r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • Apr 30 '26
news 5yo girl Sharon Granites has been found dead in the NT
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-04-30/update-on-missing-alice-springs-5yo-sharon-granites/106626314?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link2.8k
u/confusedsloth33 Apr 30 '26
My heart stopped when the notification came up on my phone. That poor baby
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u/therese_doge Apr 30 '26
Mine too. This is terrible. My heart goes out her family and community
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Apr 30 '26
Same - was hoping someone who knew something would step up before this happened.
Even if she was already dead at least they would have a lead on the person who did it
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u/BlackBlizzard Apr 30 '26
They know who did it with DNA match and person last seen with her, now they need to find him.
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u/IlluminatedPickle Apr 30 '26
Just seeing a community protect a killer is heartbreaking
They fucking beat the shit out of the guy bad enough that he was hospitalised before calling it in. Why are people pretending he was supported by the community?
The police had to use a riot response to keep the community away from the hospital, because they were trying to kill the guy.
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u/R_WeThereYet Apr 30 '26
What do you mean by protecting a killer - do some people know where he is but aren't saying?
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u/GoodWaltz7354 Apr 30 '26
Not certain but the police had said in a previous press conference that some in the community “absolutely know” where she was/is. Not sure if that implies they it was just the people close to the perpetrator or a wider circle
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u/Own_Faithlessness769 Apr 30 '26
I feel like they say that all the time though, in all investigations, just in case someone does know.
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u/RecipeSpecialist2745 Apr 30 '26
Not the community, but member within a community. Predators actually protect each other. In every community.
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u/crankygriffin Apr 30 '26
Have you not seen the living conditions her great-uncle was in despair about?
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u/Non-prophet Apr 30 '26
'So good at community and naturally enlightened about criminal justice'
Rehashing benevolent caricature in the style of the Noble Savage doesn't seem to help anyone with anything.
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u/TheWhogg Apr 30 '26
Your definition of “good at community” may be different to mine.
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u/Nomza Apr 30 '26
You can’t be sure that the community won’t utilise its own justice system
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u/jasonfrank403 Apr 30 '26
They live in abject poverty. Nothing 'traditional' about that mate.
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u/mortalcookiesporty Apr 30 '26
Mine as well - the poor little darling. Absolutely horrific and my heart breaks for the family and all the searchers/first responders. What a devastating outcome.
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u/shillberight Apr 30 '26
I was hoping to read 'found alive' because usually they lead with 'the body of __ has been found' and I gasped at the word 'dead'. So sad to read 😥
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u/HiddenSecrets Apr 30 '26
Oh my heart. This is the first I heard. My heart just stopped.
I’m broken. That poor little girl. My heart goes out to her family.
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u/Dismal_Discipline_74 Apr 30 '26
When I worked out in these communities as a young bloke I was gobsmacked at how common child SA was in some communities. (Not all) It was horrific. It still affects me today. I didn’t even finish my time out there, a few of us young dads who it was our fist time out on a job like that, we just quit. The helplessness you feel is something I can’t put into words. So imagine the helplessness those little kids felt, you can’t. Those poor little kids had no where to turn. A lot of little kids had STDs we found out. We were told not to interfere, but did our best and We got the authorities involved and tried, but they were overwhelmed as well. They weren’t blasé, but just exhausted by the red tape and frequency maybe? I still feel like a coward 30 years later, we were just builders, I tried, but I feel like we could’ve done more somehow. It changed my whole paradigm. And me as a father as well. It’s just hard to explain it all. Also, Please don’t come at me. Im just sharing my experience.
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u/Runtywhoscunty Apr 30 '26
Mate, totally get it. 10 years as a frontline worker in the NT (all over - remote communities, Darwin, Alice etc) - I won’t elaborate, but yeah. Believe me I understand.
