Missing teen hiker Lily Hooper found dead after disappearing in NSW national park a week ago

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

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The body of missing 18-year-old bushwalker Lily Hooper has been found in a remote New South Wales national park more than a week after she set out on her hike.

NSW police said in a statement: “The body of a woman has been located in bushland following the search for a missing bushwalker in the Southern Highlands.”