Aussie kid kidnapping caught on recording
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The man suspected of abducting a 4-year-old Australian girl 鈥渁cted alone,鈥 police said yesterday, as they released an audio recording of the moment she was rescued.
Cleo Smith disappeared from her family鈥檚 tent in remote Western Australia last month, sparking a frantic air, land and sea search.
She was missing for 18 days until being rescued in a night raid on an empty home in the coastal town of Carnarvon 鈥 just a short drive from where she went missing.
A 36-year-old man was arrested nearby and is expected to be charged later yesterday after sustaining unspecified injuries in custody and being treated in hospital.
Lead investigator, detective superintendent Rod Wilde said police will allege he 鈥渁cted solely alone鈥 in abducting the little girl.
鈥淗e鈥檚 back at the police station now speaking to officers at the moment,鈥 Wilde said.
Police did not reveal what charges he was facing.
Many had feared the search for Cleo Smith would end in tragedy, but the discovery of her 鈥渁live and well鈥 sparked elation Down Under, with police admitting 鈥渟easoned detectives鈥 were 鈥渙penly crying with relief.鈥
The force yesterday released audio recording of the rescue, in which officers can be heard urgently trying to affirm her identity.
鈥淲e鈥檝e got her,鈥 鈥測ou鈥檙e alright鈥 excited police are heard to say, before another asks 鈥渨hat鈥檚 your name? What鈥檚 your name? What鈥檚 your name, sweetheart.鈥
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