Little girl lost found alive and well
By Judy Evans
@JudyEv (339553)
Rockingham, Australia
November 2, 2021 7:40pm CST
The photos are from our last horse event but have nothing to do with the discussion.
Eighteen days ago, a little girl was taken from a tent in a camping site at Quobba Blowholes, north of Carnarvon in Western Australia’s northwest. Despite intensive searching by hundreds of volunteers, there had been no real leads. However, she has now been found safe and well in a locked house in Carnarvon. A 36-year-old man has been taken into custody.
After 18 days everyone was expecting the worse so the news is wonderful. Of course, she could still be very traumatised by her ordeal but at least she is alive and reunited with her family. A $1 million reward had been offered for information leading to the four-year-old’s recovery.
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Oh, wow! I'm glad she was found and, hopefully, not harmed in any way. People can be so sick!
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@DaddyEvil (137257)
• United States
3 Nov 21
@JudyEv Let's hope he just wanted her for a daughter...
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@JudyEv (339553)
• Rockingham, Australia
4 Nov 21
@DaddyEvil That might be so because when they broke into the house at 1am, she was playing on the floor with some toys. He'd been seen buying nappies and wipes but no-one put 2 and 2 together. At the moment she doesn't seem very traumatised at all. Here's a link:
https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2021/nov/04/cleo-smith-update-wa-police-charge-36-year-old-man-over-alleged-abduction
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@Bullshark (3477)
• Netherlands
3 Nov 21
Heard it on the news this morning. I'm relieved to know that little Cleo is alive and well... 
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@JudyEv (339553)
• Rockingham, Australia
5 Nov 21
@Bullshark Exactly. We've been hearing about that on the news tonight.
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@Bullshark (3477)
• Netherlands
5 Nov 21
@JudyEv Cleo is a doll, but she surely does not belong to her abductor's Bratz collection...
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@kaylachan (69370)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
3 Nov 21
It's good news she was found alive and well. We should all be so lucky.
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@wolfgirl569 (105945)
• Marion, Ohio
3 Nov 21
So very glad she was found and safe. After that long it is unusual.
Great photos.
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@aninditasen (16382)
• Raurkela, India
3 Nov 21
A lovely news. Hope the little girl lives long and leads a good life.
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@LindaOHio (178131)
• United States
3 Nov 21
I read about this. This story could have had such a tragic ending. I'm glad she was found.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
3 Nov 21
that is a good ending to a horrible story. that poor kid has years of therapy ahead.
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@DocAndersen (54402)
• United States
4 Nov 21
@JudyEv there will be trauma later, it is sadly a reality of that type of situation.
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@wilsongoddard (7291)
• United States
8 Nov 21
It is good that she was found. I'd heard about the story in passing, but I hadn't paid much attention to it since my focus was on some other things.
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@RasmaSandra (79714)
• Daytona Beach, Florida
4 Nov 21
I am so glad guardian angels were watching over her and she is alive and well, What kind of an idiotic man does this taking a child and keep them in a locked house I hope they lock him up and throw away the key,
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@1creekgirl (41392)
• United States
3 Nov 21
Oh my, how so very frightening for that little sweetheart and her family! Praise God she was found alive.
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