Body of teen hiker found eight days after disappearing

Sarah Spina-Matthews |

Lily Hooper has been found dead after being reported lost vast national park more than a week ago.
Lily Hooper has been found dead after being reported lost vast national park more than a week ago.

A body has been found in the search for a teenager hiker who went missing in a national park more than a week ago.

Lily Hooper went missing on August 12 after embarking on a hike in the Nattai National Park in NSW’s Southern Highlands.

The 18-year-old from Oakdale, in Sydney’s southwest, did not return that evening and could not be contacted on her mobile phone, triggering a wide-scale search by emergency services.

Police search bushland (file image)
NSW Police, SES and Australian Defence Force members took part in the search (Dean Lewins/AAP PHOTOS)

Authorities found the body, which has not yet been formally identified but is believe to be Ms Cooper, in bushland about 11.30am on Thursday, NSW Police said in a statement.

Ms Hooper had not been seen since her car was discovered at the Bonnum Pic trailhead on Wednesday night.

AAP