3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: Footage shows moment missing four-year-old was rescued 18 days after disappearance

For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. The state police chief said his force was “so thankful” the four-year-old had been found alive. “A police team broke their way into a locked house in Carnarvon about 1am,” Col Blanch, the Western Australia Police Force’s deputy commissioner, said in a press conference. I won’t go into any more details, other than to say we’re so thankful she’s alive.” Senior sergeant Cameron Blaine, who was one of the four people to rescue Cleo, said she was “physically OK”. He added: “This particular case, obviously, has captured the hearts of Australians as we felt such terrible sorrow for the family.” Speaking to media on Wednesday, Mr Blanch said finding Cleo alive was “the outcome we all hoped and prayed for”.

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3 months, 3 weeks ago

Cleo Smith update almost three years after she was kidnapped from a campsite and held captive for 18 days

Daily Mail

Cleo Smith has been hailed as a future Australian Olympian less than three years since her abduction shocked the nation. But 18 days after she went missing, police found Cleo in the home of Terrence Darrell Kelly in Carnarvon, minutes away from her own family home. Cleo Smith has won gold in her first gymnastics competition, nearly three years since …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith - Latest updates on missing girl

The Independent

✕ Close Missing four-year-old Cleo Smith found ‘alive and well’ in Western Australia For free real time breaking news alerts sent straight to your inbox sign up to our breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails Sign up to our free breaking news emails SIGN UP I would like to be emailed about offers, events and …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: Man, 36, charged with abducting four-year-old girl in Australia

The Independent

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: The heartbreaking words a little friend told his mum before the four-year-old was found

Daily Mail

A mother has recalled how her little boy predicted his playmate Cleo Smith would be found alive before she was miraculously found alive and well. Cleo Smith has been reunited with her family, 18 days after she vanished from a campsite 'He's seen posters and he always points at them but he hasn't really said anything until the night before …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: WA Police Minister addresses rumours that child snatched as part of a paedophile ring

Daily Mail

WA's Police Minister has said Cleo Smith was not snatched as part of a paedophile ring but that one person acting alone was allegedly responsible. The first picture of Cleo Smith, safe and sound in hospital, after she was rescued from a house in Carnarvon, in northwest Western Australia, where she was held for 18 days Mr Papalia also said …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: What WA four-year-old will be able to remember about her Carnarvon abduction

Daily Mail

Cleo Smith was found 'alive and well' by police locked in a house in her hometown - just seven minutes drive from her own family home - after a terrifying 18-day ordeal Little Cleo Smith will have a very clear recollection of parts of her 18-day ordeal but detectives face a race against time to extract key details from the …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: The WA top cop who reunited missing girl with her family has brought killers to justice

Daily Mail

Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine has interrogated some of Australia's worst murderers and ensured they were brought to justice. Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine was one of the officers involved in the rescue of Cleo Smith who was found in a Carnarvon home 18 days after she vanished Footage from body cameras shared by Western Australia Police shows the moment …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: How police found missing girl in Carnarvon, Western Australia

Daily Mail

The man suspected of kidnapping little Cleo Smith from her parents' tent during a camping trip in remote Western Australia had been pulled over by police and arrested before the little girl was even found, as locals reveal their bizarre interactions with the 'loner' in the days before his home was raided. When police rammed their way into a rundown …

3 years, 2 months ago

Girl, 4, missing for two weeks from Australian campsite is found alive in locked house

The Independent

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith abduction: Crucial questions Australian police who found four-year-old can't answer yet

Daily Mail

Exhausted but overjoyed police responsible for finding Cleo Smith carefully sidestepped key questions about her rescue on Wednesday - pointing to potential twists in the case. Senior members of the Western Australian Police team behind the miracle rescue fronted media on Wednesday afternoon to provide an update on the day's dramatic events. Exhausted but overjoyed WA police responsible for finding …

3 years, 2 months ago

Pictured: Cleo Smith kidnap suspect, 36, in bandages with head injury suffered in custody

Daily Mail

Cleo Smith's suspected abductor was pictured being taken to hospital in bandages after sustaining a head injury in custody after four-year-old Cleo was rescued from a stranger's house in Western Australia, 18 days after going missing from a remote campsite. He has not yet been named, but was pictured being taken to hospital with a bandaged head after he injured …

3 years, 2 months ago

'My name is Cleo': Police officers in tears as Australian girl rescued after 18-day search

India TV News

Police smashed their way into a suburban house on Wednesday and rescued a 4-year-old girl whose disappearance from her family's camping tent on Australia's remote west coast more than two weeks ago both horrified and captivated the nation. Officials wept with relief after seeing body camera video of a police officer scooping up the girl, Cleo Smith, and hearing her …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: How thousands of Australians never gave up searching in the ultimate story of hope

Daily Mail

Thousands of Australians never gave up hope Cleo Smith would be returned to her family For millions of Australians learning Cleo Smith had been found alive and well on Wednesday morning the news was as stunning as it was joyful. From Cleo's mother Ellie Smith and stepfather Jake Gliddon to the strangers who volunteered to help search for their daughter, …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: Shocked neighbours speak out after missing WA girl found alive inside a home

Daily Mail

The man arrested over the disappearance of four-year-old Cleo Smith has been hospitalised after suffering a head injury in a holding cell. The suspect reportedly injured his head by hitting it against a cell wall when he arrived at the Carnarvon holding cells in the middle of the night Cleo Smith has been found alive and well, 18 days after …

3 years, 2 months ago

MISSING CLEO - TIMELINE OF EARLY SEARCH HOURS

Daily Mail

About 6am: Ellie Smith wakes up and realises Cleo and her sleeping bag are missing. 6.41am: A second police car with another two officers is sent to Blowholes, also with lights and sirens. 8.09am: A helicopter from a local company arrived at the scene and started searching as police request an SES team attend the Blowholes search. 9.30am: Detectives sit …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: Scott Morrison leads outpouring of relief as girl, 4, is found alive in Carnarvon, WA

Daily Mail

Scott Morrison has joined the outpouring of relief that Cleo Smith has been found alive after 18 days. She went missing from her family's tent on October 16 A map shows how Cleo smith was found 73.7km south of the campsite she vanished from more than two weeks ago Scott Morrison - who is in the UK for a climate …

3 years, 2 months ago

Over 200 potential sightings of missing girl Cleo Smith as lead investigator tours Blowholes campgrounds

ABC

The man leading the search for missing West Australian girl Cleo Smith says more than 200 possible sightings of the four-year-old have been reported to police. Key points: The sightings so far have proven "fruitless" but the public is being encouraged to keep helping Police are still seeking information about a car that left the area on the night that …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith disappearance: Adorable letter Cleo's friend wrote her after she went missing

Daily Mail

A best friend of Cleo Smith has penned a heartfelt letter to the missing four-year-old. One of Cleo Smith's best friends has penned a heartfelt letter to the missing four-year-old The little girl's mum, who has been actively sharing Cleo's missing person poster and photos online to raise awareness, said her daughter was desperate to write her friend a letter. …

3 years, 2 months ago

Cleo Smith: Major search launched after four-year-old disappears from Australian campsite in middle of night

The Independent

3 years, 2 months ago

Search continues for Cleo Smith, 4, missing from family's tent at campsite north of Carnarvon

ABC

Emergency services are continuing to search for a four-year-old girl missing from a campsite in Western Australia's north-west since Saturday. Key points: Cleo Smith was last seen by her family at 1:30am on Saturday A wide-ranging air, land and sea search is underway in the area Police say they are "not ruling anything out" at this stage Cleo Smith was …

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