Home / WorldUpdatedImogene BedfordJournalist·NZ Herald·20 Aug, 2026 07:11 AM3 mins to read‌NSW Police Assistant Commissioner Joe Cassar gives a statement on the body of missing teen Lily Hooper being found.Authorities are opening an investigation into interagency miscommunication after hiker Lily Hooper was wrongly declared alive by the New South Wales premier.

Hooper had been missing for eight days when search teams found a woman’s body in Nattai National Park at 1pm (NZ time) today. It is believed to be

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