Cleo Smith's parents share heartwarming update
Three years after her kidnapping, Cleo Smith is adjusting well to her normal life, with her parents sharing a heartwarming update.
On Sunday, her parents shared the now seven-year-old's latest achievement - winning her first gymnastics competition.
The snaps posted by 60 Minutes on Facebook, showed Cleo smiling as she proudly held up a medal and certificate with all her ribbons on it after a routine on the balance beam.
“Such a beautiful brave girl who Australia got to know. Glad she is doing so well and you should be so proud of your gymnastics achievement,” one commenter said on the post.
“I love seeing an update on how she is going.”
"Bless her little heart! Her whole family are the epitome of resilience," another added.
"I think the whole of Australia is behind you Cleo! Well done," a third wrote.
The update was shared just two months after the family shared a collection of photos of Cleo enjoying life with her family.
The snaps included Cleo celebrating her seventh birthday, a family fishing trip, and her playing with her little sister Isla, and their first day of school.
Cleo was just four-years-old when she was kidnapped from her tent while camping with her family in Western Australia's Gascoyne region, around 10 hours north of Perth, on October 16, 2021.
Police and rescue personnel spent nearly three weeks looking for her, and 18 days later she was found in Terrence Kelly's home in Carnarvon, just minutes away from her own family home.
Kelly was arrested near the home and has been in custody in Perth since. He is appealing the 13-year and six-month prison sentence he received for the abduction.
At an appeal hearing in February, the court was told Kelly has various mental impairments, including a severe personality dysfunction, which they say was a significant factor in the crime.
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