The police team investigating the kidnapping of four-year-old Cleo Smith has shifted focus to a car parked in the driveway of her alleged kidnapper.
Important points:
- Ellie, Cleo Smith and Jake Gliddon met with the police in Carnarvon
- Detective officers examined a car in the defendant’s driveway
- Cleo’s savior Cameron Blaine also returned to the property
Forensics officers have stayed at Terence Kelly’s Carnarvon home since Cleo was rescued early Wednesday morning after being missing for 18 days.
One of the key people involved in Cleo’s rescue, Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine, returned to the property Tuesday to speak to local officials.
Detective Senior Sergeant Cameron Blaine, one of the officers involved in Cleo’s rescue, continues investigations into her abduction.ABC News: Evelyn Manfield)
He did not want to comment on the investigation.
On Monday, he said the investigation was going well and the detectives would be staying in town until at least the end of the week to find out if more than one person could have been involved in the alleged kidnapping of the four-year-old from her family tent at the campsite Blowholes.
Detective Blaine returned to Carnarvon after spending the weekend in Perth.
Police said Monday they were limited in what they could say as Mr Kelly was on trial.
You asked anyone with relevant information to come forward.
The police dismantled the tent they put up in front of Terence Kelly’s house.ABC News: Evelyn Manfield)
A police tent that was set up at Mr. Kelly’s home was packed today, but the police are still guarding the scene.
The police had been working with laptops in the tent because they had stayed out of the sun while they continued to confiscate items from the house.
Detectives are investigating the car wore blue PPE and gloves and wore face masks.
While Cleo was still missing, police repeatedly requested information on a car that witnesses reported had left Blowholes Road for Carnarvon between 3 a.m. and 3:30 a.m. on the day of her disappearance.
The four-year-old had camped with her family in the Blowholes, about 75 kilometers north of Carnarvon.
Cleo Smith and her mother Ellie at the Carnarvon Police Station. (ABC News: Evelyn Manfield)
Meanwhile, Cleo Smith, her mother Ellie Smith, and stepfather Jake Gliddon made a quick visit to the Carnarvon Police Station this morning.
They spent a short time in the train station before driving off with their daughter.
