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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Emily Atkinson

Cleo Smith suffers ‘nightmare after nightmare’ following abduction, mum reveals

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The parents of Cleo Smith, the four-year-old Australian girl who went missing for 18 days after being abducted from her family’s tent at a campsite in October last year, have said her doll-obsessed kidnapper still triggers “nightmare after nightmare” each night.

Speaking on 60 Minutes Australia, Cleo’s mother, Ellie, and step-father, Jake Gliddon, gave an emotional retelling of their daughter’s disappearance and the almost three-week wait they endured before she was found by police.

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