The body of a 28-year-old New York woman was found in a wooded area in a Maine state park on Wednesday, a day after her father’s body was found near the summit of Mount Katahdin.

The pair were the subject of intense searches over multiple days this week, after disappearing on Sunday as they hiked up to the summit of Katahdin. Esther Keiderling, 28, was found dead around 1 p.m. on Wednesday in a wooded area, Baxter State Park officials wrote in a social media post . Her father, Tim, 58, was found dead a day prior, around 2:45 p.m., near the summit.

Both Keiderlings, of Ulster Park, New York, left Abol Campground on Sunday to hike to the summit. They were last seen at around 10:15 a.m.

A search for the pair began Monday morning after finding their vehicle still in the day-use parking lo

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