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Body of second missing hiker found on Katahdin

Baxter State Park Rangers and the Maine Warden Service briefed search teams before deploying them to search Katahdin for two missing hikers, Tim and Esther Keiderling.
Courtesy of Baxter State Park
Baxter State Park Rangers and the Maine Warden Service briefed search teams before deploying them to search Katahdin for two missing hikers, Tim and Esther Keiderling.

This story has been updated.

Searchers at Baxter State Park have located the body of missing hiker Esther Keiderling this afternoon, after a three-day search on Mount Katahdin.

Search teams found 28-year-old Esther Keiderling's body in a wooded area off the Katahdin Tablelands, in an area between two trails. The news comes after a Maine Warden Service K9 team found the body of her father, Tim Keiderling, 58, near the summit of Katahdin on Tuesday.

Baxter State Park rangers are searching for Tim Keiderling, 58, and his 28-year-old daughter, Esther Keiderling, who were last seen Sunday on the Katahdin Tablelands.
Courtesy of Baxter State Park
Tim Keiderling, 58, and his 28-year-old daughter, Esther Keiderling, who were last seen Sunday on the Katahdin Tablelands.

Baxter State Park Director Kevin Adam did not say how far apart the two were found or what may have caused their deaths. He said more details will be provided after searchers return to the base area.

The father and daughter, from Ulster Park, New York, were last seen Sunday morning near the summit of Katahdin. The pair had departed from Abol Campground.

Park Rangers began searching Monday after finding their car still in the day-use parking lot. They were assisted by the Maine Warden Service, Maine Forest Service and Maine Army National Guard using helicopters and K9 teams.

Katahdin has an elevation gain of about four thousand feet from the trailhead, and the Baxter State Park website states that hiking any trail to the summit will be a very strenuous climb- with an average round trip hike taking between 8 and 12 hours.

Corrected: June 5, 2025 at 9:50 AM EDT
An earlier version of this story incorrectly stated Katahdin's elevation. Katahdin has an elevation of 5,269 feet, with 4,000 feet of elevation gain from the trailhead.
Kaitlyn Budion is Maine Public’s Bangor correspondent, joining the reporting team after several years working in print journalism.