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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Tory Shepherd

Kumanjayi Little Baby’s relatives share grief at ‘child ripped away’ as NT chief minister foreshadows charges

Alice Springs seen from Anzac Hill
Alice Springs seen from Anzac Hill. Five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby was found dead in Alice Springs on Thursday evening, five days after she had gone missing from her bed. Photograph: Em Jensen/The Guardian

Kumanjayi Little Baby’s relatives have released a statement saying they felt “helpless” when they heard she was missing, and hope their community can unite in grief.

“A life so precious, so full of innocence, gone far too soon,” the Gurindji families said of the five-year-old Warlpiri girl, who was found dead in Alice Springs on Thursday evening – five days after she had gone missing from her bed in the Old Timers town camp.

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