NEED TO KNOW<\/h3>\n\n\n- The Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has reportedly released the cause of death for hiker Esther Keiderling, who died in early June during a Mount Katahdin trail hike<\/li>\n
- The 28-year-old hiker\u2019s cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma, per News 10 ABC, WGME CBS 13 and WABI 5<\/li>\n
- Her dad Tim Keiderling\u2019s cause of death has not yet been listed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
More details are emerging in the deaths of\u00a0Tim and Esther Keiderling<\/a>, the\u00a0dad and daughter who\u00a0died on a trail hike<\/a>\u00a0in Maine this month.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nA medical examiner revealed that the cause of death for Esther, 28, was from blunt force trauma, while father’s cause of death has not yet been shared, reported\u00a0News 10 ABC<\/a>,\u00a0WGME CBS 13<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0WABI 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nEsther may have slid down the terrain with an uncontrollable force as her remains were found in a snow covered boulder field below the Cathedral Cut-off Trail,\u00a0News Center Maine<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n<\/div>\nPEOPLE reached out to the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on June 14 for additional details, but did not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nNews Center Maine added that witnesses told investigators that Tim, 58, and Esther, were continuing their climb when harsh weather conditions, including wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. A mixture of sleet, rain and snow reportedly also impacted the father and daughter as wind chills dropped into the teens, and hypothermia was a high risk.<\/p>\n
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<\/div>\n<\/div>Esther Keiderling and Tim Keiderling.<\/span>Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\nInvestigators also said that the Keiderlings did reach the summit of Saddle Trail but veered off course during their descent, the outlet continued.<\/p>\n
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- The Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner has reportedly released the cause of death for hiker Esther Keiderling, who died in early June during a Mount Katahdin trail hike<\/li>\n
- The 28-year-old hiker\u2019s cause of death was listed as blunt force trauma, per News 10 ABC, WGME CBS 13 and WABI 5<\/li>\n
- Her dad Tim Keiderling\u2019s cause of death has not yet been listed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n
More details are emerging in the deaths of\u00a0Tim and Esther Keiderling<\/a>, the\u00a0dad and daughter who\u00a0died on a trail hike<\/a>\u00a0in Maine this month.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nA medical examiner revealed that the cause of death for Esther, 28, was from blunt force trauma, while father’s cause of death has not yet been shared, reported\u00a0News 10 ABC<\/a>,\u00a0WGME CBS 13<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0WABI 5<\/a>.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nEsther may have slid down the terrain with an uncontrollable force as her remains were found in a snow covered boulder field below the Cathedral Cut-off Trail,\u00a0News Center Maine<\/a>\u00a0reported.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nPEOPLE reached out to the Maine Office of the Chief Medical Examiner on June 14 for additional details, but did not receive an immediate response.<\/p>\n
<\/div>\nNews Center Maine added that witnesses told investigators that Tim, 58, and Esther, were continuing their climb when harsh weather conditions, including wind gusts of up to 40 miles per hour. A mixture of sleet, rain and snow reportedly also impacted the father and daughter as wind chills dropped into the teens, and hypothermia was a high risk.<\/p>\n
\n\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n \n<\/div>\n<\/div>Esther Keiderling and Tim Keiderling.<\/span>Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife<\/p>\n<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n Investigators also said that the Keiderlings did reach the summit of Saddle Trail but veered off course during their descent, the outlet continued.<\/p>\n