‘We’re coming for you’: NT police search for suspect after body of missing five-year-old found
Police in the Northern Territory are searching for a suspect after the body of five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby was found following a five-day search south of Alice Springs. The girl, who was last seen with 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis, had been missing since Saturday, and authorities have issued an arrest order for Lewis in connection with her suspected murder. NT police commissioner Martin Dole confirmed the discovery and emphasized that the investigation is ongoing, with a postmortem examination pending to determine cause of death.
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A line of police officers and volunteer searchers scour bushland south of Alice Springs as the search for the missing five-year-old girl enters its fifth day. Photograph: Em Jensen/The GuardianView image in fullscreenA line of police officers and volunteer searchers scour bushland south of Alice Springs as the search for the missing five-year-old girl enters its fifth day. Photograph: Em Jensen/The GuardianNorthern Territory‘We’re coming for you’: NT police search for suspect after body of missing five-year-old foundMother of Kumanjayi Little Baby, whose body was found after five-day search near Alice Springs, says ‘it’s going to be so hard to live the rest of our lives without you’ Warning: This article contains references to Indigenous Australians who have died Follow our Australia news…
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