My name is Cleo

It’s a scenario too harrowing to believe. A four-year-old child vanishes without a trace in the middle of the night while on a family holiday in a remote, rugged and dangerous part of the Western Aus…

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The plea
24th January, 2022: Guilty. Those were the only words uttered by 36-year-old Terence Darrell Kelly when a charge of child stealing was put to him as he appeared by video link from prison to the Carnarvon courthouse. It was a stunning admission that not many were prepared for - especially so ear…
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The police miracle
12.46am, 3rd November, 2021: In the middle of the night in a house in Carnarvon, just 7 minutes away from the Smith family home, police barge their way into a locked house. The lights are off, except for one room. They enter, and what they find is a miracle. A little girl, sitting down playing …
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The investigation takes a sinister turn
Days 16-18: The search for Cleo is getting desperate. Police have no leads and they’re trying anything to find the little girl. That’s when they reveal they’ve used special agents to search the dark web for any signs of the four-year-old. In this episode, journalists Ben Downie and Daryna Zadvir…
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Inside the police investigation
Days 13-15: Cleo’s been missing for two weeks now, and the police, her community and her parents are getting even more desperate. It’s now that the head of Taskforce Rodia, Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde lands in Carnarvon. Seven News crime reporter Joey Catanzaro, who’s been covering this c…
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The Second Interview: A night at the Blowholes
Days 11 and 12: One of the biggest questions on the public’s mind as the search for Cleo approaches two weeks is: How did Ellie and Jake not hear the tent being unzipped as they slept right next to Cleo? In this episode, reporter Jackson Barrett and Producer Sandra Di Girolamo have possible answe…
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The criminal investigation
Days 8-10: As Cleo’s disappearance stretches past a week, police and forensics search around the Smith family house. But they have one message - Ellie and Jake are not suspects. We’ve seen police make these searches in other missing persons cases - including William Tyrrell, Daniel Morcombe and …
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A taskforce is formed
Days 5-7: The land search for Cleo Smith starts to wind back as police increasingly believe the four-year-old was abducted. Cleo has now been missing for 5 days, and with every passing hour, the search gets more and more desperate. It’s becoming clear this is the most important case in the state…
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The first interview
Days 3 and 4: It’s now been more than 72 hours since Ellie and Jake have seen little Cleo, and looking at the evidence of the zip and missing sleeping bag, it’s appearing more and more likely that the four-year-old was abducted. In the depths of their fear and desperation to find their daughter, …
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The first desperate days
Days 1 and 2: A family holiday turns to a nightmare. When Ellie Smith, her partner Jake Gliddon and their two daughters packed their bags for a weekend trip to the Blowholes, just outside Carnarvon in WA’s north, they could have never imagined the next 18-days would be a living hell. As the fami…
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My name is Cleo: The 18-day police miracle trailer
It’s a scenario too harrowing to believe. A four-year-old child vanishes without a trace in the middle of the night while on a family holiday in a remote, rugged and dangerous part of the Western Australian coast. Cleo Smith had been sleeping next to her baby sister, in the same tent as her paren…
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