Cleo Smith: Search for 'Aussie Madeleine McCann' as public told to check bins for missing girl, 4

Four key clues

POLICE searching for missing Cleo Smith are faced with four crucial lines of enquiry that suggest she may have been snatched.

Missing sleeping bag: Not only was there no sign of Cleo when her parents woke, but her red and black sleeping bag was also gone. Experts question whether she would have taken it with her if she had simply wandered off on her own. Police released a photo of a similar bag, along with Cleo's distinctive pink pyjamas. They urged local residents to check their bins in case evidence had been dumped inside.

Tent zip "too high": The door flap on the family tent was had been zipped so high it would have been impossible for a four-year-old to reach, said Inspector Jon Munday. He added: “The positioning of that zipper for the flap is one of the circumstances that has caused us to have grave concerns for Cleo’s safety. That tent has been thoroughly examined by our forensic team.”

"Screeching car tyres": Deputy Police Commissioner Darryl Gaunt confirmed cops were looking into a camper’s report of a car heard screeching about 3am - 90 minutes after Cleo's mum last saw her in the tent. “It’s a little bit unsubstantiated but we’re not ruling it out,” he said, adding it was just one of several reports from people who noticed odd activities and noises overnight.

Usual suspects: Police said between ten and 20 sex offenders were known to be in the area around the Blowholes campsite, near Carnarvon, Western Australia. Detectives said they have spoken to them all to check their movements, and none are suspects at this stage. They also conceded said any kidnapper could have left the area before police set up roadblocks.

CaKeLoveR wrote:She probably takes that as a compliment.  I  couldn't watch more that a couple of minutes of that video. I've seen people more upset when their dinner is late.

Ganymede wrote:Thanks @Verdi for that full video. At 1:40 mins in the video when she describes that Cleo went to bed at 8.00pm and he looks at her directly for the first time and his eyes move everywhere and then upwards, mouth shifts... it seems like she never made it to bed and then when ‘Cleo woke up for water’, another animated reaction from him. It’s like he is watching her to see can she actually tell this story, This is quite possibly one of the strangest appeals ever for a tiny child. Her eye movements are down and to the left the whole time, accsessing contrived feelings, maybe. Not to mention the defensive postures and where the hell is the begging, the hope, "WHOEVER HAS MY CHILD, I BEG YOU, BRING HER BACK' they are settled with the situation. Around 8.08 mins, having spent the previous minute describing how she would never go anywhere on her own or leave us, she says’ she was wearing’, and then scratched her face and corrected to ‘when she left she was wearing …. ‘. And the usual at approx 8.25 mins when asked 'do you think someone knows where Cleo is?' she responds 'Someone has to it's been 4 days' whilst she shakes her head in the 'No position'. More questions than ever now.


 It is informative though (and I know the australian press works differently than the british press), that no comment has been made on the status of the mother and partner, yet a comment has been made on the biological father who met with police; he was commented on as not being a suspect. The interview is vey much a done deal in terms of they accept she is gone, why? Always wonder about scent dogs in this kind of situation.

But do forgive me, I could be wrong but I did forget about all the dingoes out there. 

Madeleine McCann was not snatched, she was not abducted, she was not kidnapped !!!

Jill Havern wrote:Why are they now looking for the 'body' of the Aussie Madeleine McCann after only six days....

...when the police are still looking for an 'alive' Brit Madeleine McCann after 14 years?



Why are all missing children dubbed (*enter country here*) Madeleine McCann?

Why isn't Chloe dubbed the 'Aussie Azaria Chamberlain'?

If I was Madeleine's mother I would be suing every newspaper who used my child's name in this sensationalist manner. If I was the mother of the missing child in question I would be suing every newspaper for tarring my child with the name of another 'missing' child.

All missing children are missing - and should be respected - in their own name, not Madeleine's!



Besides, Madeleine's name was Madeleine Beth McCann, not Madeleine Clickbait McCann.

CaKeLoveR wrote:Also, why do the police instantly rule out the people who the missing child was with at the time - usually the parents?

Dr Graham Hill has said it is more likely that Cleo has been taken like with the Madeleine McCann case

Chambers wrote:

CaKeLoveR wrote:Also, why do the police instantly rule out the people who the missing child was with at the time - usually the parents?

I don't think they do, quite the opposite in fact.
The rule of thumb is that those nearest to the child are usually 'involved', so they generally start there.
I don't know what they have or haven't done in this case, but I'm sure they're looking at the fractured family dynamic in the first instance, whilst conducing the thorough physical search from inside out.

• 38 MINUTES AGO
  

  Cleo abducter ‘may have stalked family’ (continued…)

  
  
  Maddy McCann top cop Jim Gamble says a “pivotal point” of the case was the fact her sleeping bag was missing from the campsite.
  He explained you would expect the bag to be left in the tent if little Cleo had wandered off alone.
  “On a campsite you can hear a pin drop in the middle of the night,” Mr Gamble told The Sun Online.
  “If you drag out a child – even if they have their sleeping bag over their head – the child will begin to scream.
  “To get the child out of the tent without drawing any attention is a really difficult thing to do.”
  He explained: “If it is someone they know – and potentially trust – a child would be much more compliant.
  “If a child is shocked out of their sleep by movement by someone they don’t know they are much more likely to cry out – no question.”
  
  
• TODAY, 06:30
  

  Cleo abducter ‘may have stalked family for days’

  
  
  MADELEINE McCann top cop Jim Gamble has said missing Cleo Smith likely would have known her abductor who may be someone who was following the family ahead of their trip.
  Mr Gamble – who was the senior child protection officer in the UK investigation into the Maddie case – explained the chance of the girl being taken away silently by a total stranger in the middle of the night was low.
  The police were called around three hours after she was found to be missing as the family had hoped the girl was just hiding nearby – searching the area with other campers.
  Mr Gamble told The Sun Online he fears this delay could make things difficult for cops as key evidence such as footprints or tire tracks may have been accidentally destroyed or lost during the initial search.
  And he explained the police will be being looking “backwards and forwards” to piece together what happened before the disappearance that may lead them to the potential abductor.
  He suggested that if Cleo has been taken – it is unlikely it was by somebody who she hadn’t met her before.
  
  
• https://www.thescottishsun.co.uk/news/7879165/cleo-smith-missing-update-police-admission-latest-news/
  
  

Dingos can't zip & unzip a tent.  Aussie press is working differently than Brit press, I am not sure, they didn't ask the right questions to William Tyrell's adopted parents. 

He's another kid gone missing under strange circumstances.