Kumanjayi Little Baby’s relatives share grief at ‘child ripped away’ as NT chief minister foreshadows charges

Gurindji families mourn a life so precious, gone far too soon'

• Warning: This article contains images of and references to Indigenous Australians who have died

Kumanjayi Little Baby's relatives have released a statement saying they felt helpless" when they heard she was missing, and hope their community can unite in grief.

A life so precious, so full of innocence, gone far too soon," the Gurindji families said of the five-year-old Warlpiri girl, who was found dead in Alice Springs on Thursday evening - five days after she had gone missing from her bed in the Old Timers town camp.