The body of a hiker was found off a trail in central Arizona on Thursday, some 16 hours after she was reported missing, Scottsdale police say, calling it a “heartbreaking development.”
The department says an investigation into 31-year-old Hannah Moody’s death is underway, though there are “no obvious signs of foul play or trauma at this point.”
According to Scottsdale police, Moody’s body was spotted at about 12:05 p.m. near the Gateway Trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale. She was first reported missing at around 7:50 the evening before by friends who got concerned because they hadn’t heard from her.
Responding officers found her vehicle in the parking lot. Attempts “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 said…