Accused Cleo Smith abductor Terence Kelly’s home still being searched five days after little girl’s rescue

Two trailer-loads of evidence has been carted away from the home of Cleo Smith’s accused kidnapper as the forensic search of the home continued into its fifth day.

Sunday marked five days since the four-year-old was rescued from the Tonkin Crescent home in Carnarvon, 18 days after she was allegedly snatched from her parents’ tent about 75km away at the Blowholes campsite.

Every inch of the home where her alleged abductor Terence Kelly lived is being scoured, tested and bagged as police continue to build their case against him.

A big white evidence bag was taken out of the home today and placed into a trailer, with forensic police also seen holding biohazard bags, likely holding samples.

Two trailers were packed to the brim with evidence bags and driven away, expected to now be taken to a laboratory, likely in Perth, for examination. It is unclear what exactly police have carted away.

Police on Saturday were examining a bed frame in the backyard of the State Housing Commission home, dusting it for fingerprints, and were also seen holding a plastic container filled with coloured pencils.

It comes as neighbours told The West Australian they had been advised that police and forensics may take another several weeks to finish collecting evidence from Cleo Smith’s alleged abductor’s Carnarvon home.

Tonkin Crescent residents said police had advised them that Mr Kelly’s house could be taped off for up to two months.

A big brown tent is erected in the driveway behind the home, which is enclosed — unlike a gazebo that was outside the home previously — to give police officers privacy.

It has been revealed Mr Kelly collected dolls and had shared photographs online of a room filled with the children’s toys.

A constant stream of motorists have driven past the home since the remarkable news broke that Cleo had been found inside, alive, after almost three weeks.

A special taskforce was formed to find the little girl, and a $1 million reward was offered for information that would help.

Det-supt Rod Wilde last week said the remarkable rescue involved “looking for a needle in a data haystack”.

Sources have confirmed mobile phone data had proved crucial to the case.

“We got to a point where we could sort of see the picture that we believed fit the circumstances and it did lead to that house and we went there,” Det-Supt Wilde said.