Police are looking for a man named Jefferson Lewis in connection with the death of a girl in the Outback near Alice Springs. The girl was five years old.
The police think the girl was killed. They found a body in the Outback. Now they are doing tests to confirm it is the girl and to find out how she died.
He was in prison. He got out just before the girl went missing. The police are looking for him. It is not easy. He does not have a phone or a car. He does not use banks.
The police are going door to door in the communities near Alice Springs and in the areas. They are trying to find Jefferson Lewis. A senior police officer said they think Jefferson Lewis is responsible for the girls death.
The girls mother is very sad. She loved her daughter. Will miss her a lot. She said her daughter is now at peace with family members who have died.
The Police Commissioner said this is the thing that could have happened.
The police and other officials reminded everyone to be respectful when talking about the girl and her family. In Aboriginal communities people do not say the names of people who have died or show their pictures without permission from the family.
The police are still looking for Jefferson Lewis. They want to talk to him about the death of the girl, in the Outback. The girls family and community are. They need to find out what happened to her. The police are working hard to find Jefferson Lewis and to bring him in for questioning about the girls death.
