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An 18-year-old hiker, Lily Hooper, went missing during a solo hike in Nattai National Park, New South Wales. After an eight-day search, her body was found; police apologized for a miscommunication that she had been found alive, which led her family to celebrate. A coroner will investigate the death and how the miscommunication occurred.
An 18-year-old Australian hiker, Lily Hooper, was found dead eight days after disappearing during a solo hike in Nattai National Park, NSW; a miscommunication had her family told she had been found alive shortly after the search began, prompting apologies from police as authorities explained the update error amid a large volunteer and police operation.
An 18-year-old Sydney hiker, Lily Hooper, who vanished while walking in Nattai National Park on Aug 12, has been found dead in the Southern Highlands after an eight-day, multi-agency search. Identification is pending; initial reports she was alive were corrected by the NSW Premier. The operation involved multiple NSW Police units, PolAir, Rescue, and support from the Rural Fire Service, National Parks and Wildlife Service, and about 100 Australian Defence Force personnel.