The physique of a hiker was discovered off a path in central Arizona Thursday some 16 hours after she was reported lacking, Scottsdale police say, calling it a “heartbreaking development.”
The division says an investigation into Hannah Moody’s demise is underway, although there are “no obvious signs of foul play or trauma at this point.”
Scottsdale, Arizona police
In keeping with Scottsdale police, Moody’s physique was noticed at about 12:05 p.m. close to the Gateway Trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Protect in Scottsdale. She was first reported lacking at round 7:50 the night earlier than by pals who acquired involved as a result of they hadn’t heard from her.
Responding officers discovered her automobile within the car parking zone. Makes an attempt “to reach her by phone or ping her cellphone were unsuccessful. Officers began search efforts on foot, with drones and assistance from a Phoenix Police Department helicopter,” Scottsdale police mentioned.
The search went on till about 11:30 p.m., when it was suspended for the night.
It resumed within the morning “with 20-plus officers on bicycles, on foot, with drones, and with the assistance of the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Office search and rescue team and air unit,” Scottsdale police mentioned. “Other individuals showed up and assisted with the search efforts as well. The Maricopa County Sheriff’s Air Unit located Hannah’s body around 12:05 p.m., about 600 yards off-trail.”
Scottsdale detectives and crime scene personnel are finishing up an intensive probe to strive to determine what occurred to Hannah and the way she died. The Maricopa County health worker’s workplace will try to find out the reason for demise.
