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

In an update early Friday morning, police say an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew found the body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe just before noon Thursday local time, around 1,700 feet ...

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

Marites Buenafe, of Kentucky, was reported missing Tuesday, a day after her birthday, when she did not return to the cruise ship Norwegian Bliss, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

Dr. Buenafe was a beloved physician by both her co-workers and her patients at University Health Service (UHS) at the University of Kentucky where she had worked for nearly 10 years.

Marites Buenafe, 62, was reported missing around 3:18 p.m. Tuesday after she failed to return to the Norwegian Bliss before its 1:30 p.m. departure from Juneau, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (KTUU /Gray News) - Search and rescue crews recovered the body of a missing cruise ship passenger who did not return from a hike last week, according to Alaska State Troopers.

Dr. Buenafe was a beloved physician by both her co-workers and her patients at University Health Service (UHS) at the University of Kentucky where she had worked for nearly 10 years.

Dr. Buenafe was a beloved physician by both her co-workers and her patients at University Health Service (UHS) at the University of Kentucky where she had worked for nearly 10 years.

Dr. Buenafe was a beloved physician by both her co-workers and her patients at University Health Service (UHS) at the University of Kentucky where she had worked for nearly 10 years.

Buenafe’s kin has been notified. Her body will be sent to the state medical examiner’s office for autopsy. The University of Kentucky released a statement following the death of Dr. Marites ...