82-YEAR-OLD DELTONA MAN REPORTED MISSING

The Volusia County Sheriff’s Office is seeking the public’s help in locating a missing 82-year-old Deltona man with Alzheimer’s Disease. Henry Cordes drove off from his home on Monument Drive early Thursday morning on his way to an 8:50 a.m. doctor’s appointment in Orange City. Cordes, however, never made it to the doctor and hasn’t been seen since. His last known stop was at a bank on Elkcam Boulevard at 8:55 a.m. Cordes’ wife reported him missing to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office just before 2 p.m. Thursday afternoon.

Deputies searched the area, checked at local shopping plazas and called area hospitals, but have been unable to find Cordes. Bulletins were sent out to area law enforcement agencies and the Sheriff’s Office also initiated the issuance of a statewide Silver Alert through the Florida Department of Law Enforcement.

Cordes was driving a gray, 1995 Plymouth Voyager with a Florida tag, J48 QUJ. The vehicle has white tape across the rear tail lights and paint peeling off around the front windows. Cordes is 5’8” and weighs about 210 pounds, has blue eyes and white hair. He wears glasses and is missing his front teeth and was dressed in gray sweat pants and a grey, button down shirt. Anyone with information regarding Cordes’ whereabouts is asked to call the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office at (386) 736-5999.

Update:

Henry Cordes was found at a 7-11 store at SR 434 and Wekiva Springs Lane in Altamonte Springs at 8:33 p.m. by the Florida Highway Patrol. FHP advised his son that Cordes was in good condition and his family had been notified.