Gruesome way hiking influencer Hannah Moody was found dead
Ms Moody, who goes by Hannah Rose on social media, was previously reported as a missing person on May 21 just before 8pm local time by concerned friends.
Tragically, her body was discovered 550-metres off-trail the following day by the Maricopa County Sheriff's Air Unit, near the Gateway Trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Arizona.
Doing what she 'adored', the Maricopa County Medical Examiner's Office said the experienced hiker was found 'deceased and decomposing' after she failed to return from the trail in late May.
It is understood that at the time Ms Moody was hiking near Scottsdale in the state of Arizona, temperatures likely reached a high of 40 degrees celsius for significant periods of the day.
As reported by People last month, the medical examiner's office previously concluded that Ms Moody's cause of death was 'environmental heat exposure' and that the manner of death was determined to be 'accidental'.
But the full post-mortem analysis in late July now specifies that her body was discovered with 'decompositional changes' and 'abrasions of the right shoulder and lower extremities.'
In addition, the woman's toxicology results were negative for 'ethanol, screened drugs of abuse, and select therapeutic medications' and that she only had 'minimally elevated creatine and urea nitrogen'.
Posting to the hiker's Instagram page, family said Ms Moody died doing what she loved and that she is now with Him.
'She died doing what she adored – hiking the Arizona mountains,' the post, which received more than 55,000 likes, read.
'Know that you were all precious and loved by her and that she would want nothing more than for each of you to find Jesus and to know His great goodness and love for you.
'We miss Hannah terribly, but we know she is in a place so beautiful that this earth pales in comparison. Rest in His peace, sweet girl; we'll see you on the other side.'
A week after her death, Ms Moody's mother Terri told local media Arizona's Family that they were trying to piece together what had happened.
'We're trying to piece it all together because we don't know of any conditions that she had or anything like that, that would have caused anything,' Terri said, adding that at the time they assumed 'it was heat-related' and 'that there were no signs of foul play'.
The most recent post on Ms Moody's Instagram was met with hundreds of comments, with many followers saying they were 'heartbroken' by the news.
'She was such a light and left an incredible impact through her social media presence,' one wrote.
'My heart absolutely aches for you and your family in so many ways,' another added.
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