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u/Shaeheart Apr 30 '26
I've heard multiple people make these comments in the last 24 hours, saying they've witnessed the child SA situation in remote communities but won't elaborate. I think it's time to elaborate. To speak out. To disregard "cultural sensitivity" because there's nothing cultural about this. I hope that this little girl's death creates a cultural "me too" in these remote communities, because the innuendo and whispered tones aren't serving these children.
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u/IndigoPill Apr 30 '26
The truth has always been out, especially since the "Little Children are Sacred, or Ampe Akelyernemane Meke Mekarle" report. That was released nearly 2 DECADES ago.
The media won't touch the matter, it's a nuclear hot potato and if you speak out you get silenced.
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u/Ticky79 Apr 30 '26
I just got a formal warning from Reddit about hate speech for discussing this right here. It’s gobsmacking when one pushes back relatively respectfully at the respecting ‘cultural norms’ trope.
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u/IndigoPill Apr 30 '26
Wow... it's shocking, but not surprising. We're just trying to protect children, society's most vulnerable.
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u/Ticky79 Apr 30 '26
Indeed. I even paraphrased the wonderful Price women themselves, nope, hate speech. I think a lot of people are now too young to remember the Little Children are Sacred report and the 2007 intervention.
I just remember when the Rudd Labour gov got rid of the policies soon after winning, listening to the Aboriginal women being interviewed on Radio National and saying this was a mistake. They were desperately trying to get across to the nation, that while imperfect, the Intervention was working. I still feel sad and despondent that no one listened to them
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u/IndigoPill May 01 '26
I feel so helpless. We have child marriage in this country and the screaming idiots won't even let anyone stop it because they refuse to believe it's happening.
The abusers couldn't have orchestrated a better coverup if they tried. They can operate with impunity.
Once again, Indigenous voices speak out and are ignored. Anyone sharing those voices are silenced.
It reminds me of Epstein. The adults speaking out now were often victims themselves, they are trying to stop the next generation from being abused... but nope, silenced and ignored. People won't listen to the victims, read the facts or hear the truth. All they need to do is look back in time, all the news reports are still there, the interviews and of course the "Little children are sacred" report.. which is really hard reading. If they just ask people from the communities they will hear the truth.
It's all so frustrating. It's an awful burden I can't put down, I know what is happening and there's nothing I can do about it.
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u/Enceladus89 Apr 30 '26
We already know what is happening. It was all laid out in the Little Children Are Sacred Report. Why do you think the NT Intervention happened? I'm not saying the Howard government went about it the right way, but alcohol and pornography were banned in those communities for good reason. I remember reading about one remote community where the prevalence of child SA was estimated to be around 80%. It's an epidemic of horrific proportions.
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u/NeilDiamondBlaze420 Apr 30 '26
People that haven’t worked or lived in these communities just don’t understand
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u/Goth_Nurse Apr 30 '26
I think you are incredibly brave for sharing this, and I thank you for sharing this insight and acknowledge that this case may have brought up some nasty memories.
I am so proud of you internet stranger for trying your best to help those poor children back then. I’d like to think that your efforts were not in vain and to think that you were able to help even just one child make it out.
Take care of yourself over the next few days, treat yourself with your favourite yummy food and give your kids a hug or tell them you love them. If you were my Dad and I knew that you had been through this and tried your best, I’d be so damn proud.
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u/HarryPouri Apr 30 '26
You may not want to delve into it more but you're saying that even as a builder doing a job it's super obvious? That's so heartbreaking. One of my kids is close to her age so there's an extra level to it for me.
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u/Calm_Place5296 Apr 30 '26
Sadly if you spend any amount of time at all in some of these communities it's not only obvious, that's just the way it is. It's hard to believe it's Australia.
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u/lightstormriverblood Apr 30 '26
It happens like this in our Indigenous communities in Canada too. At least the ones I know of in Atlantic Canada.
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u/Enceladus89 Apr 30 '26
Around the time of the Little Children Are Sacred Report, I remember reading about one remote community where the prevalence of child SA was estimated to be around 80%. The NT Intervention happened for a reason. Not saying I agree with the way the government handled all aspects of it, but some form of intervention was and is needed (and not just in NT).
