The man accused of abducting four-year-old Cleo Smith from her family tent and holding her captive for 18 days had a doll room inside his house.
Cleo Smith in the arms of her mother.
One of four officers involved in the raid and has revealed further details about Cleo’s rescue,but stopped short of describing the house or bedroom she was found in.
WA Police release audio of moment detectives find Cleo inside a bedroom.
The man in custody over Cleo Smith’s abduction,who is expected to be charged today,has been taken to hospital twice after a self-harm incident since being apprehended by police.
The four-year-old was found in a bedroom of a locked house weeks after she went missing from a remote West Australian campsite.
Missing person posters and stickers picturing Cleo Smith have been replaced with pink balloons as the nation celebrates the four-year-old’s rescue.
In police body-worn camera footage taken just moments after Cleo Smith was found,a detective asks:‘We’re going to take you to see your mummy and daddy,OK?’
Today on Please Explain,WAToday reporter Peter De Kruijff joins Rachel Clun to discuss the successful search and rescue of missing four-year-old Cleo Smith.
The four year old went missing almost three weeks ago prompting a massive police investigation and was found at a house in Carnarvon this morning.
This news has elevated us all:Cleo Smith has been reunited with her family after 18 days of agony.