Marites Buenafe, a 62-year-old cruise passenger from Kentucky, is missing after embarking on a solo hike in Alaska while on ...

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

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 ...

NEED TO KNOW Marites Buenafe is a 62-year-old Kentucky native traveling on the Norwegian Bliss in Alaska She was reported missing on Tuesday, July 1, after not returning to the cruise ship from a hike ...

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 ...

Dr. Marites Buenafe’s body was located just before midday Thursday by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter, two days after she failed to return to the Norwegian Bliss during its stop at Juneau.

A sign sharing information about missing hiker Marites Buenafe is taped to a tree at the Mount Roberts trailhead on Wednesday, July 2, 2025.

Alaska State Troopers (JUNEAU, Alaska) -- A search is ongoing for a 62-year-old cruise passenger who went missing while on a hike in Alaska, authorities said Thursday.Marites Buenafe, of Kentucky, was ...

Dr. Marites Buenafe’s body was located just before midday Thursday by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter, two days after she failed to return to the Norwegian Bliss during its stop at Juneau.

The body of a Kentucky physician who vanished after leaving a cruise ship to go hiking has been found, authorities say. Dr. Marites Buenafe’s body was located just before midday Thursday by an Alaska ...