Days 3 and 4:

It’s now been more than 72 hours since Ellie and Jake have seen little Cleo, and looking at the evidence of the zip and missing sleeping bag, it’s appearing more and more likely that the four-year-old was abducted.

In the depths of their fear and desperation to find their daughter, Ellie Smith and Jake Gliddon face TV cameras to try and reach as many people as possible.

Despite an overwhelming amount of support, there were also a lot of people who figured themselves as armchair detectives, picking apart their every word, move and facial expression to determine them guilty in their eyes.

Seasoned body language expert Allan Pease - who determined from the beginning that Lindy Chamberlain was innocent after she claimed her baby Azaria was taken by a dingo - explains in this episode how, from the start, he thought Ellie and Jake were telling the truth.

As they spoke of the sadness and distress of their horrific situation while pleading for their little girl to come back to them, online trolls started a crusade against them.

There aren’t many people in the world who know what Cleo's parents were going through, but the parents of murdered teenager Daniel Morcombe - who were in that very position almost a decade ago - sent a message of support to the helpless parents.

At the same time, all of this was happening as the desperate search for Cleo continued at the Blowholes, as SES Geraldton unit manager Josh Gardener explains why the search had to be suspended.

Join Josh, as well as Natalie Bonjolo, Kristin Shorten and Allan Pease as they take you through days 3 and 4 of the search for Cleo Smith.

For more on Cleo Smith head to thewest.com.au and perthnow.com.au 

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