India, July 4 -- Marites Buenafe, a doctor from Kentucky who went missing after leaving a Norwegian cruise ship to hike alone in Alaska, has been found dead after a major search effort, as per KTOO report.

Troopers and Juneau Mountain Rescue found her body about 1,700 feet below the ridgeline of Gold Ridge on Mount Roberts. She was last seen on security cameras leaving the Goldbelt Tramway at the top of the mountain. The weather on the mountain was rainy and cloudy on both Tuesday and Wednesday.

Buenafe, 62, was last heard from around 7:30 a.m. Tuesday, when she texted her family that she was taking the Mount Roberts Tramway to hike Gold Ridge to Gastineau Peak. She didn't return to the ship before its 1:30 p.m. departure from Juneau. A...