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Breaking: Child protection workers stood down over Kumanjayi Little Baby reports
Key takeaways
- Tributes to Kumanjayi Little Baby were left outside the town camp.
- The five-year-old girl's body was found near the Old Timers / Ilyperenye town camp in Alice Springs last week and 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis was charged with her murder on Sunday.
- Five-year-old Kumanjayi Little Baby went missing from a town camp near Alice Springs last month.
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Tributes to Kumanjayi Little Baby were left outside the town camp. (ABC News: Will Green)
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Northern Territory Child Protection Minister Robyn Cahill says three child protection workers have been stood down following an investigation into the circumstances of Kumanjayi Little Baby before her alleged murder last month.
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