Karl Stefanovic's missing daughter sparks major police search
Karl Stefanovic's four-year-old daughter has been found after she went missing for one stressful hour from his Sunshine Beach home.
On Wednesday afternoon, Stefanovic was spotted chatting with police officers outside his Noosa residence, after young Harper was nowhere to be seen.
She was missing for over an hour with all family members frantically looking in the surrounding beach and bushland, with local Surf Life Savers also assisting in the search.
According to the Daily Mail, Stefanovic even got on his Vespa scooter and darted around town searching for Harper and asking locals if they had seen her.
“Harper went missing for a short time and we feared the absolute worst because no one could find her,” Stefanovic told The Daily Telegraph.
“I called the police because she couldn’t be found inside or around the house and our priority is her safety.”
However Harper was found inside Stefanovic’s house, “curled up asleep underneath a chair where no one could possibly have hidden,” he said.
Stefanovic thanked Noosa Heads police and the local community for their swift efforts in locating Harper.
“We are so grateful for the support we received from Noosa Heads police department and the community around us. They all handled our distress and the outcome incredibly professionally.”
While the situation “resolved itself quickly”, Stefanovic told the publication it had been his “worst nightmare”.
As for the four year-old, whose only worry was if she would be in trouble with Santa just seven sleeps from Christmas Day, Stefanovic said, “(We’ve) have promised Harper Santa won’t find out. But somehow I think he knows.”
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