WHAT’S NEXT FOR OUR BRAVE LITTLE CLEO

AUSTRALIA SIGHS WITH RELIEF AS THE CHILD RETURNS HOME

Little Cleo Smith was missing for 18 days, and any hope that she would be found safely was waning. The story of the 4-year-old with the sunny smile and pigtails who vanished from her family’s tent on October 16 captured the nation but, while her mother Ellie and stepfather Jake Gliddon were being urged to stay strong, many were shaking their heads, assuming the worst. And then, a miracle. At 1am on November 3, Cleo was found alive and well.

THE HEROES

Armed with battering rams and a crowbar, officers broke down the door to the house where Cleo was being held. The moment she was found was