Cleo Smith: 36-Year-Old Man Charged Over Abduction of 4-Year-Old Girl

• Cleo Smith was discovered by police in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a locked house in Carnarvon
• The girl has yet to be interviewed by police, but specialists have arrived in Carnarvon from Perth to do so.

EKO HOT BLOG reports that in connection with the disappearance of 4-year-old Cleo Smith on October 16, police in Western Australia have charged a 36-year-old man with a variety of offences, including “forcibly taking a child under the age of 16.”

According to a police statement, the man, identified as Terence Kelly by an Australian public broadcaster, will appear in Carnavon court on Thursday afternoon.

Cleo Smith

Cleo Smith was discovered by police in the early hours of Wednesday morning in a locked house in Carnarvon, a town in Western Australia, about 30 miles from the campsite where she was allegedly abducted nearly three weeks ago.

Cleo was discovered awake and playing with toys in a room in the house with the lights turned on, according to police. The girl has yet to be interviewed by police, but specialists have arrived in Carnarvon from Perth to do so.

On Thursday, Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan said he met with Cleo and her family, describing her as “very well adjusted, considering (her ordeal).”

“She has done a bit of sleeping and a lot of eating, a lot of lying around and cuddling,” McGowan said. Detective Superintendent Wilde said Cleo had also been checked out at the hospital, and “physically she is OK.”

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