Cleo Smith was missing for 18 days before she was found alive.

Quick Scoop

  • Cleo Smith, a four-year-old from Western Australia, disappeared from a tent at the Quobba Blowholes campsite on 16 October 2021.
  • She was located and rescued by police in a house in Carnarvon in the early hours of 3 November 2021.
  • That means she was missing for 18 days in total, a length of time that made the case one of the most widely followed missing-child stories in Australia in recent years.

Her safe recovery after 18 days was described in news coverage as a “miracle” outcome in a child abduction investigation.

TL;DR: Cleo Smith was missing for 18 days before being found safe by police.

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