Homicide squad and major crime detectives have joined the search for a young girl who vanished from a campsite in Western Australia’s north amid ongoing fears she may have been abducted.
Four-year-old Cleo Smith was staying in a tent with her family at the Blowholes Campground in Macleod, near Carnarvon, when she was reported missing on Saturday morning.
Police said Cleo’s family woke to find her gone about 6am, having last seen her inside the tent about 1.30am on Saturday.
Inspector Jon Munday said police were not ruling out the possibility Cleo had been abducted and he was asked about the theory again on Monday.
“We are not ruling that out. We are not going to get blinkered or sort of assume that something has happened,” he told reporters.
“At this point in time, unfortunately, everything is still on the table.”
Inspector Munday refused to comment about reports a car was heard skidding in the area about 3am on the morning Cleo vanished.
