Missing Hiker Found Dead in Australia as Police Apologize for ‘Miscommunication’ that She Was Still Alive
Police say a miscommunication briefly led the family to believe the 18-year-old was alive before the body was located, and an investigation will follow.
- Search teams discovered the body of 18-year-old Lily Hooper in Nattai National Park on Thursday, concluding an eight-day search for the missing hiker.
- Hooper disappeared on August 12 after leaving her home in Oakdale for a planned hike, triggering a massive multi-agency operation involving 260 State Emergency Service members and the Australian Defence Force.
- Emergency services found the body about 11:30 a.m. Thursday near the Bonnum Pic Walking Trail in dense terrain far from marked paths, NSW Police Force Assistant Commissioner Jo Cassar confirmed.
- NSW Premier Chris Minns initially told a budget hearing Hooper was alive before correcting the report after police confirmed a temporary communication breakdown led to incorrect information reaching her family.
- Detectives from the Hume Police District are assisting with a coronial investigation to determine the cause of death, while emergency crews work to retrieve the body from the isolated terrain.
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Lily Hooper left for a hike in Nattai National Park on August 12, but did not return home that evening.
Australian police have found the body of an 18-year-old girl who had been missing since last week, following an eight-day search. Her body was found in a wooded area not far from Sydney.
Lily Hooper, an 18-year-old Australian hiker, was found dead after eight days without giving a sign of life. At the time of contacting her parents, the authorities told them that she was alive, before apologizing and announcing her death ten minutes later. ...
Missing hiker found dead in Australia as police apologize for ‘miscommunication’ that she was still alive
Police in Australia have apologized after the family of an 18-year-old hiker missing in dense bushland for eight days was mistakenly informed that she had been found alive.
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