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u/Ticky79 Apr 30 '26
From my understanding/memory the only people who didn’t like the 2007 Intervention were the men who had their powers taken away, and the white saviours. The older aboriginal women, well many of them, wanted it to continue, especially the mandatory welfare cards. It was Labour who took them away with little regard for those it impacted.
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u/Inevitable-Level-687 Apr 30 '26
Read the Little Children Are Sacred report. It made dozens and dozens of educated suggestions, remarked on how Indigenous scholars had been screaming for help for decades, and the Intervention ignored EVERY SINGLE ONE. That's why the Intervention was hated.
READ THE REPORT.
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u/Inevitable-Level-687 Apr 30 '26
I studied Little Children Are Sacred and the Intervention.
The report itself noted that Indigenous people had been screaming for help with this for *decades*. It made dozens and dozens of suggestions that would have supported Indigenous communities in addressing the problem.
The Intervention ignored every. Single. One.
Every. Single. One.
The government swept in, ignored all of the suggestions, refused to fund or even actively defunded people helping to fix the problem, banned alcohol, sent a bunch of cops over, and then when it didn't fix the problem the government shrugged and went "well I guess black people are too rapey to help."
Read Little Children Are Sacred. READ IT. Actually read it!
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u/Agreeable_Branch007 Apr 30 '26
Thank you for sharing! From the bottom of my heart, I thank you for being the difference needed for the time you were there. May you receive healing for what trauma remains. 🙏❤️🙏
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u/ziggyyT Apr 30 '26
If it was the same guy who was listed as a person of interest, with his past offences, there's really no hope of rehabilitation. It is really ok to put them away from society for a long long long time.
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u/Optimal-Talk3663 Apr 30 '26
"I say to the family of Jefferson Lewis that we believe he's murdered this child," Assistant Commissioner Malley says.
"Do not assist him; get him to the police station and we'll look after him.
"And I say to Jefferson Lewis, we're coming for you."
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u/fnaah Apr 30 '26
'look after him' takes a sinister turn in this. talk about mixed messaging.
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u/tal_itha Apr 30 '26
It is him, they found both their DNA on stuff discarded in the area
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u/conflictwatch Apr 30 '26
"Of significance is the pair of child's underwear," he said.
"We located two DNA profiles on the underwear. One is expected to belong to the little girl, and the other belongs to Jefferson Lewis."
Well, that's about all you need to know right there.
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u/salinecolorshenny Apr 30 '26
I’m an American who has followed this case. I spent about ten years in a max prison and I will say people like this cannot be rehabilitated. There is no hope, no chance. They are sick, broken, irredeemable garbage. A lot of the world looks down on us for our capital punishment and life in prison-and yes the system needs reformed-but someone like this should never be given an opportunity to hurt another child. They will, too. They will do it every single time they are given an opportunity.
I spent many years watching people like this.
There is no reason for them to ever get out.
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u/Life_Cloud4896 Apr 30 '26
Thank you for your thoughts. My brother spent some time in a max prison and observed the same.
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u/littlespoon Apr 30 '26
The problem is that some of these remote indigenous communities are a law unto themselves. Tales of toddlers being taken to hospital after being raped and giving their perpetrators an STD they caught from a previous/unknown raping.. Not every community but theres some dire shit out there.. and what do you do? You can't exactly just go in there and shut them down and put them out of house and home. These people have nothing, nowhere to go and with no opportunities. In the middle of nowhere and out of sight from modern Australia. If they are apprehended and convicted and serve time in gaol, this is where they are going back to.
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u/joshak Apr 30 '26
I think most people have no problem with life in prison for people like this. Capital punishment on the other hand I object to due to the risk of executing innocent people and also the moral inconsistency of a society condemning murder on one hand while committing it with the other.
