Cleo Smith: first pictures of missing girl, 4, after she was found in locked house in Australia

The moment Cleo Smith was rescued by WA Police (Photo: WA Police)The moment Cleo Smith was rescued by WA Police (Photo: WA Police)
The moment Cleo Smith was rescued by WA Police (Photo: WA Police)

Cleo Smith, a four-year-old little girl who went missing in mid-October, has been found by Western Australia police officers.

This is everything you need to know about what happened.

What happened to Cleo Smith?

Four-year-old Cleo Smith went missing on Saturday 16 October after allegedly being abducted from her family’s tent whilst camping at the Quobba Blowholes.

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When she first went missing, the initial search was under the assumption that she had let herself out of the and had wandered away.

However, it was then revealed that the zipper on the compartment that she and her sister were sleeping in was too high for her to have reached it.

A massive air, land and sea search was launched with a taskforce of 100 officers sent from Perth, the state capital.

A reward of $1 million Australian dollars was offered by authorities (£540,000) for information regarding Cleo’s whereabouts.

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When was she found?

Cleo was found alone in a house in Carnarvon, a town situated in the north-west coast of Western Australia, roughly 46 miles from where she and her family had been camping when she disappeared.

She was found in the early hours of Wednesday morning (3 November), 19 days after she went missing.

Speaking to Network Seven, Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch said: “Late last night [the police] found that needle that led them to that address and rescued Cleo.”

Police have said that the information was about a car, but could not elaborate any further.

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