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Australia CLEO SMITH: Missing from Blowholes Campground, Carnarvon, WA - 16 Oct 2021 - Age 4 *Found Alive**GUILTY PLEA*

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Search continues for missing girl in WA

The disappearance of a four-year-old girl from a WA campsite is "extremely concerning" and police say a search...
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Search continues for missing girl in WA​

The disappearance of a four-year-old girl from a WA campsite is "extremely concerning" and police say a search has yet to turn up any answers.

Cleo Smith was last seen about 1.30am on Saturday at the Blowholes campsite on the coast at Macleod, north of Carnarvon.

An air, land and sea search resumed on Sunday morning with help from the SES and community volunteers.

The girl was wearing a pink one-piece sleepsuit with a blue and yellow pattern when she was last seen.


Earlier, Ms Smith posted that she had woken at 6am on Saturday to find her daughter wasn't in their shared tent.

She described Cleo's disappearance as "very very unusual".

WA police Inspector Jon Munday said the family arrived in the area late on Friday afternoon.

Insp Munday said he was "fairly confident" police were able to get the identities of all the people who were in the campsite at the time she disappeared, as well as gathering intelligence from dashcams and CCTV cameras in the vicinity to "paint a picture of who was around here".

"We are greatly concerned for the safety of Cleo and we aren't leaving anything to chance or ruling anything out," Insp Munday said early on Sunday afternoon.

"We are going as hard as we can for as long as we can."

Insp Munday said detectives from Perth and Geraldton had arrived at the search area and despite the harsh environment, the weather was so far "conducive to someone surviving exposure to the elements", but there were still no answers or major breakthroughs in the search.


MEDIA - CLEO SMITH: Missing from Blowholes Campground, Carnarvon, WA since 16 Oct 2021 - Age 4
 
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GrandmaBear said:
I haven't seen anyone too bad out there but I am sure on some SM or sites maybe it is or even in Australia more so but I don't follow much of anything like that. I do see people with some doubt, I still have doubt but no one that is overly attacking the parents although there are some that are pretty solid on not believing them or the story.

The Behavior Panel helped me a lot in they found the parents truthful but I find I still have trouble with the story, what happened, a real lack of details and just the odds of a bold abduction like this.

EVEN SO though, that is normal for me and in no way do I think one way or the other with any certainty. I am sure not going to attack the parents because they very well may be seriously innocent grieving parents. This could be one of the rare opportunistic bold stranger abductions.

More details I think would help, details that wouldn't hurt the investigation. The parents are forthcoming with very little, they offer nothing extra at all and perhaps that is what they have been advised to do.

Like did they eat with Cleo or just feed her and her alone? Outside the tent or inside did she/they eat? Did they cook or was it a sandwich and what was that time frame? How long was she awake when she awoke for water? Did she get up at all, etc.? Was she in PJs when you arrived or when did her PJs get put on? Who helped her do that? She was only up 1.5 hours after they got there and in bed pretty early, did she fall asleep outside in a chair or in the tent or did they put her down to sleep and did she go right to sleep or did they read her a story? I assume they took her potty before bed. You get my drift. Etc., etc. They may seem like minor things but if others are like me, it is the lack of these things that make the story maybe not ring true to me or something...

If you told me you went to the bank and home today, well okay, no reason to doubt you I guess. But if you described your trip more like the emu does with some details, well, clearly he not only did the things he said most likely but he also forgot his wallet, had to run back home, then figured he might as well stop at Wegman's where he couldn't find mushroom soup, and then he witnessed an accident on he way back home, etc.

I guess that's a part of it for me, the story is so bare bones with little detail. They advise if you are going to lie to offer no more than you have to as it is when you add too much detail or embellish that you get caught in those lies... So I see the bare bone answers in interviews and it doesn't sit quite right with me. If you are telling the truth, then you have no reason to worry about offering all details. I think that's truly what bothers me. The Behavior Panel though did help to explain some of that....

