Episodes
60 Minutes Australia: Finding Cleo (Channel 9 Sunday 14 May 2023)
60 Minutes Australia: Finding Cleo airs Sunday 14 May 2023 on Channel 9.
Who could forget Cleo Smith. She’s the brave little girl whose parents’ tent was robbed in the middle of the night from a campsite in Western Australia.
Australians and countless others around the world waited breathlessly for 18 days, hoping against hope that Cleo would be found unharmed. She was found thanks to a police investigation that was unprecedented in its thoroughness and doggedness.
In an exclusive report for 60 Minutes, Tara Brown details the events leading up to and including Cleo Smith’s rescue. Cleo’s parents, Ellie and Jake, discuss their daughter’s mental health 19 months after the traumatic event, and Brown interviews them to learn more.
She also reveals shocking new footage from the hours after Cleo went missing and extraordinary new details about the case, all of which led up to the four happiest words ever spoken by a four-year-old: “My name is Cleo.”
Reporter: Tara Brown
Producers: Garry McNab, Sheree Gibson
60 Minutes Australia: Finding Cleo airs Sunday 14 May 2023 at 9.00pm on Channel 9
Featured Image Credit: Channel 9