Maine
Missing woman found dead on Maine's Katahdin a day after father, park rangers say
The body of a missing woman was found on Maine’s Katahdin mountain Wednesday, a day after her father’s was found, officials said.
Esther Keiderling’s body was found about 1 p.m. off the wooded area known as Tablelands, a Maine Warden Service representative told NBC affiliate News Center Maine.
The discovery ended a dayslong search — the father and daughter from New York’s Hudson Valley were last seen Sunday.
The body of her father, Tim Keiderling, was found about 2:45 p.m. Tuesday. on the Tableland, near the summit of Katahdin, Maine’s highest mountain, officials said.
Tim, 58, and Esther, 28, were last seen at a campground Sunday morning on their way to the summit of Katahdin, Maine’s tallest mountain, according to a post on the Baxter State Park Facebook page.
Park rangers began searching for the Keiderlings on Monday morning, when their vehicle was spotted in day-use parking, searching trails near the Abol Campground, where they’d been, without finding any sign of them, according to the post.
Several helicopters and more than 30 game wardens joined the search on Tuesday, finding no trace of the pair as of about noon on Tuesday, park rangers said.
The Keiderlings are from Ulster Park, a town on the Hudson River near Kingston.
The Maine Immigrants’ Rights Coalition says over the past two weeks its immigrant defense hotline has seen an uptick in reported ICE detentions.
They say this corresponds with a national shift in ICE activity, including bids for local businesses to cooperate with ICE.
In Maine, the arrests follow a broader trend of targeting Black and brown immigrants, including people navigating immigration proceedings.
The coalition, which represents more than 100 organizations, says it’s ready to protect civil and human rights and is urging immigrants to prepare themselves and their families.
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They suggest having the defense hotline ready in case you witness ICE activity, making sure you have important personal documents in case of detention, and reviewing rights around judicial warrants in private spaces, like your home or workplace.
It wouldn’t be Mother’s Day without a stop at the florist.
According to Fox Business, about 154 million flowers are sold during the week of Mother’s Day. So it’s safe to say it was a busy day for stores like Estabrook’s Maine Garden Center and Nursery.
Plenty of families stopped by to pick out flowers on Sunday, looking to choose the perfect bouquet for their moms.
“I think Mother’s Day is tradition, you know, and so it’s great to see families here. We have a lot of new families that have come today for the first time with their young children and their mother. Watching the young kids and seeing how excited they are—their eyes light up at all the beautiful flowers,” Tom Estabrook, president of Estabrook’s, said.
Estabrook says Mother’s Day tends to be a great kickoff to the spring season.
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