Hannah Moody was reported missing by friends on Wednesday, May 21 at around 7:50 p.m.
- The body of hiker Hannah Moody was found near the Arizona trailhead where she was last seen before being reported missing
- Authorities located her body at “around 12:05 p.m. on May 22,” after friends alerted authorities that they were unable to reach her on May 21 around 7:50 p.m.
- An investigation into Moody’s death is ongoing, but authorities noted there were “no obvious signs of foul play or trauma at this point”
A hiker who went missing in Arizona has been found dead.
On Thursday, May 24, the Scottsdale Police Department confirmed in a press release that Hannah Moody’s body had been discovered at “around 12:05 p.m. on May 22 near the Gateway Trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale.”
This came after she was reported missing by friends on Wednesday, May 21, at around 7:50 p.m.
“Scottsdale officers responded to the trailhead where she was last seen and located her vehicle still in the parking lot,” the release read. “Efforts to reach her by phone or ping her cellphone were unsuccessful.”
Authorities added, “Officers began search efforts on foot, with drones and assistance from a Phoenix Police Department helicopter. Search efforts continued for Hannah for approximately four and a half hours until around 11:30 p.m., when the search was called off for the evening.”
PEOPLE contacted the Scottsdale Police Department and the Maricopa County Sheriff for further comment, but did not hear back at the time of publication.
“Search efforts picked back up the morning of May 22, 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,” the statement continued. “Other individuals showed up and assisted with the search efforts as well.”
Moody’s body was found 600 yards off-trail just after noon by the Maricopa County Sheriff’s Air Unit.
Officials say an investigation into the hiker’s death will be carried out.
“Our investigation will be in cooperation with the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner, which will ultimately determine the cause of death,” the release read.
Authorities noted that there were “no obvious signs of foul play or trauma at this point.”
Moody, who has a following of 44,000 on Instagram where she shares Christian content, posted a last video of herself hiking earlier this week.
The content creator gave a message about choosing to focus on the positive over the negative.
“HIKES W/ HAN | part 1 👟🌵☀️ There can always be something positive in every situation, if you just look for it 😇 what are you focusing on?” her caption read. “God uses all things for good 🫶🏼 Romans 8:28.”