Cleo Smith and her family slept in the same room and ‘cuddled all night’ after incredible rescue
Cleo Smith and her family spent her first night at home in 18 days snuggled up together as they celebrated her miraculous rescue.
WA Deputy Police Commissioner Col Blanch said Cleo and her family slept in the same room on Wednesday evening and ‘cuddled all night’.
‘Ellie and Jake had been through 18 days of hell and I know Australia have felt that with them,’ he told 2GB’s Ben Fordham on Thursday.
‘I’m pretty sure they all slept in the same room just cuddling all night.’
West Australian police officers found the missing four-year-old girl at a Carnarvon home about 1am on Wednesday, almost three weeks after she vanished.
Terry Kelly, 36, who was not in the home when it was raided, has been arrested in connection with Cleo’s abduction from her parents’ tent at Blowholes campsite, 74km away, on October 16.
Cleo Smith (pictured) was miraculously found alive about 1am on Wednesday inside a Carnavon home after detectives received a tip off from the public
WA Deputy Police Commissioner Col Blanch has revealed the joyous family slept together in the same room and ‘cuddled all night’ after her incredible rescue
Commissioner Blanch said detectives received new information about her location late on Tuesday and moved swiftly to rescue little girl.
He said the discovery of the missing toddler was emotional for hardened detectives.
‘Four fathers walked into that room… they might have been wearing guns and detective suits but they were four fathers,’ he said.
More to come.
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