Man missing after driver mistakenly left him in Des Plaines

A 66-year-old man was reported missing after, authorities say, a driver who was supposed to take him to a Chicago nursing home dropped him off at an incorrect location in Des Plaines.

Michael Bennett, who suffers from depression and recently attempted suicide, has not been seen or heard from since about 11 a.m. Friday, when a JWS transport driver erroneously left him at Touhy Avenue and Maple Street, according to an Illinois State Police advisory alert.

The driver was supposed to transport Bennett from Chicago Behavioral Hospital in Des Plaines to Westwood Nursing Home at 2444 W. Touhy Ave., Chicago. Additional information was not immediately available Sunday, Des Plaines police said.

Bennett is described as a 5-foot-8, 125-pound white man with brown hair, brown eyes and a goatee. He has a large unknown tattoo on the left side of his chest, police said, and he was last seen wearing a blue baseball cap, a light brown coat, black Sketchers shoes and carrying a camouflage bag.

Anyone with information is asked to call Des Plaines police at (847) 391-5400.