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The parents of Cleo Smith have released their first public statement after their four-year-old daughter was found "alive and well" inside a Carnarvon home after being allegedly abducted during a family holiday on October 16.
The man accused of abducting Cleo Smith from her family's remote campsite allegedly acted alone, WA Police have confirmed.
A hero police officer who was filmed cradling little Cleo Smith in his arms after storming her alleged kidnapper's home has opened up about the 'emotional' night.
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.
A police team broke into a locked house in Carnarvon, WA - 74km south of the campsite Cleo vanished from - at 1am on Wednesday and found the four-year-old girl in one of the rooms.