Antonina Kaye Rinato Yarmakov, known as Tonya, was last seen September 4, 2024, at Savanna Portage State Park near McGregor, Minnesota. She was 23 and lived with autism and type 1 diabetes. Tonya had been vacationing with her family at a remote cabin; her family left the dock in a rowboat while she remained sitting in her favorite chair. They say she looked over her shoulder several times, then suddenly stood and ran toward the cabin. Despite an immediate search after the family returned to shore, Tonya could not be found.

The Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office led an extensive search with drones, boats, cadaver dogs and volunteers, logging over 2,200 search hours in the initial days. Officials reviewed park surveillance and interviewed visitors, then shifted from a rescue to a recovery operation within a week. Tonya was last seen wearing a rainbow tie-dyed shirt, gray gym shorts, black slip-on shoes and black headphones and did not have her diabetic supplies.

Her family has continued public efforts: a website (FindTonyaNow.com), vigils, a GoFundMe, a planted tree and donations to the local library. Sheriff Dan Guida said searches would continue as conditions change. Anyone with information is asked to contact the Aitkin County Sheriff’s Office.

If anyone was at Savanna Portage State Park on September 4, 2024, or saw Tonya that day, please share what you remember.