Thursday Update: Creve Coeur Police Find Missing Man With Critical Injuries

A spokeswoman for St. John's Mercy Medical Center confirms that the 81 year-old man found by police late Wednesday night after an apparent fall down a 12-foot embankment in a Creve Coeur subdivision, has died. Authorities are not releasing the man's name, but say an autopsy was planned for Thursday.

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Creve Coeur Police said an 81 year-old man was in critical condition following injuries sustained from a 12 foot fall Wednesday night near the Lakeshore subdivision, located near New Ballas Rd. and Ladue Rd.

Emergency crews responded to the 11000 block of Lakeshore Drive just before 8 p.m.  for a report of a man who was lost or missing. The man's wife said he had gone out to walk the family's dog. An officer located the man, who was not identified, roughly 100 yards from home conscious, but "semi-coherent" according to a police statement late Wednesday. Police believe the man fell down a 12 foot embankment into 12 inches of water. Officers covered the man with their jackets and blankets from a nearby home until fire crews transported him to St. John's Mercy Medical Center for treatment.

Creve Coeur Patch will have more information as it becomes available.