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The accused abductor of four-year-old Cleo Smith was not on the sex offender's list as police confirm the young girl has left hospital and is 'physically OK'.
This is the moment that four-year-old Cleo Smith was found alive inside a locked house by detectives, 18 days after she went missing from a campsite in Western Australia (left).
Incredible bodycam footage shows the moment missing Cleo Smith was rescued by Western Australian Police and carried out of a locked home she was trapped in for three weeks.
Daniel Staines, who lives about 1000km south of his daughter's Carnarvon home in in Western Australia, said on Wednesday he is 'overjoyed' the little girl was found alive.
Most of the nation had likely dismissed any chance four-year-old Cleo Smith would be returned to her family but enough of those who believe in miracles never gave up hope.