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

Pilot Justin Borg was one of the first looking for her

Justin Borg received a desperate call from Cleo’s parents on Saturday morning, pleading for him to help find a missing preschooler.

He quickly sent his Coral Coast Helicopter Services team out to search for the girl, as his group of “world class” musterers scoured the surrounding area waiting for police to arrive.

Mr Borg’s team spent the whole day scouring the landscape, but saw nothing that shed any light on Cleo’s disappearance.

Cleo’s Smith’s best pal pleads for her to come home

Cleo Smith’s best friend pleaded for the “abducted toddler” to come home because “she needs to stay with her family”.

Lenaya “Naya” Forbes posed beside a drawing she made for her pal who vanished from her family’s remote campsite in Western Australia last Saturday morning.

“I still miss her,” little Naya told 7News. “And I reckon she got taken from the tent.

“I still miss her cause she’s lost and I want her to come back.”

Cleo Go Fund Me page hits $75,000

The fundraiser that was set up to help the family of the missing four-year-old Cleo Smith has now raised a massive $75,000 which will go towards helping find the child.

The original target was $5,000 however this has been surpassed leaving Cleo’s mum ‘overwhelmed’ by support.

The fundraiser has already received 1,400 donations,after family friend Bill Kent set up the page.

Ellie took to Instagram to thank those that donated saying, “We have been overwhelmed with so much love and support.”

‘Cleo was likely kidnapped’

Inspector Jon Munday said Wednesday that new information suggests the child was kidnapped.

He told reporters that the child was too short to reach the zipper to open the tent on her own.

This rules out the theory that Cleo left the camp site on her own in the early hours of the morning.

Munday said: “One of the major circumstances that has given us the cause for alarm for Cleo’s safety is the fact that one of those zippered entryways was opened.

“The positioning of that zipper for the flap is one of the circumstances that has caused us to have grave concerns for Cleo’s safety.”

Cleo’s mum posts heartbreaking picture

CLEO Smith’s distraught mum has posted a heartbreaking picture of her missing daughter begging her to “please come home.”

The four-year-old disappeared from her family’s remote camp site in Western Australia on Saturday morning.

Police now fear the little girl was snatched from her tent, admitting they are looking for “a body.”

Her mum Ellie today posted a picture of the child holding an ice cream along with the caption: “My sweet girl. Come home to me.”

She added: “If anyone sees anything at all please call the police.”

‘We all need her home’

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.

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.

Carnarvon president promises to support Cleo Smith’s family

Shire president Eddie Smith has promised Carnarvon will support Cleo Smith’s mother Ellie and her partner Jake as the search for the little girl continues.

Speaking of support, Shire president Eddie Smith says Carnarvon: “look after our own.”

“We are a stoic lot,” Mr Smith said of Carnarvon. “We look after our own. Carnarvon is like that.”

Mr Smith continued to say: “The community is doing its very best, in a very sad situation,

“There is a lot of anxiety and wondering what the outcome is going to be. (But) I’d implore the whole community to stay positive.

“You can’t give up on hope. It’s important we stay as positive as we can. Everybody is doing their best.”

If she had left by herself she would have been found by now

The law enforcement chief said that if the little girl had left her tent by herself then she would have been found by now.

“That leads us to believe she was taken,” Mr Blanch added.

Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde said police “hold great fears for her safety”.

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan said cops are searching “around the clock” for the little girl while announcing a $1m reward to her find her.

‘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.”

Cleo’s mum has posted a video on TikTok

The mother of missing four-year-old Cleo has posted a video on TikTok of her daughter.

The montage shows Cleo and her family with the caption“Bring my baby home” with the hashtag #bringcleohome.

In the video Cleo is seen dancing and holding up a cake as well as holding hands with stepdad Jake Gliddon.

The TikTok account has only recently been set up.

Detectives now visit home with stepdad

Forensic officers have arrived at Cleo’s home accompanied with her stepdad The West Australian have reported.

Jake Gliddon unlocked the gate and front door for the officers who spent ‘several minutes’ in the property before leaving the house.

Arriving at 2:30pm WST the detectives wore gloves and masks whilst entering the property, as the search reaches it’s 11th day.

