<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WARNING: Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander readers are advised this story contains the name and image of a person who is deceased.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Missing Northern Territory girl Sharon Granites has been found dead days after going missing from Alice Springs, police have announced.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Before midday today, NT police found the body of a girl believed to be the missing five-year-old.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said the body was found about five kilometres south of the crime scene.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/antisemitism-royal-commission-interim-report-findings-bondi-beach-shooting-social-cohesion-australia/2911e464-b083-4a7a-a5a9-435f2facc0ee"><strong><span>Antisemitism report calls for gun buybacks, more counter-terrorism powers</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"This is an incredibly distressing development," Northern Territory Police Force Commissioner Martin Dole said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Sharon's family have been formally notified and our thoughts are firmly with them at this devastating time.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/body-found-in-search-for-missing-northern-territory-girl/d2aa7d07-20a3-4e85-965b-dcae5f71dd4d" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I want to be clear from the outset, we are not in a position today to provide answers around the cause of Sharon's death or how long she may have been deceased.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"A post-mortem examination will be conducted, likely tomorrow, and that will be a critical step in establishing those facts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The criminal investigation is ongoing and a coronial inquest will now also begin.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"As a result, there will now be limitations on what we can say publicly.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Finally, this is devastating news, not only for Sharon's family, but also first responders, the Alice Springs community and all of those around Australia who have been worrying for Sharon.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"The support shown during the time has been overwhelming."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><span>More to come...</span></em></div></div>