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"Guilty," Man Accused Of Kidnapping Australian 4-Year-Old Tells Court
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Cleo Smith, age 4, disappeared from her family's tent in Western Australia in October, sparking a major search operation, after which she was found 18 days later, alone inside a locked house.
A man on trial for abducting a four-year-old girl from a remote Australian campsite confessed to her kidnapping on Monday, a surprise development in the case that garnered worldwide attention.
Cleo Smith disappeared from her family's tent in Western Australia in October, sparking a major search operation that many feared would end in tragedy.
But the little girl was found 18 days later alone inside a locked house in the coastal town of Carnarvon, a short drive from where she went missing.
Her accused abductor, Terence Darrell Kelly, pleaded guilty to child stealing on Monday via video link from prison.