Cleo Smith

2021 solved missing person case in Australia

Cleo Smith was abducted on 16 October 2021 from a campsite in the Gascoyne region of Western Australia (WA) when she was four years old. She was found alive and well on 3 November, after police raided the home of Terence Darrell Kelly in the nearby town of Carnarvon. Her safe recovery after eighteen days was described as extremely rare, and received widespread news coverage and social media reaction both across Australia and internationally. Kelly was convicted of child abduction and sentenced to 13 years and 6 months in jail, and a A$1,000 fine. Disappearance. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abduction_of_Cleo_Smith

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