These parents are likely in the worst situation of their life and grief stricken and my heart goes out to them and I am sick over this little girl missing. No one needs to attack them as there just isn't anything there to be sure of anything. I think they are likely innocent but I am not 100 percent but that's okay. We are not the judge and jury, it's just opinion based on few facts.
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I'm not the world's most verbose person lol. Literally a conversation one night as I was reading a book.

Husband: what are you reading?
Me: a book

I literally had no idea why his eyebrows went up. shrug

I think sometimes we see people as too silent or too talkative based on our own behaviors. People that talk nonstop drive me to distraction.
 
RoundPeg said:
I'm not the world's most verbose person lol. Literally a conversation one night as I was reading a book.

Husband: what are you reading?
Me: a book

I literally had no idea why his eyebrows went up. shrug

I think sometimes we see people as too silent or too talkative based on our own behaviors. People that talk nonstop drive me to distraction.
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Makes sense. That is why I am telling myself with these parents that the lack of talking and extra info probably doesn't mean anything. Some say Australian men are like that too and there are cultural things, etc. AND they have probably had some advice from LE on interviewing due to an ongoing investigation.

Lol if you answered me that way with "a book", you'd better be showing humor meaning it as sarcasm or a joke because otherwise, I'd think you were being rude. I mean clearly one knows the question is to want to know what title, content are you reading, what is it about, etc. LOL.
 
GrandmaBear said:
Makes sense. That is why I am telling myself with these parents that the lack of talking and extra info probably doesn't mean anything. Some say Australian men are like that too and there are cultural things, etc. AND they have probably had some advice from LE on interviewing due to an ongoing investigation.

Lol if you answered me that way with "a book", you'd better be showing humor meaning it as sarcasm or a joke because otherwise, I'd think you were being rude. I mean clearly one knows the question is to want to know what title, content are you reading, what is it about, etc. LOL.
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I honestly wasn't being rude lol. Had he asked me the title I would have told him. He says I'm like a female version of Sheldon. Its actually quite possible.
 
RoundPeg said:
I honestly wasn't being rude lol. Had he asked me the title I would have told him. He says I'm like a female version of Sheldon. Its actually quite possible.
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Lol, I get it. You were just literally answering the literal question he asked... :D

I'm not used to that, you would probably throw me for a loop with me unsure if you were joking, etc.
 
www.9news.com.au

Detectives door-knock WA homes in Cleo Smith search

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Detectives door-knock WA homes in Cleo Smith search​

Detectives investigating the disappearance of Western Australian girl Cleo Smith, have door-knocked homes as the manhunt for an abductor enters a third week.

Police have visited a number of homes in the North Plantations, about 5km out of Carnarvon along the North West Coastal Highway, in search for the four-year-old.

The reason for the visits hasn't been made public, however, police are gathering new information in their investigations every day.

Drone searches were also conducted again at the Blowholes — a campsite popular with locals at weekends — where Cleo was last seen.

Cleo Smith's mother Ellie has continued her plea on social media to help bring her daughter home.
 
thewest.com.au

Family speaks of Cleo disappearance horror

A family camping just 100m from the site where it’s believed Cleo Smith was abducted has spoken about the chilling experience of watching the desperate search for her unfold.
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Cleo Smith search: Family camped just 100m from Cleo’s tells of horror of watching the search unfold​

A family camped just 100m from the site where it’s believed Carnarvon girl Cleo Smith was abducted from her tent has spoken about the “terrifying” experience of watching the desperate search for the four-year-old unfold.

Queensland couple Rob and Kira Prince run the social media blog Our Aussie Adventure documenting their travels around Australia with their five kids.

The family posted photographs to Facebook of their stay at Quobba Blowholes two weeks ago.

While they marvelled at the stunning landscape, they said their stay was stained by the disappearance — and suspected kidnapping — of little Cleo.

“This camp was beautiful with both rugged cliff faces with powerful waves and lagoon-like beaches and the blowholes were absolutely incredible,” the Prince family wrote.

“Unfortunately our stay here was scarred by the disappearance of Cleo Smith from a tent less than 100m from our site.

“With 4-year-olds of our own this was truly terrifying and heartbreaking. It is a day we will never forget — for all the wrong reasons.

