Girl's Murder Linked to Cop's Help

0:00On May 2nd, a five-year-old girl named Kumunjai Little Baby was snatched from her bed and murdered at the old-timers camp near Alice Springs on Anzac. Day. The man accused, 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis had just been released from jail six days earlier. Hours before the crime, police actually spoke with him right there at the camp. Earlier that day, a young guy was acting wild, running around screaming, so neighbors called cops. When he was stepped in, held the guy down until officers arrived and took him away. Everyone thought Lewis was helping out, even neighbors who met him for the first time. The family had been celebrating a birthday with singing and good times, but by nightfall, panic hit when they realized the girl was gone. Neighbors joined the search, checking houses and bushes, while police brought in drones. The whole camp was in chaos, with screams and tears echoing through the night. Forensic evidence sealed it. Her underwear found near the camp had DNA from both her and Lewis, plus the yellow top he wore that night.

1:00The family noticed Lewis had vanished too, and he knew the house from before, since his son once lived there. Lewis got caught Thursday night after vigilante spotted him and beat him unconscious in another camp. He's spacing charges soon, and the family is left their home, haunted by what went down in that tight-knit community.