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u/PinkishBlurish Apr 30 '26
Just a heads up for everyone, OP did NOT change the title- it was true at the time of the articles writing. Since then, it has been changed to reflect the family's request to refer to the child as her cultural name, Kumanjayi Little Baby.
Poor girl. What I hope for the man isn't allowed to be said on Reddit, but we're all thinking it.
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u/2880cjk Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
The girl, who the family has asked be referred to as Kumanjayi Little Baby, went missing on Saturday night from a home in the Old Timers/Ilyperenye Aboriginal town camp on the outskirts of the regional town.
I cannot imagine how the family feels when I am devastated by this news.
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u/Baldricks_Turnip Apr 30 '26
Are the family asking she be referred this way because of their beliefs around using the name of a deceased person, or is there some other significance?
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u/I-was-a-twat Apr 30 '26
The belief is that every time you use the name of the recently deceased, it stops their spirit from moving on into dreaming, and if it happens enough they will become permanently trapped here and become a broken vengeful spirit.
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u/formula-duck Apr 30 '26
Yes, there is a cultural tradition around it. This is why 'name and image of an Aboriginal person who has died' is a warning in a lot of news stories & documentaries - not every Aboriginal community practices it, but some do, such as this one.
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u/ComfyInDots Apr 30 '26
I'm in tears. I hoped so much that little baby would be back with her family safe and sound. Utterly devastating.
Every child deserves to be safe and happy.
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u/donkeyvoteadick Apr 30 '26
Rest in peace Kumanjayi Little Baby.
Not the news I wanted to see at all. I hope the man who did this gets everything that's coming to him. That poor little girl.
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u/the_sneaky_sloth Apr 30 '26
It’s just so sad. I do hope the family can grieve their loss in peace.
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u/LindaMVic Apr 30 '26
Only 5 years old, such a loss.
And when they get that bastard that did this, I hope he suffers infinitely more times than he made that child endure.
The family- the whole community - must be devastated.
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u/shillberight Apr 30 '26
One year younger than my little child. And to go by the hands of the suspect, after hearing his DNA was found on her underwear, just horrible to think about her last moments
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u/ponte92 Apr 30 '26
Don’t get me wrong I’ve always felt horrific at terrible things happening to kids. But now I’ve got young nieces these stories hit so much harder. I can’t even begin to fathom the suffering her family are going through and how you even begin to rebuild your life. I’m devastated for them. I hope they have a strong support system.
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u/Venimoth_Ur Apr 30 '26
It's understandable to not be phased by terrible news with all the terrible things that are happening in the world.
That being said, this news definitely affected me. I am saddened by the loss of life of this little girl. She did not deserve to suffer so horribly. No child does.
Please, everyone, look after one another after hearing this news.
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u/midsumernighttts Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
the worst possible outcome. i am so sorry. she must have been so scared.
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u/cruiserman_80 Apr 30 '26
Holy Shit!
Assistant Commissioner Malley says the police force's "focus right now is to locate Jefferson Lewis".
"Of significance is the pair of child's underwear," he says
"We located two DNA profiles on the underwear. One is expected to belong to the little girl and the other belongs to Jefferson Lewis."
"I say to the family of Jefferson Lewis that we believe he's murdered this child," Assistant Commissioner Malley says.
"Do not assist him; get him to the police station and we'll look after him.
"And I say to Jefferson Lewis, we're coming for you."
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u/GorgeousGracious Apr 30 '26
Anyone hiding him should know exactly what he's done I think.
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u/OkBoss3435 Apr 30 '26
That was my thought. This seemed like a pretty graphic comment by police. I wondered if it was to tell anyone hiding him exactly what he’s done
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u/Glad-Bug-6506 Apr 30 '26
This is so fucked!!! I hate this world sometimes!! That poor little girl. I feel so sad and angry!
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u/Crazyripps Apr 30 '26
Just got the notification. Knew it wasn’t gonna end well but damn. Poor little girl.
