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McCarthy reiterated calls for the Alice Springs community to support each other as the investigation continues alongside sorry business.
McCarthy said:
When we were searching for our beautiful little girl here, the whole of Alice Springs came together. Hundreds and hundreds and hundreds of people walked the Todd River. They walked and scoured the bushland and scrub to look for this beautiful girl. And that coming together of this community is what I am going to keep calling for.
We need to stay together as a community, even through this and come out the other side of this. We have a mother still grieving, wanting to bury her child, and let’s be there for her.
There needs to be calm and there needs to be a proper process now in terms of this criminal investigation. And it must not be jeopardised by foolishness in terms of the work that has to be done for police and by police to get this investigation done appropriately.
The police have done a tremendous job here with the Alice Springs community and families, and I totally understand the deep grief that people are experiencing. But, you know, we do now have Mr. Lewis in custody and he has been taken to Darwin.
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