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Kumanjayi Little Baby was found dead after going missing from an Aboriginal town camp in Alice Springs.
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Emotions ran high as Australians across the country gathered to remember a five-year-old girl who was allegedly murdered in the Australian Outback.
"My heart is broken into a million pieces," said a statement from the girl's mother which was read out at the candle-lit vigil at Alice Springs, near the Aboriginal town camp where the family lived.
"She was my little princess. My princess who loved the colour pink. She loved Bluey and K-Pop Demon Hunters," the statement added.
The body of Kumanjayi Little Baby, as the child is now called for cultural reasons, was found on 30 April days after she went missing from the camp, sparking an outpouring of shock and anger across the country.
"I want you to know how I am having trouble knowing how I can repair my heart and knowing how I can live without my little baby," added the statement from the child's mother, which a speaker recited at the Alice Springs vigil, held at the Anzac sports oval around sunset.
She talked about all the things the five-year-old loved: the colour pink, puppies, playing on her mother's phone, the children's cartoons Bluey and Masha and the Bear.
"APT by Bruno Mars and Rose, Golden by Kpop Demon Hunters. She loved playing Minecraft with her big brother."
"I ask, as I move through my grief. Let's look up to the night sky and find the brightest star where Kumanjayi Little Baby is, now in heaven. And I ask everyone to take care of your little ones," said the statement.
Outside the Old Timers Camp, where Kumanjayi Little Baby went missing on 25 April, there was a growing tribute of flowers, cuddly toys and messages in front of the chain link fence on Thursday.
One read "Our hearts break when we heard you were gone." Nearby, a large painted pebble was left, painted with the message "May
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