WA Police Force have said they are looking for a passenger vehicle

DET SUPT Rod Wilde of the Major Crime Division read out a statement yesterday.

He outlined who they are looking to speak to in hope they have information.

He said “We have some witnesses that have come forward and said they observed a vehicle that had traveled out of Blowholes Road at that time.

“We are hoping for the persons within that vehicle to come forward and make themselves known.

“We believe its a passenger vehicle.”

Who is Cleo Smith?

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

She went missing 11 days ago on the 16th October.

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

What do we know so far regarding Cleo’s disappearance?

• Cleo Smith was last seen in her family’s tent at about 1.30am on Saturday
• She was staying at Blowholes Shacks campsite in coastal town Macleod
• Sharing tent with her mother, her mother’s partner and her baby sister.
• Family discovered at 6.30am the tent’s zip was undone and Cleo was missing, along with her sleeping bag.
• Witnesses at the campsite reported hearing the skidding of tyres at around 3am.

Footage seized showing car speeding off

Police have seized footage which appears to show a car driving down a highway at around 3am near the grounds where the family were camping.

Police are now working to identify the driver and car registration to see if it is the same car as in reports according to 7 News.

Dashcam footage wanted

Police are not only looking at CCTV footage but they are also appealing to the public for any dashcam footage that might be of use.

On Friday police put a public call out for video and dashcam footage from anyone who had been within a 1000km radius of the campsite.

They are especially interested in any vision taken from:

• Motel check-ins and communal areas
• Service stations
• Truck stops and free camping areas
• Fast food outlets and bakeries
• Children’s clothing stores
• Pharmacies and cosmetic stores
• Camping stores

Mum’s final moments with Cleo

During the interview Cleo’s mum revealed she was ‘completely tucked in’ when she was put to bed.

In the interview with Channel Seven’s Flashpoint program Ellie said “I put her to bed. I tucked her in. I made sure her sleeping bag was completely tucked under her mattress.

“I made sure she was warm. It was quite a windy night. It was overcast, we just tried to make sure she was safe.”

Cops scouring through CCTV

Police have said that Cleo may have been driven 8 hours away from the camp site.

Cops are scouring through hours of CCTV footage from a roadhouse 165km north of the campsite as it’s the only northbound road and records every vehicle that passes through.

Pilot Justin Borg was one of the first looking for her

A pilot who was one of the first people to begin the search for missing Cleo Smith says the four-year-old was probably gone from the area long before police arrived on the scene.

Justin Borg received a desperate call from Cleo’s parents on Saturday morning, pleading for him to help find a missing preschooler.

He quickly sent his Coral Coast Helicopter Services team out to search for the girl, as his group of “world class” musterers scoured the surrounding area waiting for police to arrive.

Mr Borg’s team spent the whole day scouring the landscape, but saw nothing that shed any light on Cleo’s disappearance.

Police believe she was wearing this floral babygrow

Cleo was reported missing in the early hours of the morning last Saturday after her parents could not find her at the Blowholes campground site where they had been staying.

Some time between 1.30am and 6am police believe a person unzipped the large family tent and took a sleeping Cleo.

It is believed that Cleo was wearing a floral babygrow when she was taken from the tent.

Search for Cleo Smith: The latest

• Cops have ruled out that a stalker may have planned her abduction after prowling the family’s home for days.
• Police earlier revealed that Cleo’s voice was heard on CCTV at the campsite where she was staying when she vanished.
• They are now looking for the driver of a car seen between 3am and 3.30am on the morning she disappeared from the campsite.
• West Australian authorities have offered a $1million reward for information leading to Cleo’s location.

Cleo Smith’s stepdad breaks silence

CLEO Smith’s stepdad has broken his silence since the disappearance of the little girl.

The youngster’s stepfather Jake Gliddon shared an image of Cleo’s missing poster to his Instagram story.

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.

Cops ruled out stalker

Cops have ruled out that a stalker may have planned her abduction after prowling the family’s home for days.

Police also earlier revealed that Cleo’s voice was heard on CCTV at the campsite where she was staying when she vanished.

Cops are now looking for the driver of a car seen between 3am and 3.30am on the morning she disappeared from the campsite.

‘We all need her home’

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.