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

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

University of Kentucky HealthCare Dr. Marites Buenafe, 62, mysteriously vanished after leaving the Norwegian Bliss cruise ship for a solo hike in Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday, officials said.

Marites Buenafe was reported missing on Tuesday, Alaska Sate Troopers said. A search is ongoing for a 62-year-old cruise passenger who went missing while on a hike in Alaska, authorities said ...

Marites Buenafe. ALASKA STATE TROOPERS Security cameras last spotted her at the top of Mount Roberts Tramway. She departed the buildings around the time she sent a text to her family, police added.

The body of Dr. Marites Buenafe, 62, was found on Thursday morning by the crew on an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter, Austin McDaniel, a spokesman for the Alaska Department of Public Safety ...

Marites Buenafe, a doctor from Kentucky who went missing after leaving a Norwegian cruise ship to hike alone in Alaska, has been found dead after a major search effort, as per KTOO report.

Melody Buenafe, Dr. Buenafe’s sister, wrote on Facebook Wednesday morning that she had last received a text from her sibling at 7.35 a.m. and knew the cruise’s departure time. “No answers to our ...

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 ...

The body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe was discovered near Gold Ridge in Juneau on Thursday, July 3, two days after she was reported missing ...

Marites Buenafe, 62, a University of Kentucky Healthcare employee, was reported missing July 1. Her body was found by Alaska Army National Guard.