In this image made from a video released by Western Australia Police, a police officer carries  rescued girl Cleo Smith in Carnarvon, Australia Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE VIA AP
In this image made from a video released by Western Australia Police, a police officer carries rescued girl Cleo Smith in Carnarvon, Australia Wednesday, Nov. 3, 2021. WESTERN AUSTRALIA POLICE VIA AP

CANBERRA, Australia: Police expected to charge a local man Thursday with abducting a 4-year-old girl from her family's camping tent 18 days before police smashed into a locked house and rescued her in an outcome celebrated around Australia.

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