Missing TikToker Hannah Moody, 31, posted tragic final video before she vanished as her body is found two weeks later
A TIKTOKER shared a tragic final video just weeks before her body was discovered near a hiking trail.
Hannah Moody, 31, was a social media influencer with a combined total of 48,000 followers across her TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube channel.
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The body of TikToker Hannah Moody, 31 was found near a hiking trail in Scottsdale, Arizona
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Just before her death, she posted a video on Instagram, talking about changes in her life and her faith in God
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She made lifestyle content centered around her faith and love of hiking.
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"You were never meant to go through this life alone," Moody said in the nearly two-minute clip.
"Knowing that I'm not alone, knowing that I don't have to carry this weight alone of trying to change and striving to be the certain way or striving to make my life a certain way.
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"The only way I was actually able to change my life, change my story, was with the help of Jesus."
Moody captioned the video with: "He wants to walk with you every step of the way."
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The clip showed Moody walking along a trail as she spoke about her changes in her life, such as finding a new job and the stress that comes along with it.
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"There can always be something positive in every situation, if you just look for it," read the caption.
However, the influencer was reported missing on May 21 after her loved ones said they hadn't heard from her or been able to reach her since she went off on her hike in Scottsdale, Arizona, that day.
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Police
Department said authorities were at the trail where Moody was last seen, and her car was found in the parking lot.
"Officers began search efforts on foot, with
drones
and assistance from a Phoenix
Police
Department helicopter," read the release.
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"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."
A team of more than 20 officers on foot and bikes searched the trail with the help of the Maricopa County Sheriff's Department.
The sheriff's air unit found Moody's body about 600 feet from the Gateway Trailhead of the McDowell Sonoran Preserve in Scottsdale around noon.
Before her death, Moody lived in California, according to the
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"Scottsdale detectives and
crime
scene personnel will now conduct a thorough
investigation
to piece together what happened to Hannah and how she died," said the sheriff's department.
"Our
investigation
will be in cooperation with the Maricopa County Office of the Medical Examiner, which will ultimately determine the cause of death."
The temperature in the area where her body was found typically got as high as 100 degrees by noon, including on the day she was discovered.
An investigation is underway, but authorities said that Moody's body didn't show any signs of trauma or foul play.
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Her last Tiktok was posted in April and had a similar message about her religion
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An investigation into Moody's death in underway
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