Candlelight vigils held across Australia for murdered 5-year-old Indigenous girl

NewsWorldAustralasiaCandlelight vigils held across Australia for murdered 5-year-old Indigenous girlThe child disappeared from Alice Springs on 25 April and her body was found five days laterMaroosha Muzaffar Thursday 07 May 2026 12:38 BSTBookmarkCommentsGo to commentsBookmark popoverRemoved from bookmarksClose popover{"translations":{"comments":"Go to comments","share":"Share","copyLink":"Copy link","bookmark":"Bookmark","removeBookmark":"Remove bookmark"},"showComments":true,"showBookmark":true,"articleId":"b2972111","articleMeta":{"url":"https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/australasia/australia-vigil-kumanjayi-little-baby-alice-springs-b2972111.html","title":"Candlelight vigils held across Australia for murdered 5-year-old Indigenous girl"}}open image in gallery{"id":"trigger-autogallery-13691","index":0}Flowers and candles are placed on steps during a vigil in honour of Kumanjayi Little Baby at Town Hall on 7 May 2026 in Sydney, Australia (Getty)On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly dispatch from our international correspondentsGet a weekly international news dispatchEmail*SIGN UPI would like to be emailed about offers, events and updates from The Independent. Read our Privacy notice{"className":"sc-1ge0fwe-0","newsletterData":{"regSourceNewsletter":"NSC","regTitle":"On The Ground","subscriptionGroup":"on_the_ground","subscriptionGroupId":"14806361-6435-4d19-b06e-05326605fb01","pathPrefix":["/news/world/europe","/news/world/middle-east","/news/world/australasia","/news/world/africa","/asia"],"associatedAuthors":["Bel Trew","Sam Kiley"],"title":"On The Ground newsletter: Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","mobileTitle":"Get a weekly international news dispatch","lengthenedMobileTitle":"Get a weekly dispatch from our international correspondents","imageSrc":"https://static.independent.co.uk/static-assets/images/newsletters/onTheGround1_1.png","newsletterKey":"receiveOnTheGro...