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Tourist who missed Norwegian cruise ship discovered dead on mountain trail in Alaska

July 8, 2025
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Tourist who missed Norwegian cruise ship discovered dead on mountain trail in Alaska
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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 return from a hike.

The Alaska Department of Public Safety said her body was found by an Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew late Thursday below the ridge line of Gold Ridge.

Buenafe is listed as a doctor at UK HealthCare, a system of hospitals and clinics of the University of Kentucky.  

State troopers and Juneau Mountain Rescue were able to recover Buenafe’s body with help from Temsco Helicopters and the National Guard.

Marites Buenafe, 62, of Kentucky, was visiting Alaska's capital city when she did not return from a hike.
Marites Buenafe, 62, of Kentucky, was visiting Alaska’s capital city when she did not return from a hike. ALASKA STATE TROOPERS

Her family has been notified of her death and her body will be sent to the state’s medical examiner’s office for an autopsy, the Associated Press reported.

On July 1, the Juneau Police Department heard from Buenafe’s relatives that she had left for a hike that morning and had plans to take a popular tourist tram partially up a mountain overlooking downtown Juneau before walking to Gastineau Peak and Gold Ridge, according to the state Department of Public Safety. 

She had gotten off the Norwegian Bliss and did not return to the vessel by its departure time.


Norwegian Bliss cruise ship docked oh the west side of Manhattan after a week at sea.
Norwegian Bliss cruise ship docked oh the west side of Manhattan after a week at sea. John Roca

“We are deeply saddened to learn of the passing of the guest,” a spokesperson for Norwegian Cruise Line said in a statement to Fox News Digital.

“Our CARE team is providing support to the guest’s family and our thoughts are with them during this difficult time.”

The post Tourist who missed Norwegian cruise ship discovered dead on mountain trail in Alaska appeared first on New York Post.

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