Remains of missing Pine County, Minnesota man located in Nemadji State Forest

ASKOV, MINN. — A sad ending to the search for a missing man with dementia from Pine County, in eastern Minnesota.

Sheriff’s deputies say search and rescue teams located the remains of 86-year-old Gerald Knapp of Askov Tuesday morning in the Nemadji State Forest. They say they were able to find Knapp’s body while following up on drone search images. He was last seen driving in Askov on January 28th and the Minnesota B-C-A had issued an endangered missing person alert.

We would like to thank Scene Photo 360, St. Louis County Rescue Squad, Christian Aid Ministries Search and Rescue, MN DNR Conservation Officers, MN DNR Flight, MN DNR Forestry, MSP Flight, Cirrus Aircraft, and all the family and friends of Gerald that assisted in this search.