A recap of today's events

For now, we're not expecting any more comments from police or Kumanjayi Little Baby's family. So we're going to end the live moment here.

This has been a really difficult day for many people in the community, and we know a lot of people are grieving the loss of a little girl who was loved by so many.

We'll leave you with a recap of what's happened today:

  • The body of a five-year-old Alice Springs girl, who has been missing since Saturday, has been found by police.
  • Her body was found 5 kilometres south of the crime scene at Old Timers town camp.
  • For cultural reasons, the girl is now being referred to as Kumanjayi Little Baby.
  • Police say initial forensic results are also in from a crime scene at the camp, showing what they believe to be the little girl's and Jefferson Lewis's DNA present.
  • A post-mortem examination of the little girl will be conducted tomorrow.
  • Police are still searching for 47-year-old man Jefferson Lewis, who they allege abducted and killed the girl.
  • Police have warned anyone who may be helping Jefferson Lewis to stop and to call them.
Family thanks community for search effort

Ms Liddle has ended by saying the family also wanted her to thank everyone who helped with the search for Kumanjayi Little Baby.

"Everyone that has come from interstate, police resources, land councils, and everyone else that has turned up every day to look for Kumanjayi Little Baby," she says.

Statement from Kumanjayi Little Baby's family

We're now turning to Alice Springs, where NT Police's executive director of cultural reformLeanne Liddle, is speaking. 

She is reading a statement written by Kumanjayi Little Baby's family. 

"To Kumanjayi Little Baby,

"Me and [your brother] Ramsiah miss and love you. 

"I know you are in heaven with the rest of the family with Jesus, and the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. 

"Me and your brother will meet you one day, we are giving our lives to Jesus.

"It is going to be so hard to live the rest of our lives without you.

"Ramsiah wants to tell you that when he sees you in heaven he is going to give you the biggest hug ever.

Love from Mum and Ramsiah."

Chief finishes conference, meanwhile family statement incoming

The chief minister's press conference in Darwin has now concluded.

However, we're told we will shortly be hearing a statement delivered by NT Police's Leanne Liddle on behalf of Kumanjayi Little Baby's family.

Chief says reward could be 'on the table'

Responding to a question from the media about whether a reward would be offered to find Jefferson Lewis, the chief minister says "everything is on the table".

"We'll be led by police on that," she says.

"Absolutely everything is on the table for us as a government, we will throw every resource we have available at this, and we'll be led by the police investigation."

Police will 'work hard' to 'catch the offender'

Deputy Chief Minister Gerard Maley has also briefly spoken, reaffirming that the body of the little girl found would undergo an autopsy to determine the cause of death. 

He also emphasised that police were going to "work hard to catch this person, catch the offender, because this is a very dark day".

'Dark days like this rock everyone'

The chief minister says she understands "as a mother, as a member of our community, dark days like this rock everyone."

"The heartbreak of this is real," she says.

She also noted that she had spoken with Senator Jacinta Nampijinpa Price, who she said is the auntie of Kumanjayi Little Baby.

Territorians had 'heart in their throat' waiting for good news

The chief minister has acknowledged the impact the story of the search for Kumanjayi Little Baby has had on all Territorians.

"Around 200 people have worked tirelessly around the clock in searching for this beautiful little girl who went missing five days ago," she says.

"And for five days every Territorian has had their heart in their throat waiting for the moment when we got the announcement that she had been found safe and well, and that news did not come.

"Everyone is incredibly devastated by the outcome."

Mrs Finocchiaro thanked "every single person who volunteered to walk through the bush, to walk through the long grass, to walk up the hills, to do everything that they could to find her."

"To our police and emergency services who've done an incredible job and now focus their energy on bringing the person who did this to justice," she says.

Chief minister speaking, says she has spoken with Kumanjayi Little Baby's mum

The press conference held by NT Chief Minister Lia Finocchiaro has just begun.

Mrs Finocchiaro has opened by saying that she has "just gotten off the phone from the mother of Kumanjayi Little Baby and offered our sincerest and heartfelt condolences on the loss of her beautiful little baby girl".

"As police have said, they have now found the body of [the girl] and right now we are focused on a grieving family, a grieving town and a grieving Northern Territory," she said.

"As police have said, we now focus our energy in making sure we find the person who did this and bring them to justice."

Recap on who Jefferson Lewis is

Jefferson Lewis, 47, is the man who police are alleging abducted and killed Kumanjayi Little Baby

Over the past few days, the media has uncovered details about his previous criminal history, including the fact he had only been out of prison for six days on the night the little girl disappeared. 

The 47-year-old has been sentenced to prison multiple times in the past decade, for serious assaults, contravening domestic violence orders, breaching bail and resisting police.