Cleo Smith: Accused Terry Kelly's alleged Bratz doll obsession

Cleo Smith: Accused Terry Kelly's alleged Bratz doll obsession
Cleo Smith: Accused Terry Kelly's alleged Bratz doll obsession

A man arrested over the disappearance of Cleo Smith in Australia was allegedly obsessed with dolls and created fake social media profiles of his imaginary family.

Terry Kelly, 36, was detained in the town of Carnarvon, Western Australia, in the early hours of Wednesday - shortly before police broke into a nearby house where they found Cleo, who had been missing for 18 days, locked in a bedroom. 

Cleo, dubbed 'Australia's Madeleine McCann' has since been reunited with her family, and was today pictured in mother Ellie's arms for the first time since being rescued. Kelly is in custody and being questioned, but has not yet been charged. 

Police have given few details about how they believe Cleo got from the campsite to the house, but since Kelly's arrest multiple social media accounts have emerged which allegedly belonged to him, where he boasts about his love for Bratz dolls.

One social media account is allegedly solely dedicated to his obsession with dolls, showing a room in a house filled with the toys.

It is unknown if the room is in Kelly's Tonkin Crescent home, where Cleo was found. 

Other profiles allegedly linked to Kelly detail children and family members, but neighbours and long-time friends of the man said they did not know of him ever having kids of his own.

One of the social media accounts followed Cleo's mother Ellie Smith, where she begged for help finding her missing four-year-old.

When asked about the alleged doll obsession and whether Kelly might have used the toys to lure Cleo, police said they would not be commenting on it. 

Terry Kelly, 36, has not yet been charged with any offences but remains in police custody in Carnarvon, Western Australia, almost 36 hours after he was first arrested

Little Cleo was seen in her mother's arms holding a balloon and wearing a pink summer dress on Thursday

Little Cleo was seen in her mother's arms holding a balloon and wearing a pink summer dress on Thursday

Calls to give $1m reward to neighbour who spotted suspect buying nappies 

Campaigners are calling for a $1million reward offered for information on the whereabouts of Cleo Smith to be given to a man who spotted the suspect buying nappies days before she was found alive.

Henry Dodd, who lives on the same street as prime suspect Terry Kelly, says he spotted the 36-year-old buying Kimbies - a popular nappy brand - in a nearby supermarket earlier this week despite not having children.

He also detailed how Kelly's behaviour had changed in recent weeks, saying he had been speeding around the neighbourhood in his car and had moved his dogs from the back garden to the front.

'The other day, I think it was Monday, we saw him buying Kimbies in Woolworths but we didn't click on why he was buying them or who he was buying them for,' he said.

'Up until now...' 

Mr Dodd added: 'He's been acting a bit strange lately,' Mr Dodd added. 'He will get in his car, drive that fast.

'He doesn't have his dogs at the front [normally], he has his dogs out the back, but through this week he had his dogs out the front and he has been acting weird.' 

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Detectives who broke into the house said they found Cleo in a bedroom by herself playing with toys, though gave no more details. 

Police have given few new details about the case since Kelly's arrest, but on Thursday did release audio footage of the moment the four-year-old girl was found.

On the tape, officers can be heard using a battering ram and crowbars to force open the door of a dilapidated house in a northern suburb of Carnarvon before one officer can be heard saying: 'We got her'.

'Hey Bubby' says another, as a third can be heard saying hello to the toddler.

A voice since identified as detective Cameron Blaine, one of the lead investigators, then asks the girl for her name three times. 

Eventually she replies: 'M-my name is Cleo.' 

Video footage then captures the rest of the rescue, showing how Cleo was taken outside the property resting on the shoulder of one officer as Blaine asks her whether she is OK.

When the girl smiles and nods, he tells her: 'We're going to take you to see your mummy and daddy, OK?'

Police did capture the moment of Cleo's actual rescue on video, but have not released the tape for fear of prejudicing the upcoming trial.

The sound clip was released as Cleo and her family met with Western Australia Premier Mark McGowan.

Cleo's stepfather Jake greeted the premier wearing freshly-painted white nail polish, believed to have been applied by the toddler in honour of the special visit.

Mr McGowan described Cleo as a delightful little girl who spoke to him about her school and her dog.

He gave her two police teddy bears he nicknamed Cameron and Rod after the detectives who led the hunt for her.

However he also accidentally stood on one of her Barbie doll's shoes and broke it. 'I owe her a new pair of shoes,' he joked afterwards.

'It was a lovely experience to meet her ... she was a very bright, upbeat, sweet little girl,' he said. 'They're decent, fundamentally honest people.'

