MISSING four-year-old Cleo Smith, who disappeared while camping with her family 18 days ago, has been found “alive and well” in Western Australia.
WA Police Deputy Commissioner Col Blanch said Cleo had been found early this morning inside a Carnarvon home, with a man taken into custody.
“A police team broke their way into a locked house in Carnarvon about 1am,” he said.
“They found little Cleo in one of the rooms.
“One of the officers picked her up into his arms and asked her ‘what’s your name?’ She said – ‘My name is Cleo’.”
“This is the outcome we all hoped and prayed for,” Deputy Commissioner Blanch said.
Prime Minister, Scott Morrison, in Glasgow for the COP26 responded quickly on social media.
“What wonderful, relieving news,” Mr Morrison tweeted.
“Cleo Smith has been found and is home safe and sound.
“Our prayers answered. Thank you to the many police officers involved in finding Cleo and supporting her family.”
Cleo disappeared from her family’s campsite early in the morning of October 16 at the Carnarvon Blowholes.
She and her sleeping bag were both gone from the family’s tent, prompting initial fears Cleo had wandered off and was lost.
