Authorities have found the body of a woman visiting Alaska’s capital city who did not return to her cruise ship from a hike she said she was taking.
The Alaska Department of Public Safety said the body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe of Kentucky was found by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew late Thursday below the ridge line of Gold Ridge.
Alaska State Troopers and Juneau Mountain Rescue were able to recover her body with help from Temsco Helicopters and the National Guard.
Her next of kin have been notified, and her body will be sent to the Alaska state medical examiner’s office for autopsy.
