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.

Rescuers in Alaska said on Thursday that they had recovered the body of a Kentucky woman who went missing after she left a cruise ship to go on a hike near Juneau earlier in the week.

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.

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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.