“While we physically moved on from here once the campground closed, emotionally we are very much still there, longing for a positive outcome for Cleo and her family.”

They said the children “were very shaken up” by the experience. The family told The West Australian they had spoken with police a number of times about Cleo’s suspected abduction.
 
SheWhoMustNotBeNamed said:
thewest.com.au

Family speaks of Cleo disappearance horror

A family camping just 100m from the site where it’s believed Cleo Smith was abducted has spoken about the chilling experience of watching the desperate search for her unfold.
thewest.com.au thewest.com.au

Cleo Smith search: Family camped just 100m from Cleo’s tells of horror of watching the search unfold​

A family camped just 100m from the site where it’s believed Carnarvon girl Cleo Smith was abducted from her tent has spoken about the “terrifying” experience of watching the desperate search for the four-year-old unfold.

Queensland couple Rob and Kira Prince run the social media blog Our Aussie Adventure documenting their travels around Australia with their five kids.

The family posted photographs to Facebook of their stay at Quobba Blowholes two weeks ago.

While they marvelled at the stunning landscape, they said their stay was stained by the disappearance — and suspected kidnapping — of little Cleo.

“This camp was beautiful with both rugged cliff faces with powerful waves and lagoon-like beaches and the blowholes were absolutely incredible,” the Prince family wrote.

“Unfortunately our stay here was scarred by the disappearance of Cleo Smith from a tent less than 100m from our site.

“With 4-year-olds of our own this was truly terrifying and heartbreaking. It is a day we will never forget — for all the wrong reasons.

“While we physically moved on from here once the campground closed, emotionally we are very much still there, longing for a positive outcome for Cleo and her family.”

They said the children “were very shaken up” by the experience. The family told The West Australian they had spoken with police a number of times about Cleo’s suspected abduction.
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Would be lovely if any of their photos turned up some leads.
 
www.nzherald.co.nz

Missing 4-year-old: Officers search rubbish for clues

'It's now been 16 days ... every day that goes past is most difficult for Cleo's parents.'
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Cleo Smith disappearance: Officers search rubbish for clues in case​

The desperate search for Cleo Smith has led Australian police to scour through tonnes of rubbish in a bid to find any crucial evidence that could solve her mystery disappearance.

Cleo vanished from the family tent at the Quobba Blowholes campground, in Macleod near Carnarvon in Western Australia's north, on October 16.

Police said on Monday that they were leaving "no stone unturned", revealing officers had collected more than 50 cubic metres of rubbish from roadside bins as far north as Minilya and as far south as Geraldton.

"The rubbish was packed into two trucks and transported to Perth, where four forensics officers and 20 recruits spent two days sorting through hundreds of bags in an effort find any items that may assist in the investigation," police said in a statement.
 
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Missing Cleo Smith: CCTV black spots around remote campsite revealed

Detectives believe Cleo Smith's potential abductor could have travelled 70km to the nearest town without being picked up on any CCTV cameras.
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Revealed: The worrying escape routes out of campsite where little Cleo disappeared nearly three weeks ago - as investigators admit abductor could have snuck through CCTV black spots​

Cleo Smith's potential abductor could have travelled from the Blowholes campgrounds 70km south to the nearest town without being picked up on any CCTV cameras.

A complete lack of surveillance cameras in the area as well limited dashcam footage relevant to the time of her abduction mean the desperate efforts to find the young girl have become even more challenging.


Detectives are focusing in on a yet to be identified car that was seen leaving the Blowholes carpark at about 3am on the morning of the potential abduction.

They now believe the abductor could have left the campsite and driven south to Carnavon along several routes without detection given a lack of cameras in the region.

With a lack of DNA evidence, no eye witnesses and the worrying CCTV black spots, authorities fear a kidnapper could have already moved a distance away from the scene without detection.

The only lead investigators have is the 'passenger car' that was seen by two people leaving the area at about 3am.

Despite several appeals from police for the driver to come forward, no one has nominated themselves as the reported vehicle.

There is no CCTV captured of the car. It is believed to have been travelling on the North West Coastal Highway.
 
