Season 3 · Episode 242
JUDGEMENTS | Cleo Smith abduction (R v Kelly)
Crime Insiders · LiSTNR
August 13, 202531m 23sExplicit
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Show Notes
In the dead of night, Friday October 15, 2021, on the rugged coastline of Western Australia, four-year old Cleo Smith is abducted from a tent at a campsite.
Her disappearance sparked a massive police search and captured the nation’s attention with ‘round the clock media coverage.
The child was found 18 days later in what was one of Australia’s most successful police operations.
Who abducted her….and why?
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Topics
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