A week after four-year-old Cleo Smith disappeared, police have turned their attention to her family's home.
Key points:
- Forensics officers have been dusting windows for prints and inspecting a fence
- It is understood officers are only gathering evidence outside the home
- The ABC understands police are investigating the possibility of a break-in
A forensic squad has been dusting the fence and windows of the Carnarvon home this morning.
Officers have also been taking photos of sections of the fence.
A police source has told the ABC that officers were only gathering evidence on the outside of the property at this stage.
It's understood police are investigating the possibility someone had been scoping the house in the days and weeks prior to Cleo’s disappearance.
The ABC is not suggesting that Cleo's family were in any way involved in her disappearance.
Children's play equipment, and a toy hanging on a clothesline, can be seen in the yard.
The family had spent the week staying at the campsite where Cleo disappeared from, but it is understood they are now staying elsewhere.
The WA government has posted a $1 million reward for information about her disappearance.
Whole community feeling sombre
Locals in the tight-knit community of Carnarvon, about 900 kilometres north of Perth, said the mood remained sombre in the town.
Within days of Cleo going missing, posters with her image were plastered on almost every shopfront in the town.
Many shops in Perth now also display posters with pictures of Cleo.
"There's so much local concern and everyone's just jumped on board to do what they can," Carnarvon local Donna said.
"The whole community's feeling it."
John and Pam had been travelling along the WA coast and left Carnarvon only a few hours after Cleo was first reported missing.
"An hour up the road, the first fuel station, it was already posted on their fuel pumps and we saw it continually until we got to Karratha," John said.
Police yesterday issued a plea for businesses — including bakeries and children's clothing stores within 1,000 kilometres of where Cleo was last seen — to provide CCTV and dashcam footage.
The plea came as the search around the campsite ended after police on horseback and officers on drones conducted a final scan of the area.
Western Australia's Deputy Premier, Roger Cook, also encouraged people to come forward with any information they had.
"Think about what you've seen and heard, anything unusual," he said.
"The information you provide might seem trivial and not important, but it all goes to providing a picture for the police so that they can be successful in their investigations."
He said it was a difficult time for the entire community.
"Our heart goes out to Cleo's family and the whole community who are hurting today," he said.
"We just wish the very best for little Cleo."
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