(WVLT/Gray News) - A 24-year-old man was hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains National Park when his phone became untraceable, setting off a dayslong search that ended in tragedy.

Sahil Jilani, 24, went missing while hiking in the Great Smoky Mountains.

Park officials say he was last seen around 8 p.m. last Monday at the Riverstone Campground in Townsend.