Cleo Smith missing update – Police SEIZE CCTV footage of vehicle leaving campsite as girl’s mum makes heartbreaking plea

Cleo’s voice recorded on beach shack CCTV

The West Australian reported that audio of Cleo was recorded on a single CCTV camera at a beach shack just 20 metres from where she was staying, the day before she vanished.

The surveillance device, which records audio and is motion-sensitive, is attached to the front of the building to capture footage of all those entering and leaving the shack.

Police have confirmed that the girl’s voice was heard on the camera, and that the force has taken copies of the footage.

After examining it, they confirmed on Sunday that it showed Cleo was at the campground prior to her disappearance.

Cleo may have been taken across state borders

Police have not ruled out the possibility Cleo may have been taken across state borders.

Detectives from the WA Police homicide squad as well as forensics and local detectives are investigating her disappearance.

They say there is a possibility Cleo may have been driven eight hours away from the Blowholes campsite.

‘There is still hope’ for Cleo

The mother of a West Australian girl kidnapped and killed more than two decades ago has said “there is still hope” in Cleo’s disappearance.

Margaret Dodd, whose daughter Hayley was abducted and killed by Francis John Wark in 1999, told 7 News she could “feel the pain” Cleo’s loved ones were going through.

“It just brings it all back, because you know what you’ve gone through and you’re hoping that your little one will be found alive,” she said.

“Everything has been thrown at looking for this little girl and that really makes me very happy. There is still hope.”

Who is Cleo Smith? 

Cleo Smith is a four-year-old Australian girl who went missing while camping with her parents in the outback.

The family were staying at the Blowholes Campsite near Macleod about 50 miles north of Carnarvon, Western Australia.

She was wearing a bright pink pyjama suit with blue and pink flowers and butterflies printed on it when she was last seen.

Cleo voice heard on CCTV footage from nearby beach shacks

Rod Wilde also revealed Cleo’s voice was heard on the CCTV footage from nearby beach shacks the day before she disappeared.

“It was just after they arrived, it’s motion-sensitive so it was by (their vehicle),” he said.

“It’s very limited … we’ve reviewed that and we believe it’s Cleo’s voice that’s heard on the CCTV.”

Police want to interview driver of car seen in area at 3am

Police investigating the disappearance of Cleo Smith want to speak to the driver of a car seen turning south off Blowholes Road between 3am and 3.30am on the morning the four-year-old vanished from a campsite north of Carnarvon.

Detectives believe Cleo was taken from her family’s tent in the early hours of last Saturday morning.

Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde said the reported sighting of the car was a “very recent development” in the investigation.

“We want the person or persons who were in that vehicle to come forward and contact police,” Wilde said.

“We want to know who they were and what they were doing.”

Cleo Smith’s stepdad breaks silence

CLEO Smith’s stepdad has broken his silence over the disappearance of the four-year-old.

Little Cleo was reported missing in the early hours of the morning last Saturday after her parents could not find her at the campground where they were staying in Western Australia.

The youngster’s stepfather Jake Gliddon shared an image of Cleo’s missing poster to his Instagram story, the first time he has posted about her disappearance.

And in a series of posts to her Instagram stories alongside images of Cleo, her mum Ellie Smith wrote: “We all need her home.”

“Where are you baby,” she captioned another image.

Read more here.

Investigators have spoken with 20 sex offenders but none are suspects

Investigators had spoken to up to 20 registered sex offenders in the Carnarvon area, but there were no suspects.

“Given the information now that we’ve gleaned from the scene, the fact that the search has gone on for this period of time and we haven’t been able to locate her … it leads us to believe that she was taken from the tent,” Det Supt Rob Wilde said.

He said authorities were keeping an open mind in relation to whether Cleo may have been taken by someone known to her.

Cleo may have been driven eight hours away from the campsite where she was last seen, cops suggested as they piece together the her whereabouts.

Another suggestion is that Cleo was taken to the town of Kalbarri – some five hours away – and may have passed through the suburb of Meekatharra, which is 670km south-east.

WA Premier says every resource being used to find Cleo

Mark McGowan, said every resource had been directed to finding Cleo and he urged anyone with information to come forward.

“We all feel for her and her family and we just want to make sure that we find her as soon as we can, and that every effort is made to uncover her location so that the family can find out where she is,” McGowan said on Sunday.

Explained: What happened the night Cleo went missing?

Cleo Smith was last seen in her family’s tent at about 1.30am on Saturday at the remote Blowholes Shacks campsite in coastal town Macleod, around 900km (559 miles) north of Perth.

She was sharing a tent with her mother, her mother’s partner and her baby sister.

When the family woke in at 6.30am the tent’s zip was undone and Cleo was missing, along with her sleeping bag.

Witnesses at the campsite have reported hearing the skidding of tyres at around 3am.

‘There is still hope’ for Cleo

The mother of a West Australian girl kidnapped and killed more than two decades ago has said “there is still hope” in Cleo’s disappearance.

Margaret Dodd, whose daughter Hayley was abducted and killed by Francis John Wark in 1999, told 7 News she could “feel the pain” Cleo’s loved ones were going through.

“It just brings it all back, because you know what you’ve gone through and you’re hoping that your little one will be found alive,” she said.

“Everything has been thrown at looking for this little girl and that really makes me very happy. There is still hope.”

Mapped: Places where Cleo Smith could have been taken

Cleo may have been driven eight hours away from the campsite where she was last seen, cops suggested as they piece together her possible whereabouts.

Another suggestion is that Cleo was taken to the town of Kalbarri – some five hours away.

If this is the case she may have passed through the suburb of Meekatharra, which is 670km south-east.

Investigators have spoken with 20 sex offenders but none are suspects

Investigators had spoken to up to 20 registered sex offenders in the Carnarvon area, but there were no suspects.

“Given the information now that we’ve gleaned from the scene, the fact that the search has gone on for this period of time and we haven’t been able to locate her … it leads us to believe that she was taken from the tent,” Det Supt Rob Wilde said.

He said authorities were keeping an open mind in relation to whether Cleo may have been taken by someone known to her.

Cleo may have been driven eight hours away from the campsite where she was last seen, cops suggested as they piece together the her whereabouts.

Another suggestion is that Cleo was taken to the town of Kalbarri – some five hours away – and may have passed through the suburb of Meekatharra, which is 670km south-east.

Who is Cleo Smith? 

Cleo Smith is a four-year-old Australian girl who went missing while camping with her parents in the outback.

The family were staying at the Blowholes Campsite near Macleod about 50 miles north of Carnarvon, Western Australia.

She was wearing a bright pink pyjama suit with blue and pink flowers and butterflies printed on it when she was last seen.