed too many doses.

A dispatcher says Kennedy's condition isn't immediately available. He was stabilized and flown to the University of Minnesota hospital in the Twin Cities.

Kennedy can speak only four words. He vanished June 15 from the Trade Lake Camp. Deputies say he was found about a mile away.

[Associated Press; By M.L. JOHNSON]

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