Killing of Kumanjayi Little Baby

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On 25 April 2026, a five-year-old Aboriginal Australian girl, known posthumously as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was abducted from one of the town camps at Alice Springs in the Northern Territory. Her body was discovered five days later on 30 April 2026. The abduction was initially treated as a missing person case and sparked major search efforts near Alice Springs. Simultaneously, police conducted a manhunt for Jefferson Lewis, a distant relative and recently released prisoner, who was the last person seen with the child. Lewis was located at another town camp on 30 April, where police and paramedics rescued him from a severe beating. Riots subsequently broke out in Alice Springs involving individuals who sought to punish Lewis under Indigenous Australian customary law. On 2 May 2026, Lewis was charged with murder and two counts of sexual assault.

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