Hiker found dead in Maine, search continues for 28-year-old daughter

A 58-year-old hiker was recovered dormant adjacent a upland acme in Maine portion his 28-year-old girl remains missing, authorities said Tuesday.

The assemblage of Tim Keiderling was located astir 2:45 p.m. Tuesday connected the Tableland adjacent the acme of Mount Katahdin, the Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife said. 

Search efforts were ongoing for Keiderling’s daughter, Esther, officials said.

Tim and Esther Keiderling, some from Ulster Park, New York, were past seen leaving the Abol Campground astir 10:15 a.m. connected Sunday greeting to hike toward the acme of Katahdin, which is successful Baxter State Park and is notably the bluish terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

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Tim Keiderling, 58, and his girl Esther, 28, were past seen Sunday arsenic they near the Abol Campground to hike toward the acme of Katahdin. (Main Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife )

Park rangers began searching for the brace Monday greeting aft their conveyance was recovered parked astatine the trailhead.

After the assemblage of Tim Keiderling was found, his member Joe issued a statement to WMTW-TV, saying that his "heart is breached for [Tim’s] woman and children."

"No 1 has had a member similar mine," Joe Keiderling said successful the statement. "Tim lived exuberantly. He loved life, loved people, loved God. He was a storyteller similar nary 1 I've known with a affluent consciousness of humor."

Joe Keiderling added that helium and his household are praying for archetypal responders arsenic they proceed the search for Esther.

In this record photo, hikers marque their mode crossed Mount Katahdin's Tableland enroute to the peak. On Tuesday, wildlife officials successful Maine said the assemblage of Tim Keiderling was located connected the Tableland adjacent the acme of Mount Katahdin. (John Ewing/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images, File)

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More than 30 Maine Game Wardens, the Warden Service's K-9 and Search and Rescue teams, Maine Forest Service helicopters and the Maine Army National Guard person taken portion successful the hunt for the begetter and daughter.

Mount Katahdin has an elevation of 5,267 feet, and is the bluish terminus of the Appalachian Trail. (Shawn Patrick Ouellette/Portland Press Herald via Getty Images, File)

The Hunt and Abol Trails were closed connected Tuesday owed to the hunt effort.

The Baxter State Park website notes that Katahdin is simply a "very strenuous climb," with an mean circular travel taking 8 to 12 hours.

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Katahdin is the tallest mountain successful Maine, with an elevation of astir 5,270 feet.