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 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.
