Cleo Smith

…The inside of the home was filled with dolls. Then they found a little girl alone in a room playing with a toy car. At first, she was terrified. She didn't know who these people were just busting into her room like that. But officers made themselves known, trying to speak as gently and kindly as possible as they asked for her name. And in that moment, the l…

…Even though this didn't seem all that likely, they couldn't rule anything out at first. They estimated that it was possible that Cleo could have walked up to 5.2 kilometers in that amount of time, so that is about the size of the area they were searching. By the second day of the search, October 17th, police started deploying drones to survey the area.…

…They brought in divers to search the ocean and a helicopter to search from above. A specialty search and rescue team was also brought in along with heat detection equipment. At this time, officers felt that she could have been abducted from the site but as the searches continued, they were still considering the possibility that Cleo could have walked off.…