Current Events > 4 year old girl who went missing at Australian campsite 2 weeks ago found alive

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https://www.abc.net.au/news/2021-11-03/cleo-smith-found-alive-by-wa-police/100589612

Missing four-year-old girl Cleo Smith has been found safe and well in a locked house in Carnarvon, WA police say.
According to a statement from Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch, police broke into the house about 1am and found her in one of the rooms.
One of the officers picked her up and asked her, 'What's your name?"
She replied: "My name is Cleo."
She has been reunited with her parents.
WA police said a Carnarvon man had been taken into custody and was being questioned by detectives.
Cleo had been missing since October 16, having disappeared from the tent she was sleeping in with her parents at the Quobba Blowholes, a popular camping site north of Carnarvon.
Her disappearance sparked a widespread search across Western Australia.
"This is the outcome we all hoped and prayed for," Deputy Commissioner Blanch said.
"It's the outcome we've achieved because of some incredible police work and I want to thank Cleo's parents, the West Australian community and all of the volunteers.
"And of course, I want to thank my colleagues in the Western Australian Police Force."

This was a huge story here. She had disappeared from her tent in the middle of the night. Asked for a drink of water at 1:30am and was gone when her Mum woke up at 6am. Seems like someone did indeed go into the tent and take her. So scary. Must have been the longest two weeks for the little girl and her parents :(

Good work from the police with managing to find her. Didn't think it would happen after this long.

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Nice to see some good news for once.

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I remember this. She is only 4 so they might need to rely more on the kidnapper to get details on those 2 weeks. What a weird case