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The five-year-old girl was last seen on Saturday at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.
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Police believe they have found the body of a five-year-old girl allegedly abducted from her Outback home, as a search for her suspected murderer continues.
The girl, who is identified only as Kumanjayi Little Baby for cultural reasons, was last seen on Saturday when she was put to bed at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs just before midnight.
Northern Territory Police say the body of a child was located on Thursday, and forensic testing to confirm the young girl's identity and cause of death is underway.
They have been combing nearby bush and desert for Jefferson Lewis, who was released from prison six days before Kumanjayi Little Baby disappeared and vanished around the same time.
"We believed he has murdered this child," investigation lead Peter Malley told reporters.
"I say to Jefferson Lewis: we're coming for you."
A pair of children's underwear was located nearby the camp, and forensic testing has since confirmed they contained the DNA of both the little girl - who is non-verbal - and 47-year-old Lewis, he added.
Lewis - who local media have reported is a distant relative - had been in and out of prison for domestic and family violence-related offences, and was released less than a week before he was seen holding hands with the child late on the night she disappeared.
In a statement, Kumanjayi Little Baby's mother - who was not named - said her daughter was loved and missed.
"It is going to be so hard to live the rest of our lives without you."
"We know you are in heaven with the rest of the family and Jesus. Me and your brother will meet you one day."
The girl's mum also thanked the dozens of people, both police and volunteers, who have spent days searching the area around Old Timers Camp - a site set aside by the government for Aboriginal people to stay in when in Alice Springs.
"Around 200 people have
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