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Missing 5-year-old girl likely abducted from Outback home, police say
- On Monday, Northern Territory Police Acting Commander Mark Grieve stated authorities suspect five-year-old Sharon Granites was abducted from her Alice Springs home after disappearing on Saturday night.
- Sharon's mother reported her missing at 1:35am on Sunday after discovering her bedroom empty; the doors were wide open and the fly screen unlocked at their Old Timers town camp residence.
- Investigators are urgently seeking 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis, a recently released prisoner who was staying at the camp and remains one of the few people in the area who has not contacted police.
- About 50 police officers, emergency services personnel, and a helicopter resumed a large-scale search Monday morning, combing the Todd River and surrounding bushland after overnight efforts failed to locate the child.
- Northern Territory Police urge anyone with information to contact 131 444 and quote reference number P26120934, as Commander Grieve said, "We want to find Sharon healthy and we want to get her back to her family.
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The Northern Territory Police in Australia stated on Monday (27) that it investigates the disappearance of a five-year-old girl as a possible kidnapping and seeks for a newly released man from prison who may have a connection with the case. The child, identified as Sharon, disappeared in an Aboriginal camp in Alice Springs City. The case of a woman who disappeared more than a month ago in England gains repercussions on the networks; wide-ranging…
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