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Australian man pleads guilty to abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith and holding her at his home for 18 days

An Australian man has pleaded guilty to abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith and holding her at his home for 18 days. Cleo vanished from her family’s tent last October while on a camping trip in Western Australia, sparking a huge search that gripped the country. Police later found her at a stranger’s house in her hometown […]

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Cleo Smith: Australian police investigate if anyone else involved in abduction of four-year-old

Australian police are investigating whether another person may have been involved in the abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith, who was rescued from a stranger’s home last week. Cleo was missing for 18 days after vanishing from her family’s camp trip in Western Australia on 16 October. Her disappearance sparked a massive search that ended in […]

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Australian media wrongly identified Aboriginal man as Cleo Smith abductor

A man wrongly identified as the abductor of Carnarvon toddler Cleo Smith says he was deeply distressed by the monumental mistake. Terry Flowers, also known by his mother’s name, Kelly, had his photo plastered all over social media yesterday in connection with the case of four-year-old Cleo Smith. He said he was very excited to […]

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Australian man charged over abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith

An Australian man has been charged with the abduction of four-year-old Cleo Smith, who was rescued after being missing for 18 days. Terence Darrell Kelly, 36, appeared in court in the town of Carnarvon charged with forcibly or fraudulently taking or enticing a child under 16. Cleo disappeared from her family’s tent at a campsite […]

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Cleo Smith: Four-year-old missing girl found alive and well after 18 days

A four-year-old girl missing for 18 days in a remote part of Western Australia has been found alive and well in a locked house, police said. Cleo Smith disappeared from her family’s tent at a campsite near the town of Carnarvon on 16 October, triggering a massive search effort. Police smashed their way into a […]

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Cleo Smith ‘more than likely’ was abducted at ‘opportunistic event’, lead investigator says

Australian Police investigating the disappearance of Cleo Smith believe the four-year-old was ‘likely’ abducted as search entered the seventeenth day. Lead investigator in the case, Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde, said it was “more than likely” Cleo was abducted at “an opportunistic event”. Cleo disappeared without a trace in the early hours of Saturday morning on […]

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Cleo Smith: $1 million reward for information on missing four-year-old attracts several bounty hunters

Western Australia’s acting police commissioner says the $1 million reward offered for information to find missing four-year-old Cleo Smith has attracted bounty hunters to the area where the child was last seen.Cleo disappeared while on a camping trip with her family at the remote Blowholes campsite, about 50 kilometres north of Carnarvon, on Western Australia’s […]

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Cleo Smith: Police search missing four-year-old girl’s home for second time

Police conducted a second search of the family home of missing Western Australian girl Cleo Smith, leaving with what appeared to be at least one brown bag of evidence. The eight-hour forensic search, which included a heavy focus on the backyard, was a routine part of the investigation which has now entered its 12th day, […]

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Cleo Smith: Mother recalls events leading up to the disappearance of her 4-year-old daughter

The mother of missing four-year-old described how the past few days had been “horrendous”.Cleo Smith was last seen sleeping in her family’s tent at the Quobba Blowholes coastal camp in Western Australia early on Saturday morning.Her mother said she discovered the tent open later that morning and the girl missing, along with her sleeping bag.Teams […]

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Cleo Smith: Police offer A$1 million reward amid fears the four-year-old girl was abducted

Australian authorities are offering a A$1 million reward for information on the whereabouts of a four-year-old girl they fear may have been abducted from a remote campsite.Cleo Smith was last seen sleeping in her family’s tent at the Quobba Blowholes coastal camp in Western Australia early on Saturday morning.Her mother said she discovered the tent […]

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Cleo Smith: Major search launched after 4-year-old disappears from campsite in middle of night in Western Australia

Police in Western Australia are searching for a 4-year-old girl who went missing from a campsite. Cleo Smith, who was last seen at around 1.30am local time Saturday, was staying in a tent at the Blowholes campsite in Macleod, according to a statement from Western Australia Police Force published Monday. “Grave concerns are held for […]