Officers say they are not looking for anyone other than Kelly in connection with the case, and he is expected to be charge in due course. 

All of the windows at the home are completely blacked out - hidden from public view - and overgrown shrubs and bushes climb the walls of the housing commission home located in Tonkin Crescent

Junk was seen in Kelly's backyard on Thursday morning, as police still assessed the home

Junk was seen in Kelly's backyard on Thursday morning, as police still assessed the home

There is no sign of any toys or children's games - instead just a dusty bare yard dotted with rubbish and fence palings

There is no sign of any toys or children's games - instead just a dusty bare yard dotted with rubbish and fence palings

Windows at the rundown property were blacked out as items were stored under an awning

Windows at the rundown property were blacked out as items were stored under an awning 

Cleo went missing on October 16 while on a family camping trip with mother Ellie, stepfather Jake Gliddon and sister Isla.

The family was staying in a tent at the Blowholes Campsite around 50 miles north of the town of Carnarvon, where they lived.

Ellie last saw Cleo around 1.30am as she turned over in the night, but woke up the following morning to find the tent unzipped and her daughter missing - along with the sleeping bag she was in.

She called police at 6.23am, sparking a huge manhunt that involved helicopters, drones, dogs and officers who scoured the nearby countryside and coastline amid fears Cleo could have wandered off on her own.

But after intense searches turned up no sign of the girl, officers pivoted to the theory that she had been snatched. 

Detectives then trawled through hours of CCTV footage, combed satellite images, interviewed other campers and even dug through rubbish heaps for any sign of the missing girl before a 'tip off' led them to the Carnarvon house. 

Police have not yet outlined how or why they believe Cleo was taken from the campsite, or how she came to be inside the locked house, just a seven minute drive from her parents' home and two minutes from their own headquarters.

Investigators have also not disclosed exactly what led them to the house, saying only that a report of a car in the area was crucial to tracking the girl down.

Officers had previously spoken of trying to trace a car seen leaving the Blowholes campsite around 3am the day Cleo vanished. 

Detective Blaine, who has been working the case since Cleo vanished, said the first thing he did upon finding the little girl was to ask her for her name. After three attempts she finally replied: 'My name is Cleo.'

Once he realised they had found the missing girl, Blaine said detectives were 'openly crying with relief' before calling Cleo's parents to tell them the good news.

'We’ve got someone here that wants to speak to you,' Blaine recalled telling Ellie as he put Cleo on the phone, before adding: 'Please start making your way to the hospital, we’ll meet you there.'

The family were then reunited as doctors gave Cleo a check-up, with Blaine saying the little girl shouted 'mummy' before the pair shared a hug and kisses.

'It was really an honour to be able to witness that reunion,' he said. Asked whether that moment counts as the highlight of his career, he added: 'Without a doubt.'

Mother Ellie then took to social media to express her relief, posting a picture of her daughter with the caption underneath: 'Our family is whole again.'  

Cleo is pictured clinging to the should of a police detective as she is rescued from the house in Carnarvon in the early hours of Wednesday

Cleo is pictured clinging to the should of a police detective as she is rescued from the house in Carnarvon in the early hours of Wednesday

Terry Kelly, 36, had only been at Carnarvon police station, in Western Australia, for a few hours on Wednesday before he was taken to hospital requiring medical treatment

Terry Kelly, 36, had only been at Carnarvon police station, in Western Australia, for a few hours on Wednesday before he was taken to hospital requiring medical treatment

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan is greeted by Cleo Smith's stepfather during a visit to the rescued girl in Carnarvon

West Australian Premier Mark McGowan is greeted by Cleo Smith's stepfather during a visit to the rescued girl in Carnarvon

Neighbours allowed Daily Mail Australia inside their property for a glimpse over the fence to Kelly's home. 

There is no sign of any toys or children's games - instead just a dusty bare yard dotted with rubbish and fence palings.

All of the windows are completely blacked out - hidden from public view - and overgrown shrubs and bushes climb the walls of the housing commission home located in Tonkin Crescent. 

Neighbours say they are reeling from the revelation the 'quiet bloke' at number 18 now finds himself at the centre of the world's biggest missing person's case. 

They say he kept two dogs in the backyard until recently, but moved them to the front of the gated home in the past few weeks. 

Neighbours tell Daily Mail Australia they still can't believe little Cleo was right under their noses the whole time. 

'I have kids around the same age,' Kelly's adjacent neighbour at number 16 said. 

'I saw (Kelly) coming and going. I didn't really interact with him, he kept to himself. It's a pretty

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