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.

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

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 ...

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.

Law enforcement is searching for a 62-year-old cruise passenger who went missing in Alaska while the ship was docked there.

Authorities are searching a University of Kentucky Healthcare employee who got off a cruise ship and did not return.