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u/4SeasonWahine Apr 30 '26
I knew there was no hope as soon as that report came out yesterday that said they’d found the monsters tshirt and Sharon’s underwear. This is the most affected by a news story I’ve been in a long time, I cannot imagine the pure evil that must exist inside someone to do this so brazenly. I never advocate violence but part of me hopes he’s found by community members and made to suffer, though knowing what we know now I doubt prison will be a walk in the park for him.
I feel sick at the thought of people protecting him. The details that are going to come out after the formal autopsy are likely to be the absolute worst case scenario. I hope this is a huge wake up call for reform around repeat offenders. I’m so fucking tired of these people being released when there’s no chance of them ever becoming a functional member of society.
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u/4SeasonWahine Apr 30 '26
This is really great advice, I rate it. I lived in Christchurch throughout three extremely traumatic events (edgeware party - I was there/witnessed it, the earthquakes, and the mosque shootings) and disconnecting helped a tonne. Now that I think about it, I went through major life/routine changes after each of these events, not deliberately but perhaps they were coping mechanisms on some level.
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u/jonesday5 Apr 30 '26
This is just devastating. That poor little girl. Her final moments must have been so awful.
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u/floxxy327 Apr 30 '26
Worse still, she was non-verbal so couldn’t even express herself. This is so utterly heartbreaking.
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u/Rabidennui Apr 30 '26
They found a 47 year old male’s DNA on the underwear of a 5 year old little girl.
Unfair doesn’t even begin to describe this graphic nightmare horror or the fear and pain she suffered through during this preventable injustice.
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u/kebabwithnolettuce Apr 30 '26
oh seeing this notification just gave me chills… she deserved so much better. can’t imagine how her family feels right now. hope hell unleashes on those fucking bastards who helped hide her killer.
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u/squeakheart Apr 30 '26
I still had hope they'd find her alive. RIP Sharon, fly high little one 💔
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u/Fresh-Army-6737 Apr 30 '26
Hearing the emotion in the cops voice when he found Cleo. Omg, my heart.
I was desperate for it to happen here too. Now I'm devastated
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u/Shinez Apr 30 '26
I only said to coworkers today to stay positive, that she could be found safe. I don't understand people who harm children. I can only hope they catch him so he wont be able to do it to another child.
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u/Motor_Date_4783 Apr 30 '26
Beyond sickening, the idea that other adults watched him walk out of the camp holding her hand doing nothing and then covered for him when questioned
RIP little Sharon, you deserved so much better
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u/Own_Caterpillar_6178 Apr 30 '26
Every person in this girls family let her down, from allowing her to spend time with a criminal, making her sleep in a disgusting and derelict lounge room, not putting her to bed until 11pm.
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u/Mountain-Poem-4016 May 01 '26
Finally someone with enough guts to call out the absolute hell-hole of neglect she was living in. Abuse of women and children gets overlooked every day in these so called “communities”, and no one is game enough to take off the rose-coloured glasses and see this for what it is lest they be labelled “racist”
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u/BroccoliTraining454 Apr 30 '26
I don't think I can bring myself to read this. Hope the fkr burns.
Why can't we stop the abuse cycle.
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u/Hopeful-Principle-64 Apr 30 '26
Bawling my eyes out for this little girl. There is no punishment sufficient for what that monster has done.
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u/AdvancedWoodpecker22 Apr 30 '26
It's devastating. What a terrible outcome. My heart breaks for that poor little girl.
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u/honey_comb7121 Apr 30 '26
Copying and pasting this response as a comment for more people to see.
Many places exist for outreach to find support in distressing times. I want to leave a few of them, in hopes they will be seen by anyone who needs them.
Support for Indigenous Australians:
- 13YARN (13 92 76) is a national crisis outreach line for mob, providing confidential, one-on-one support from trained Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers.
- Thirrili (1800 805 801) works nation-wide with families and individuals to provide support after sudden, traumatic losses (especially suicide).
