Cause of death revealed after father, daughter found deceased in Maine park

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Tim Keiderling, 58, and his daughter Esther, 28, were last seen Sunday as they left the Abol Campground to hike toward the summit of Katahdin. (Maine Department of Inland Fisheries and Wildlife)

Maine's Office of Chief Medical Examiner has revealed a cause of death in the case of a father and daughter who went missing but were found dead in a park. 

The backstory:

Tim and Esther Keiderling, both from Ulster Park, New York, were last seen leaving the Abol Campground earlier this month to hike toward the summit of Katahdin, which is in Baxter State Park and is notably the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail.

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Tim, 58, was found deceased a few days later on the Tableland near the summit of Mount Katahdin.

The next day, 28-year-old Esther was found deceased around 1 p.m. in a wooded part of the Tableland region of Mount Katahdin, one day after her father’s body was located nearby.

What we know:

According to the medical examiner, Esther's cause of death was multiple blunt force injuries.

What we don't know:

Tim's cause of death is still pending, according to the medical examiner. 

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Dig deeper:

According to News Center Maine, weather conditions for the hikers were not ideal. Hikers later told investigators they saw the pair continuing their climb as the weather worsened. The summit was blasted by wind gusts reaching 40 miles per hour, along with rain, sleet, and snow. Wind chills fell into the teens, increasing the danger of hypothermia, according to the outlet. 

The outlet reported it's believed the pair veered off course and slid downhill uncontrollably, possibly crashing into boulders.