The emotional moment missing four-year-old Cleo Smith was found and rescued after a massive police operation has been shared by officers.
Western Australia Police shared the footage on their Twitter account, showing Cleo being safely removed from a house in Carnarvon, Australia, following a police raid.
A police officer can be heard introducing himself to Cleo and asking if she is okay. The four-year-old nods in response.
Her first words when found were reportedly: "My name is Cleo."
Her parents had feared the worst after she went missing from a site north of Perth, on October 16, and a reward of AUD$1 million was offered for information of her whereabouts.
Cleo was reunited with her mother Ellie Smith and stepfather Jake Gliddon soon after her rescue.
"Our family is whole again," the mother said on social media.
Western Australia state police commissioner Chris Dawson said the girl is "as well as you can expect", adding: "This has been an ordeal. I won't go into any more details, other than to say we're so thankful she's alive."
Mr Dawson said "dogged, methodical police work" led to the girl being found.
Western Australia police deputy commissioner Col Blanch described seeing seasoned detectives "openly crying with relief".
"We were looking for a needle in a haystack and we found it," he told Perth Radio 6PR.
"When she said: 'My name is Cleo,' I don't think there was a dry eye in the house. To see Cleo rescued this morning, I'm speechless."
Australian prime minister Scott Morrison reacted from the United Arab Emirates on his way home from the Cop26 climate summit in Scotland, thanking police for finding Cleo and supporting her family.
"It's every parent's worst nightmare. The fact that that nightmare has come to an end and our worst fears were not realised is just a huge relief, a moment for great joy," Mr Morrison told reporters.
"This particular case, obviously, has captured the hearts of Australians as we felt such terrible sorrow for the family," he added.
Cleo’s family lives in Carnarvon, a community of 5,000 people, and the girl had disappeared with her sleeping bag on the second day of a family camping trip at Blowholes Campground, 47 miles north of Carnarvon, on October 16.
A massive land and sea search was initially mounted in the sparsely populated region on the assumption that she had wandered from the tent. But more evidence began to support the theory that she had been abducted.
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