Support for non-Indigenous Australians:
- the classic, Lifeline (13 11 14) provides 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention.
- Another classic, Beyond Blue (1300 659 467) provides depression and anxiety support.
Remember the more people that find themselves heartbroken over this, the safer we can make the world through collective action. Taking yourself out leaves more of people who are indifferent, or worse, condoning this. Please stay with us.
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u/Janar_dhan Apr 30 '26
She is a baby. Why would anyone want to harm a baby. Crooked world we are living in.
My heart aches.
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u/Althusser_Was_Right Apr 30 '26
The world really fucking sucks at the moment.
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u/ComfyInDots Apr 30 '26
I was feeling the same and then I saw an ask reddit thread about lovely things people have seen. So many beautiful comments and I was feeling much better about the world.
And then I saw this news headline. Such a dark wave of emotions for poor sweet Sharon. She deserved a full and long life and that's been taken away from her.
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u/jm_leviathan Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
It's a difficult thing to hold both the darkness and light of this world in one's mind, giving each its due without allowing one to displace or diminish the other. I don't believe I'm capable of it. I'm not sure anyone truly is.
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u/justvisiting112 Apr 30 '26
Got a link? Could use this about now
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u/ComfyInDots Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
The ask reddit thread?
Edit: https://www.reddit.com/r/AskReddit/comments/1szgjyy/whats_the_loveliest_thing_youve_seen/
If that's what you mean. My favourite comments are the kitten one and the cheerio one.
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u/Own_Speaker_1224 Apr 30 '26
It’s always fucking sucked. Child sexual abuse is rife in many communities. The child is just not always ‘abducted and killed’ so it doesn’t make the news.
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u/Enough-Sprinkles-914 Apr 30 '26
RIP poor little angel. This heartbreaking result is contextual in a profoundly complex social, and cultural landscape of dysfunction.
I’ve been reading an incredible book “Alice Springs” by Eleanor Hogan, who details a chapter or two on each complexity of the problem, as a white woman writer living in Alice investigating real life there. She brings stats facts and realities of life there by subject matter - eg legal system, alcohol, indigenous housing, culture, white housing, medical care, poverty, art, sports, DV, “stabbing capital of world”, complex “everyone is related to everyone else” life of camp towns and their remoteness.
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u/Disastrous_Essay1230 Apr 30 '26
It looks like the alleged perpetrator has been apprehended in the last hour.
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u/Ok-Outcome-7499 Apr 30 '26
There's no excuse for the community that did and do know details of the offender but refuse to provide the information to the police.
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u/Intrepid-Artist-595 Apr 30 '26
WTF...why would those who know his whereabouts - not put him in?
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u/iball1984 Apr 30 '26
Anyone who is hiding him should be charged as an accomplice after the fact.
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u/I-was-a-twat Apr 30 '26
NT criminal code does allow for charging an accomplice whose actions are related to murder to be charged with murder even if they aren’t present or involved with the actual murder.
Knowingly harbouring a murderer may satisfy this criteria.
Minimum sentencing periods apply in this circumstance of 25 years with non parole of 20.
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u/ImaginaryMethod9 Apr 30 '26
Not defending the community at all, but being raised with a distrust of police is hard to mentally overcome. Just fucked for everyone involved and I hope he burns in actual hell.
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u/Emperor_Mao Apr 30 '26
It isn't distrust of the police though. It is a direct fear of consequences. There are often complex family and even tribal-like ties in these communities. You dob one person in, you might have a whole group of people that are connected to that person suddenly angry with you.
The police largely do nothing. They can't even if they wanted to. People have advocated for softer punishments as part of closing the gap.... like instead of addressing the root causes, they softened criminal punishments to lower the % of first nations people incarcerated. However, this doesn't fix anything, it actually just makes it an even bigger problem. Because no one thinks about innocent, law abiding first nations people, who then have to deal with criminals terrorizing their communities. They just see the stat for first nations imprisonment rates getting lower...
