“I hope someone will come forward. If the reward can motivate us to help bring Cleo home, then we are more than happy to offer it,” said the police minister. Paul Papalia. “We are all praying for a positive outcome. We want to ensure that the police have everything they need to solve this case and that is why my government does not hesitate to back them up with this reward offer,” said the premier. Mark McGowan.
The story – A holiday, the one at Quobba Blowholes camping, on the famous Australian Coral Cost, turned into a nightmare at 6 am last Saturday, when Cleo’s mother, Ellie, woken up by her younger sister, realized that the girl was not there more. It was gone, along with his red sleeping bag. The woman and her partner immediately began looking for her everywhere. Not finding it, they got into the car hoping to be able to locate it more easily but there was nothing to do. At that point they called the police and along the coast that overlooks the Indian Ocean for miles, a helicopter and several drones started looking for the little girl, dressed only in a pink onesie with yellow and blue designs. The searches by sea and by land go on.
Previous – Cleo’s story immediately brought to mind, at least in Europe, the story of the little girl Maddie McCann, the English girl who disappeared while on a family holiday in Portugal in 2007. But for Australia there is a precedent to be traced back in time, which has left an indelible mark on the country. It is the story of Azaria, the little girl of just two months who disappeared during a camping holiday in August 1980. The parents said they saw a dingo sneak into the tent, but the investigation ended in 1982 with the mother’s conviction for the killing of his daughter and father for aiding and abetting. The whole of Australia followed the process which had a notable media coverage with the press siding mostly against the parents. But in 1986 the police, following another case, found evidence in the camp that proved the child’s father and mother right, proving that the story of the dingo was true. The trial was reopened, they were both acquitted and compensated. And from the story was made a film with Maryl Streep, “A Cry in the Dark”.
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