‘Please help me find her’: Devastated mother of little Cleo, 4, who went missing from her family’s tent in the middle of the night shares heartbreaking update on their desperate search
- Cleo, four, was last seen by her family at 1.30am on Saturday morning
- The family were camping at the Blowholes campsite near Carnarvon, WA
- Police, SES crews and locals have frantically searched for over 24 hours
- Ellie Smith, Cleo’s mother, has pleaded for anyone with information to call police
The heartbroken mother of a four-year-old girl who went missing 24 hours ago from her family’s tent has shared a desperate plea to help find the toddler.
Cleo Smith was last seen at about 1.30am on Saturday at the Blowholes campsite on the coast at Macleod, north of Carnarvon, in Western Australia.
When her family woke at about 6am, young Cleo was nowhere to be seen.
In a Facebook post on Saturday morning mum Ellie Smith wrote: ‘It’s been over 24 hours since I last seen the sparkle in my little girl’s eyes! Please help me find her’.
‘Last seen 1.30am and gone when woken up at 6am from our shared tent. Very very unusual for Cleo. Please if you see anything unusual or suspicious call the police’.
Cleo Smith went missing while camping with her family at the Blowholes campsite near Carnarvon in Western Australia (pictured, four-year-old Cleo left with mum Ellie)
The Carnarvon community has rallied around the family, aiding in the search (pictured, the campsite Cleo went missing from)
The young girl was wearing a pink one-piece sleepsuit with a blue and yellow pattern when she was last seen.
A full scale search took place on Saturday and will continue again from first light on Sunday.
The crews consisted of land, air and sea teams searching the coastline in and around campgrounds nearby where the family was staying.
The Blowholes campsite, also known as Point Quobba, is known for its scenic views of blowholes.
Carnarvon Shire president Eddie Smith told The West Australian the family were well-known locals, and the community were out in force helping with the search.
‘Everybody is hoping for the best,’ he said.
The search has continued for over 24 hours after the young girl went missing on Saturday morning at about 1.30am (pictured, Cleo Smith)
The Blowholes campsite is also known as Point Quobba (pictured)
‘The community is deeply concerned. Everyone is trying to jump onboard and do what they can to help and we are all praying for a positive outcome.
‘It is a terrible feeling but I just implore everyone to remain positive and keep positive and keep thinking like that.’
Carnarvon buildings and shopfronts were also assisting with the search, with posters being placed urging anyone with information to contact police.
A frantic search is underway after Cleo disappeared, and land, sea and air crews are searching (pictured, Cleo wearing what she wore went she went missing)
Users flooded to Ms Smith’s post: ‘I can’t stop thinking of her. I hope she is found safe and well,’ one commenter wrote.
While another added: ‘I pray your daughter is found safe, what a reunion that will be. Stay strong, Your family is not alone’.
Police aren’t ruling out the possibility she has been abducted, after urging every newsroom in Western Australia to broadcast details of the missing girl on Saturday.
A GoFundMe page has been set up to donate money to two local helicopter businesses which have been working in the search.
The company’s were said to have cancelled tours to help with the search, bringing large helicopters in to have three people in one chopper looking for young Cleo.
The page hopes to ‘help support these small local business’s for their efforts into this search and to help support the family to keep the search going to bring Cleo home’.
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