So in essence what they are saying is after all of this time, they have absolutely nothing and no indication of what really happened. At least that is what theyare saying anyhow.

Not a knock at police, just an observation and that means the chances are slim to none she will be found or the perp unless something new happens or comes about, sleeping bag found, body (pray not), etc.
 
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Major blow in Cleo Smith search as $87k GoFundMe shut down

Cleo Smith's potential abductor may have been able to evade security cameras after leaving the campsite. Read more about what's happened.
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The GoFundMe set up to help with the search for Cleo is no longer taking donations.

In an update, Bill Kent, who set up the fundraiser said Cleo's mother Ellie Smith and her stepfather, Jake Gliddon, had asked for the donations to stop.

"We will no longer be taking any donations to the go fund me (sic) towards bringing Cleo home, this has been a request made by Ellie and Jake," Mr Kent said.

"Thank you all so much for your kindness & generosity and fingers crossed for some good news soon."

The GoFundMe raised $87,059 and all money raised was going towards the search effort, with any left over money going to Ms Smith and Mr Gliddon.
 
www.abc.net.au

Police scour dark web for signs of Cleo Smith as they work on 'opportunistic' abduction theory

Police believe missing WA girl Cleo Smith was snatched by an opportunistic offender as they scour the dark web for signs of the four-year-old.
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Cleo Smith detectives work on opportunistic abduction theory as they track down Blowholes campers​

Detectives are inching closer to identifying every person in the area when Cleo Smith disappeared from a remote WA campsite, and they believe an opportunistic abductor snatched her.

Acting Police Commissioner Col Blanch told ABC Radio police were "getting closer and closer".

"And we've tracked down people that we didn't know, we've found them and we have eliminated them, and that's our focus at the moment — eliminate as many people as possible."


Lead investigator Superintendent Rod Wilde told Nine Radio police had interviewed more than 110 people who were at the Blowholes campsite that night and believed there were only a "small handful" of people they had not yet tracked down.

"I think it's more than likely an opportunistic type event," he said.


Col Blanch said the forensic work on the ground involved creating a detailed map of every inch of the area, using drones, aircraft, and satellite technology to look for any disturbances in sand and other potential evidence.

"Now we're in a stage where we need to forensically go over that ground inch by inch to see what disturbances might be in nearby areas for any sort of evidence which might give an inkling as to what happened," Acting Commissioner Blanch said.

"It could be tyre tracks, it could be the sleeping bag, it could be anything."

He said police were in process of securing satellite images captured over the area around that time, and were trawling through thousands of lines of data captured by mobile towers in the area.

"It is an investigative function for police to find out who was in the area at the time and perhaps the direction of movement — so what tower they started connecting to as they moved off."

While there has been focus placed on a mystery car seen turning off the Blowholes Road towards Carnarvon about 3:30am the morning Cleo Smith disappeared, other roads were also being investigated.

Acting Commissioner Col Blanch said there were many dirt roads and other routes which could have allowed an abductor to avoid detection.
 
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It doesn't sound like they have much of anything after all this time. And it sounds like now it is more like just a "chance" she was abducted, etc.

Fighting my instincts on this one and it doesn't feel natural for me to do that and I generally don't. Doing it because of opinions of others like the Behavior guys but I have to say I just am not sold when I add it all up/in The second to the last post above leaves me feeling like LE really isn't either...

But I'm far from sure so I"ll leave it at that while things unfold... I don't though see where they have much of anything in this case, not a sleeping bag, not a sign, no hint of a perp, no trail outside or elsewhere, nothing unless of course they are holding info..
 
Guess Who said:
Found alive!
www.theage.com.au

‘Our family is whole again’: Missing four-year-old Cleo Smith reunited with her family, man in custody

WA Police found missing four-year-old Cleo Smith in a locked house in the West Australian town of Carnarvon after an 18-day search of the state’s north-west coast.
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A man from Carnarvon had been arrested and was being questioned by police.

“We’ll have more to say on the rescue of Cleo as the day unfolds,” he said.

“For now – welcome home Cleo.”
 
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