Toddler is ‘snatched from playground’ sparking hunt from desperate dad before being found in DIFFERENT clothes – as two teenage girls are questioned by police
- Toddler Audrey Passmore was allegedly snatched from a Perth park on Sunday
- A desperate search was sparked, with a family spotting the toddler with two girls
- When she was reunited with her dad, she was wearing different clothes
A toddler was allegedly snatched from a playground before being found 20 minutes later in different clothing.
Matthew Passmore was at Kwinana Adventure Plark in Perth with his family on Sunday when his 18-month-old daughter Audrey vanished.
He posted a desperate plea to social media, along with a photo, begging for help to find the young girl.
‘I think someone’s taken my daughter from the kwiana adventure playground,’ he wrote.
‘Have called police but if you are in Kwinana and if you see a 1yr old looking bub in green bathers please let me know asap.’
Audrey Passmore (pictured) was allegedly snatched from a playground before being found 20 minutes later in different clothing
About 20 minutes later Audrey was found at a nearby shop after a family noticed two teenage girls running with a toddler in their arms.
When Audrey was reunited with her dad, he noticed she was wearing different clothes.
Two teenage girls were questioned by police on Sunday.
Her mother Erin, who was at work at the time of the incident, said her heart sank when she heard the news.
‘Obviously all these horrible thing go through your head with what happened with Cleo Smith … so I had a bit of a meltdown,’ she told 7news.
Both parents were relieved their little girl had been located.
Mr Passmore later shared a picture holding his daughter, captioning the image: ‘Back in my arms. She’s got no idea what’s happened’.
He warned other parents to keep a close eye on their children.
Mr Passmore later shared a picture holding his daughter, captioning the image: ‘Back in my arms. She’s got no idea what’s happened’
Matthew Passmore was at Kwinana Adventure Plark in Perth (pictured) with his family on Sunday when his 18-month-old daughter Audrey vanished
‘It only takes two minutes for anything to happen. Never wait and trust your gut.’
The incident comes just months after four-year-old Cleo Smith was abducted from a campsite in Western Australia.
Cleo was holidaying with her family on October 16 at the Blowholes campsite, about 80km north of Carnarvon, when she vanished from her tent.
She had woken about 1.30am and asked for water but when her parents got up at 6am the little girl was gone.
An land, air and sea search failed to find any trace of Cleo. Five days after she went missing police announced they believed Cleo had been abducted and offered a $1million reward.
Cleo was holidaying with her family on October 16 at the Blowholes campsite, about 80km north of Carnarvon, when she vanished from her tent. She was found 18 days later
Two months after the nation’s most experienced detectives descended on the small West Australian town of Carnarvon to help track down little Cleo Smith, life for locals has largely returned to normal
Cleo quickly became perhaps the most recognisable four-year-old in Australia and within two weeks her smiling face would become famous around the world.
On November 3 police found Cleo alive and well inside a locked house at Carnarvon just minutes from her family home.
Her abductor Terence Darrell Kelly, 36, who was not known to Cleo’s family, pleaded guilty to a single charge of child stealing on January 24.
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