Northern Territory Police find items of interest in search for 5-year-old Sharon Granites

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Several personal items have been found in the search in the Northern Territory for missing five-year-old Sharon Granites. The missing girl was last seen at the old timers camp on the outskirts of Alice Springs on Saturday evening. Authorities are calling on the public for information saying they believe people in the community know the whereabouts of suspected abductor, 47-year-old Jefferson Lewis. They also believe the girl is still alive. The items seized by police have been sent to Darwin for forensic testing.

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00:01We seized a number of items from that crime scene, being a Doona Doona cover, the shirt

00:10that Jefferson Lewis was wearing was a distinct yellow one and we seized a pair of child's

00:17underwear from that location.

00:18Now those items have now been transported to Darwin and they're undergoing forensic

00:23analysis and I expect to have that back tomorrow.

00:25We believe that there are members of the community that absolutely know where Jefferson Lewis

00:32is.

00:34What I want to say to you is tell us.

00:38Tell us what you know.

00:41Tell us where he is.

00:43Tell us how to contact him.

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