Marites Buenafe, of Kentucky, was reported missing Tuesday afternoon when she did not return to the cruise ship Norwegian Bliss, according to the Alaska State Troopers.

The body of a cruise ship passenger who went missing while on a solo hike in Alaska has been recovered, officials say.

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.