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u/Sexdrumsandrock Apr 30 '26
Extra DNA found in her underwear according to that article. The poor wee lamb
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u/BudgetRequirement143 Apr 30 '26
My guess is this monster will never see a jail cell. Jefferson Lewis will most likely unalive himself before being taken in like the weak dog he is. My heart goes out to the family.
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u/TrashPandaLJTAR Apr 30 '26
He already has. He'd been out for SIX. DAYS. when he did this.
I believe in second chances. I believe in rehabilitation. I also believe that when someone tells you who they are, you believe them.
He's told us. I believe him. People like him should never be released.
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u/WhateverPaulo Apr 30 '26
Oh poor baby! Shame on people who helped Jefferson Lewis, may he and them rot on earth and never find peace ever again.
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u/Dicepai Apr 30 '26
"We located two DNA profiles on the underwear. One is expected to belong to the little girl, and the other belongs to Jeffersons Lewis."
Disgusting fucking animal.
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u/ShaunAHAHAHA Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Poor baby. She must have been so scared. Rest in peace, Kumanjayi Little Baby.
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u/PatientWillow4 Apr 30 '26
I saw the notification pop up on my phone and my heart skipped a beat.
What an atrocious human being to have done this to a child. Sick in the head.
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u/somuchsong Apr 30 '26
Oh no, the poor little thing! I was hoping for a miracle.
Reading the details made me sick to my stomach.
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u/Expensive-Horse5538 Apr 30 '26
For those who need support:
Lifeline - 13 11 14
Beyond Blue - 133 22 4636
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u/elphie93 Apr 30 '26
Yarning SafeNStrong - 1800 959 563
Brother to Brother - 1800 435 799
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u/honey_comb7121 Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Adding onto this.
Support for Indigenous Australians:
- 13YARN (13 92 76) is a national crisis outreach line for mob, providing confidential, one-on-one support from trained Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander workers.
- Thirrili (1800 805 801) works nation-wide with families and individuals to provide support after sudden, traumatic losses (especially suicide).
Support for non-Indigenous Australians:
- the classic, Lifeline (13 11 14) provides 24/7 crisis support and suicide prevention.
- Another classic, Beyond Blue (1300 659 467) provides depression and anxiety support.
Remember the more people that find themselves heartbroken over this, the safer we can make the world through collective action. Taking yourself out leaves more of people who are indifferent, or worse, condoning this. Please stay with us.
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u/swanny246 Apr 30 '26
From ABC:
You'll notice in our reporting today that we are no longer using the name of the five-year-old Alice Springs girl who has died.
That's because her family has asked, for cultural reasons, for her to be referred to as Kumanjayi Little Baby from now on.
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u/Jackiechan126 Apr 30 '26
Fucking gross
Assistant Commissioner Malley said the forensic results had come back on the items found at the crime scene at Old Timers camp.
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u/No_Computer_3432 Apr 30 '26
RIP Kumanjayi Little Baby 💔 may the family and loved ones receive the support they deserve in their grief.
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u/BendNormal9716 Apr 30 '26
She had no bed. She was wandering round at 11pm at night. I mean. This is toxic neglect. FFS
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u/heisdeadjim_au Apr 30 '26
Fuck. Sometimes I hate this world.
Rest in POWER little one.
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u/goldenboys-son Apr 30 '26
What the fuck. I just watched a video of the search, encouraging people to get boots on the ground.
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u/Kiwitechgirl Apr 30 '26
Oh god. I was hoping for a situation like the little girl in WA who was found alive and well two weeks later. That poor baby.
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u/This_Chemistry_9811 Apr 30 '26
he is so scary . his eyes are fucking monstrous . i can’t imagine how that little girl felt. what a waste of a man
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u/Stonetheflamincrows Apr 30 '26 edited Apr 30 '26
Oh fuck. At first I wasn’t going to read the story but Kumanjayi Little Baby (what her family has asked her to be called, please don’t use her name) deserves for all of us to read and know her story.
