Missing teenager found dead after police said she was alive

Lily Hooper, 18, disappeared after setting off in Nattai National Park (Picture: Facebook/VRA Rescue NSW) A missing teenager has been found dead after officials mistakenly announced that she had been rescued following an eight-day search in the Australian bushland. Lily Hooper, 18, disappeared after setting off for a hike in Nattai National Park, around 90 miles south-west of Sydney, last Wednesday. Her family raised the alarm after she failed to return home, despite her being in contact with them throughout the day. A major search operation was then launched in the national park, with police, volunteers and around 100 soldiers. On Thursday, New South Wales premier Chris Minns was attending a parliamentary hearing when he was handed a note telling him the teenager had been found. He then a