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<\/p>\nNSW 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.<\/p>\n
The body was located in bushland about 11.30am today.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NSW Police said that while the body was yet to be formally identified, it was believed to be that of the missing 18-year-old.<\/p>\n
Ms Hooper left her home south-west of Sydney on the morning of Wednesday, August 12, to go hiking in the Nattai National Park.<\/p>\n
Her car was later found near the Bonnum Pic Walking Trail, sparking a large-scale multi-agency search involving almost 100 Australian Defence Force personnel and 280 NSW SES volunteers.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Crew scoured steep drops, dense undergrowth and complex cliff lines.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Ms Hooper’s family have been stationed at the search command point since she went missing.\u00a0<\/p>\n
NSW Premier Chris Minns was informed during budget estimates that Ms Hooper had been found, initially saying that she was alive.<\/p>\n
The premier later told a parliamentary hearing that a body had been found.<\/p>\n
“I’ve got some terrible news,” Mr Minns said.<\/p>\n
“I apologise to the committee, but it seems as if the early advice was wrong.<\/p>\n
“Lily’s body’s been found and she’s been found deceased.<\/p>\n
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The premier was handed a note advising him Lily Hooper had been found. (ABC News)<\/p>\n
“I only raise that because I made the earlier advice and I’m very sorry for that.<\/p>\n
“This is obviously devastating and I’m just profoundly sad for her family and all those concerned.<\/p>\n
“And I apologise to the committee. This is terrible news.”<\/p>\n
NSW Police have used a thermal-imaging helicopter and examined telecommunications data in an effort to trace Ms Hooper’s last movements.<\/p>\n
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