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An Alaska Army National Guard helicopter crew found the body of a missing cruise passenger Thursday night after she went for a hike near Juneau.

Rescuers in Alaska recovered the body of a 62-year-old woman who went on a hike in the mountains near Juneau after leaving the Norwegian Bliss cruise ship.

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.

University of Kentucky HealthCare Dr. Marites Buenafe, 62, mysteriously vanished after leaving the Norwegian Bliss cruise ship for a solo hike in Juneau, Alaska, Tuesday, officials 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.

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.