Lily Hooper believed to have died from fall on day she went missing
According to her mother, the 18-year-old had a fall in bushland. It happened the afternoon she went missing. She died that same day.
Why it mattersThe discovery ended the family's week-long anguish. It answered the central question that had driven an intensive search operation.
AustraliaA major search-and-rescue operation across NSW bushland concluded after eight days, prompting an investigation into a communication error where police briefly told the family Lily was alive.
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