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What happened to Kumanjayi Little Baby?
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Today’s episode discusses distressing themes, and includes references to a First Nations person who has died.
At 11:30pm on Saturday, 25 April, a five-year-old girl was put to bed at a home in Alice Springs. Two hours later, NT Police received a call from her distraught mother, saying the girl was missing. What followed was one of the Northern Territory's biggest ever searches, a murder charge, a riot, and political and community uproar. Today we're explaining the disappearance and death of Kumanjayi Little Baby.
13 YARN: 13 92 76
Lifelife: 13 11 14
Hosts: Emma Gillespie and Billi FitzSimons
Producer: Rosa Bowden
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