<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The search for a </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/family-of-missing-northern-territory-girl-appeal-for-her-return/dedcab9a-38dc-46d5-9104-ef64b6cee6ea" rel="" target="_blank" title="missing five-year-old girl"><span>missing five-year-old girl</span></a><span> in the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/northern-territory" rel="" target="_blank" title="Northern Territory"><span>Northern Territory</span></a><span> continues into a fifth day as new findings come through.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sharon Granites has been missing since Saturday night, with </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/police" rel="" target="_blank" title="police"><span>police</span></a><span> in the region launching one of their largest operations in decades to try and find her.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police are working on the theory she may have been abducted by a man who was recently released from prison, as her family released a heartfelt plea for her safe return.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>LIVE UPDATES:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/us-politics-live-iran-israel-middle-east-war-king-charles-state-visit-pete-hegseth-nuclear-claims/2440cfff-6a9d-4ea5-897c-b69111c07a43" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Iran mocks Trump with threat that could smash global market</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>Warning: This story contains details and content that some readers may find distressing.</span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>What happened to Sharon Granites </span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sharon Granites disappeared sometime after being put to bed on Saturday night before 11pm.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/sharon-granites-missing-northern-territory-what-happened-timeline-latest-update-explainer/72126cf0-e150-46a9-8994-4ad30fb43345" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Sharon and her mother were visiting a house in Old Timers Camp in </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/alice-springs" rel="" target="_blank" title="Alice Springs"><span>Alice Springs</span></a><span>.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was last seen at around 11.30pm, with a man called Jefferson Lewis who was holding her hand, with police working under the belief the man had led her away from the camp.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WORLD:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/london-stabbing-anti-semitic-attack-golders-green-jewish-community/45810fcc-294c-451b-a95a-eaf7c6e924ae" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Brutal bodycam footage of Jewish terror attackers with shadowy Iran links</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>She was reported missing at around 1.30am on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police found materials and items of clothing on the river bank near Old Timers Camp on Sunday, but only revealed them publicly yesterday.</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" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><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>These items included a pair of children's believed to belong to Sharon, as well as a shirt worn by Lewis. A doona cover was also found alongside these items of clothing.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Northern Territory Assistant Police Commissioner Peter Malley said that her family was being supported after the findings.</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/groceries-prices-inflation-coles-woolies-supermarket-prices/a0b3c54b-ac98-41cd-9132-879fe1663b42" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>You're not imagining it, the price of your groceries is soaring</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She is a very affectionate little girl loved by her family, so it's just a horrible thing that they are going through at the moment," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Liberal senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price confirmed she is the aunt of Sharon, saying she was shattered by the news.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"That's incredibly frightening and very disturbing for the family as well," she told Sky News.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I'm holding on to hope that she is still alive and I'm very grateful for the volunteers, the police, the Aboriginal trackers, everyone that's been involved in the search for Sharon."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Speaking to </span><a href="https://www.smh.com.au/national/there-s-no-trace-nt-police-believe-young-girl-s-suspected-abductor-is-being-helped-20260429-p5zrze.html" rel="" target="_blank" title="The Sydney Morning Herald"><em><span>The Sydney Morning Herald</span></em></a><span>, members of Sharon's family pleaded for her to be returned safely.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There was nothing I could do – just cry," grandfather Robin said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She was a really nice, little, good, quiet girl."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><strong><span>Who is Jefferson Lewis</span></strong></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Jefferson Lewis is the man who police want to talk to about the disappearance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lewis had been released from prison six days before Sharon went missing, after being charged with violent offences, including assault and domestic violence.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dole confirmed Lewis was not on bail or subject to any conditions that would have required monitoring.</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/life-and-career-after-redundancy-natasha-ciesielski/dd153cff-e437-470f-a3e6-92f9b7872121" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Natasha is leaving her 9 to 5 career behind after being made redundant twice</span></strong></a><strong><span></span></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police previously said Lewis only had a "loose connection" to the Granites family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lewis is seen wearing a distinctive yellow shirt in bodycam footage released by police from earlier on Saturday when they were responding to an unrelated mental health callout.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The shirt is the same one found near Old Timers Camp on Sunday.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Where is Old Timers Town Camp</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Old Timers Camp is an Aboriginal community just to the south of Alice Springs.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Its local Indigenous name is Ilyperenye, and according to the Tangentyere Council website, 40 people live in nine households in the camp.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Local MP and Northern Territory Legislative Assembly Speaker Robyn Lambley told Today the camp was "a notoriously hard place to live".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span></span></strong><span>It is not known if Sharon's home address was located here or elsewhere.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There are 43 town camps like this across the Northern Territory, and these area areas set aside where Aboriginal people can live in and around towns and cities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><h3><span>Sharon Granites search updates</span></h3></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The search is now stretching interstate.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Western Australian Police have contacted Lewis' wife and children in Bolga, who are cooperating with authorities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Northern Territory Police Commissioner Martin Dole also revealed Sharon was non verbal, and that she often communicates with her hands.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He admitted this "complicates" search efforts.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"She's unable to communicate needs," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Dole conceded the window for finding Sharon alive was beginning to close.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We do consult people for survivability and that's what gauges our search areas," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>WORLD:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/white-house-correspondents-dinner-man-charged-trying-to-kill-donald-trump-took-photo-with-knife-in-hotel/5d86c42a-f00d-48b0-b4e4-918fdbf2e8d3" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Man charged with trying to kill Trump at dinner took photo with knife: Investigators</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"So we're getting to the end of that timeframe of survivability unfortunately, but that doesn't mean our search efforts are going to reduce significantly because like I said anything is possible in these scenarios."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Given neither have been spotted since Saturday night, something police believe is unusual, it is believed Lewis may be receiving help from someone.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Commissioner Dole urged Lewis or people with information to come forward.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There's people out there who are assisting, and that do know something, and that aren't feeding that information into the authorities," he said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Our hope is that piece of information comes through, that someone in the community knows something and that they let us know."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>NATIONAL:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/parafield-emergency-services-at-the-scene-of-small-plane-crash-in-south-australia/b61bc112-5d7c-41fe-bc9e-44fb61243efc" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Two dead, 10 rushed to hospital after light plane crashes through hangar roof</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"You might be fearful that there's some retribution if you give  that information to police. Please have the confidence that we will treat that sensitively, because our number one priority is finding Sharon."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Assistant Commissioner Malley said yesterday Lewis did not have a phone, car, or bank account, which makes the search "difficult."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"Hence the amount of resources we have on the ground, we're knocking on doors, we're going through houses," he said to media.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"It's going back to 1930s policing without that digital footprint."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lambley told Today the whole community had been mobilised in the search.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We have all been out there looking for her ... the whole town is all about finding her," she said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Northern Territory Police confirmed they would be updating the public on the search later today.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><p><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w"><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></p></li><li><p><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine"><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></p></li></ul></div></div>