A Kentucky doctor who was previously reported missing in Alaska has been found dead, the Juneau Police Department said.

Alaska State Troopers said 62-year-old Marites Buenafe had texted her family that she was going for a hike in Juneau, but didn't return to the ship.

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

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.

Body found in search for woman who got off cruise ship and never came back - Dr Marites Buenafe went missing near a popular ...

Marites Buenafe, originally from Kentucky, told her family she'd disembarked from the Norwegian Bliss for a hike. She never ...

The body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe, a missing cruise passenger, has been found after she vanished while on a solo hike ...

Dr. Marites Buenafe, 62, was reported missing Tuesday after she failed to return to the Norwegian Bliss before its departure ...

A 62-year-old cruise passenger is missing after embarking on a solo hike in Alaska. According to a bulletin from the Alaska ...

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

Search and rescue crews recovered the body of a missing cruise ship passenger who failed to return from a hike near Mount ...

Juneau Police say security footage captured Buenafe at the top of the tramway around 7:30 a.m. that day, but there’s been no sign of her since.