Australian 4-year-old girl who went missing reunited with parents after 18 days

Cleo Smith, 4, who went missing from an Australian outback campsite more than two weeks ago but has been found "alive and well" in a locked house, according to authorities, is seen in this undated handout photo given to police during the search for Cleo and released to Reuters on November 3, 2021. Mandatory credit WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE FORCE/Handout via REUTERS

SYDNEY (Reuters) -A 4-year-old girl who went missing from an Australian outback campsite more than two weeks ago has been returned safely to her parents after she was rescued by police from a locked house, authorities said on Wednesday.

Police broke into a house in Carnarvon, a town about 100 km (62 miles) south of the campsite, early on Wednesday morning and found Cleo Smith in one of the rooms.