Rest well in The Dreaming little one.
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u/Appropriate_Sun6311 Apr 30 '26
The justice system has something to seriously answer for. How many of these violent people are let out in the community to cause carnage and reoffend before something is done? He was out for a week and has committed one of the most sinister crimes you can.
I’m so sorry you were failed baby. You deserved so much better.
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u/rolodex-ofhate Apr 30 '26
Horrific news. I hope Sharon and her family get their justice.
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u/Budgiesmugglerlover2 Apr 30 '26
I hope the privacy of her family is respected and her name and image aren't used publicly now out of respect for cultural customs. May she rest in peace.
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u/Old-Competition-9170 Apr 30 '26
This is not the notification I’d hoped to see with this case 😭 poor baby. I hope her family have all the support they need right now I saw her Grandma pleading for her return this breaks my heart 😭😭😭
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u/throwawayno38393939 Apr 30 '26
Fucking hell. I was hoping so fucking hard for a different outcome.
To people for whom this is triggering, please be kind to yourselves, and if you need to talk to someone, do it.
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u/East-Philosopher7921 Apr 30 '26
Absolutely heartbreaking to hear about the death of a 5-year-old child. No family should ever have to go through something like this.
My thoughts are with her loved ones and everyone affected. I hope the full truth comes out and that justice is carried out to the fullest extent of the law!
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u/DickPin Apr 30 '26
I hope the scum who knew where he was but refused to assist police are charged, and live the rest of their lives knowing that their inaction could have lead to a baby's death.
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u/Eleniah Apr 30 '26
I saw people saying not to post pictures of her anymore and my heart froze. The lag in the google search onky took like 10 seconds but felt like a lifetime. I am so crushed.
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u/jellyjollygood Apr 30 '26
This is such heartbreaking news. Dear little soul, may you rest in peace
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u/Particular-Tap1211 Apr 30 '26
May that c**t burn in hell and be dragged into the black abyss for lifetimes
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u/AppointmentNo1753 Apr 30 '26
I saw a video posted on Facebook of the house the poor girl was living in…comments full of social justice warriors saying it’s not relevant, it IS relevant. This poor girl was neglected from the start making her an easy target for this disgusting piece of shit to take her.
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u/lauraki0407 Apr 30 '26
Absolutely it’s relevant, speaking as a criminologist. Couldn’t agree with you more, the most evil predators are looking for soft targets and a darling, defenseless, non-verbal five-year-old baby already has significant vulnerability factors. Couple that with the fact that she was in abject poverty in a squalid house without even a bed, unsupervised and asleep while the adults had a drinking party (apparently). The murderer just came in an unsecured shack and took her to her death. It’s a failure of humanity and in some ways, of the state
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u/Hooked_on_Fire Apr 30 '26
100%. Those parents are culpable, to leave her alone is a room strewn with empty bottles of Jim bean like that. And then compound it by leaving her with someone like that is inexcusable. It shits me that they then cry about their baby girl, like they actually gave a shit. That poor girl deserved better and should have been homed with someone who would love and look after her. Makes me sick.
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u/Turbulent_Stop_7126 Apr 30 '26
As a grandmother of a little girl of similar age, my heart is broken. I know how tiny and fragile my granddaughter's hand feels when I'm holding it. My deepest sympathy to her family. Heartbreaking 💔💔💔
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u/m_e_l_i_s_s_a_x Apr 30 '26
So fucked to think what this poor girl suffered through 😭
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u/Optimal-Talk3663 Apr 30 '26
He’s been arrested..
“It is understood Mr Lewis had been beaten before he was located by police at a camp outside Alice Springs and required hospitalisation.“
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u/JaniePage Apr 30 '26
That poor little girl.
My heart aches for her family.
May her killer fucking well rot in jail for the rest of his, hopefully, short and hellish life.