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Missing hiker found dead in Australia as police apologize for ‘miscommunication’ that she was still alive

  • Police apologized after a miscommunication led Lily Hooper’s family to briefly celebrate being told she’d been found alive, only for officials to retract the statement minutes later.
  • The 18-year-old was found dead after an eight-day search in Nattai National Park; a coroner will investigate the cause of her death.
  • Authorities are probing how the false announcement happened; the park’s rugged, cold and windy conditions were noted during the search.
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