A tourist who went missing after she failed to return to her cruise ship last week has been found dead. Marites Buenafe, 62, ...

A 62-year-old tourist who never returned to her cruise was found dead on a hiking trail in Alaska.

The crew of an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter located the body of 62-year-old Kentucky resident Marites Buenafe ...

The 62-year-old told family she planned to take a tram and hike, but she did not return, prompting a multi-day search.

On Thursday, an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter spotted her body roughly 1,700 feet below the ridge line of the area she planned to hike, state troopers shared in an update via Juneau Police.

A Kentucky doctor who was previously reported missing in Alaska has died, the Juneau Police Department said. Marites Buenafe, 62, was an employee with University of Kentucky Healthcare, according ...

Around 7:30 a.m. local time on July 1, Buenafe texted family members that she was heading up Mount Roberts Tramway in Juneau and would hike from Gold Ridge to Gastineau Peak, the bulletin said.

Body of Missing Cruise Passenger, 62, Found After She Vanished During a Solo Hike in Alaska Mountains The body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe was discovered near Gold Ridge in Juneau on Thursday ...

Officials find body of woman who got off cruise ship in Alaska to hike and didn't return An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew found Marites Buenafe, 62, below the ridge line of Gold Ridge.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) — Authorities say they have found the body of a Kentucky woman visiting Alaska’s capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking.