BAXTER STATE PARK- Searchers spent the day scouring the top of Mount Katahdin trying to find a missing hiker.

Tim Keiderling, 58, and his 28-year-old daughter Esther of New York were last seen around 10:15 Sunday morning heading in the direction of the Katahdin summit.

A search began Monday after Baxter State Park Rangers found their car still in the parking lot.

Tim Keiderling's body was found by a Maine Warden Service K-9 team Tuesday afternoon.

There was no sign of Esther .

Officials say helicopters used thermal imaging to look for her well into the night.

Today crews have been searching both on the ground and by air.

Twenty five Game Wardens, 4 Game Warden K-9 teams and 21 Baxter State Park Rangers along with Maine Forest Service and Maine Army Guard he

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