By Olivia Day for Daily Mail Australia
Friday, October 15,
Cleo, along with Ellie Smith and Jake Gliddon, arrive at Blowholes campsite about 6:30 p.m.
They arrived in the evening to a quiet night.
Saturday, September 16
Cleo’s last sighting with parents in tent that she shared with her family and baby sister, at 1:30am. Cleo asks for water.
6.23am Ellie dials 000 to report her oldest daughter missing while she searches the camp grounds.
6.30 a.m.: Carnarvon Police Station dispatches the first two officers. As a matter-of-priority, they travel to Blowholes with lights and sirens.
6.41 AM: Blowholes is sent a second car police with two additional officers, equipped with lights and sirens.
7.10am: First police car arrives. Only minutes later, the second arrives.
7.26 am: Officers arrive on the scene and create a protected forensic zone that’s open to the public. This area surrounds Cleo’s family tent.
7.33 am: Drone operator called to look from the sky.
7.44 AM: Blowholes are receiving a third car from the police department.
8 a.m.: Cleo’s family and friends begin arriving to assist with ground searches.
Cleo is also being searched briefly by another group of investigators to confirm her absence.
The group then heads to Blowholes, where they stop cars entering and leaving the region.
8.09 am: The helicopter of a local firm arrived on scene to search. Police request that the SES team assist the Blowholes search.
8.24AM: Volunteer marine and police searchers called in to help with the search.
8.34 AM: Blowholes’ entrance is blocked off by roadblocks. Detectives collect the addresses, names and registration details of all those who are coming and going. Search cars by police.
9:25am: Nine additional SES personnel arrive at Blowholes in support of the search.

Cleo, a missing 4-year-old girl from Australia, was the target of bounty hunters and investigators (pictured).
9.30am: Ellie in distress is greeted by detectives who stay with her for the remainder of the day, while Cleo and other search teams hunt.
11.30am: Major Crime Division homicide detectives call and start travelling to Perth in support of the search.
1.30pm: Additional homicide detectives are flying in from Perth.
3pm: Carnarvon police officers and search professionals arrive to share their knowledge.
Sunday, 17 October
Ms Smith uses social media to appeal for the help of her daughter.
A post on Facebook that was posted at 1.45am Sunday read: ‘It has been more than 24hrs since I last saw the sparkle in her eyes.
“Please Help Me Find Her!”
“If you see or hear anything, please contact the police!”
According to police, Cleo could have been kidnapped.
Monday, 18 October
Police have released an image of the sleeping bag in red and grey that was missing from Cleo’s tent.
Cleo is interrogated by Mandurah police about her biological father. They ask him to give a statement which he freely gives.
With the assistance of SES volunteers, aircraft, and SES officers, the WA Police continue their hunt for Cleo. Officers are also searching the surrounding area for vehicles and shacks.
Tuesday, October 19, 2009
Cleo’s mom Ellie Smith, and Jake Gliddon are fronting the media and discuss the moment that they realized the girl was gone.
Ms Smith claims that her 4-year-old daughter would not have been able to leave the tent on her own.
To assist the investigation, police release more images of Cleo as well as the pink-and-blue one piece she was wearing on the night she disappeared.
Police are urging anyone found at or near the site on October 15, to contact them.
Wednesday, October 20
Cleo could not reach the zipper of the family tent because it was too high, as police revealed.
The officers say that they haven’t dismissed reports by campers who reported hearing the screeching of tyres early Saturday morning.
Daryl Gaunt (Deputy Police Commissioner) confirmed that police are currently investigating whereabouts 20 registered Carnarvon-area sex offenders.
Thursday, 21 October
Cleo will be located by WA Premier Mark McGowan, and the WA Government is offering a $1million reward.
McGowan expressed his sympathy for Cleo and her family, saying that “all Western Australians’ thoughts are at Cleo’s side during an unbearable time.”
“We all pray for a positive outcome.”
Unprecedented was the speed at which she received her reward – just days after her disappearance.

Pictured: In remote WA, police are seen inspecting rubbish that was left at the Blowholes campsite
Monday 25 October
WA Police confirmed Cleo’s presence at camp site. This was according to CCTV footage taken from a camera placed inside a beach house, 20 meters from her family tent.
Tuesday 26 October
Detectives and forensic officers spent Tuesday at Carnarvon on Tuesday. On Tuesday they left with two cases.
While investigators have been in the house before, they were unable to conduct a thorough search inside without a forensics team.
Col Blanch, acting WA Police Commissioner stated that the search at the home of the family was standard practice and they did not believe the families were involved in Cleo’s disappearance.
Wednesday, October 27
WA Police forensics officers are back at Blowholes campsite and can be seen taking soil samples from several campfires close to shacks.
Federal Government announces that Australian Federal Police Officers have been recruited to assist with intelligence and forensic investigations.
Friday 29th October
Blowholes Camp is being reopened by police to conduct aerial surveys of the surrounding area.
Rod Wilde, the Detective Superintendent of the Blowholes Campground joins in the Cleo search as it reaches the two-week mark.
He confirmed that both national and international agencies were involved in the Cleo search.
Sunday 31 October
Cleo is 5km away when detectives knock on doors of a few homes in North Plantations along the North West Coastal Highway.
Monday, November 1.
The roadside rubbish bins are hundreds of kilometres from where the victim vanished. Detectives search through them for clues.
Material was taken to Perth by forensic officers, who searched through the bags for any items that could have been used in Cleo’s disappearance.
The police issue an appeal for CCTV and dashcam footage within 1000 km of the area where the missing four-year old disappeared.
Police are renewing their appeal for Carnarvon-based businesses to submit footage. They also go door to door at an industrial zone on the outskirts.

Ellie, Ellie’s mother (pictured here with Cleo and her daughter younger) broke her silence when Cleo was discovered. She shared several love heart emojis via Instagram
Wednesday, November 3
Cleo Smith was found alive in November 3 after two and a half weeks of diligent searching.
Col Blanch (WA Police) confirmed shortly before 7:01 AEST that Cleo had been released from hospital and was now reunited with her parents.
“One of the officers took her into his arms, and asked her her name. He replied. He said,
Ellie Smith wrote to social media, “Our family is complete again”.
Detectives take a Carnarvon man into custody.

Ellie Smith and Jake Gliddon, her partner in the venture, fronted media on October 19th and asked the public for any information they could provide.
Thursday, November 4.
Terry Darrell Kelly was 36. He was arrested for multiple infractions including forcing a minor to marry. Kelly appeared naked at Carnarvon Magistrate’s Court wearing only a black shirt and barefoot.
Monday, November 8,
Carnarvon specialist police are back to investigate if there were any other suspects