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 body of 62-year-old Marites Buenafe, a missing cruise passenger, has been found after she vanished while on a solo hike in Alaska, authorities have said.

Image via Shutterstock Authorities have sadly found the body of a missing woman after she failed to return to a cruise ship docked in Alaska. The woman died while venturing away from her cruise for a hike near Juneau.