Eighteen-year-old Lily Hooper was found dead in Nattai National Park on 2026-08-20 after eight days missing in the NSW Southern Highlands. Police initially issued conflicting messages about her being found alive, causing 20 minutes of confusion for her family before authorities clarified the miscommunication.
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Premier Chris Minns tells parliament ‘this is obviously devastating’ after earlier announcing 18-year-old had been ‘found alive’ with half a bottle of water Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast The body of missing 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper has been found in a remote New South Wales national park more than a wee
See the last part of this article www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... NSW Police have confirmed the body of a woman believed to be missing bushwalker Lily Hooper has been found after an eight-day search in the NSW Southern Highlands.
Lily Hooper — Missing Bushwalker Lily Hooper Found in NSW Bushland #LilyHooper #News A 18-year-old bushwalker named Lily Hooper was found in the bushland of NSW's Southern Highlands after being missing for over a week. The young woman was located on Thursday morning, more than eight d…
I'm afraid this is incorrect, when you click the links through the family was told the wrong info. 😔 www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08... NSW Police have confirmed the body of a woman believed to be missing bushwalker Lily Hooper has been found after an eight-day search in the NSW Southern Highlands.
Missing hiker Lily Hooper’s family believed for almost 20 minutes that the 18-year-old had been found alive. Police will investigate the miscommunication.
The 18-year-old’s body was found in Nattai national park on Thursday – but initial police messages indicated she had been found alive Police have blamed dense bushland and radio confusion for wrongly reporting to 18-year-old Lily Hooper’s parents, the New South Wales premier and the media that the missing bushwalker had been found alive. Hooper had last been seen on 12 August after leaving home fo
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.