PORTLAND PRESS HERALD • June 4, 2025
Search teams found the body of Esther Keiderling, 28, of Ulster Park, New York, around 1 p.m. Wednesday in a wooded area off the Tablelands between two known trails, according to Baxter State Park officials. Her father, Tim Keiderling, 58, was found around 2:45 p.m. Tuesday on the Katahdin Tablelands by a Maine Warden Service K9 search team. The pair had been missing since Sunday morning. The search included 25 game wardens, four game warden K9 teams and 21 Baxter State Park rangers. Helicopters from the Maine Forest Service and Maine Army National Guard assisted with the search and transported crews to the summit.