A tourist who went missing after she failed to return to her cruise ship last week has been found dead.
Marites Buenafe, 62, of Kentucky, was visiting Alaska’s capital city when she did not return from a hike.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety said her body was found by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew late Thursday below the ridge line of Gold Ridge.
Buenafe is listed as a doctor at UK HealthCare, a system of hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky.
State troopers and Juneau Mountain Rescue were able to recover Buenafe’s body with help from Temsco Helicopters and the National Guard.
Marites Buenafe, 62, of Kentucky, was visiting Alaska’s capital city when she did not return from a hike. ALASKA STATE TROOPERS
Her family has been notified of her death and her body will be sent to the state’s medical examiner’s office for an autopsy, the Associated