A 5-year-old girl who went missing from a central Australian Indigenous community over the weekend was abducted, authorities said Monday.

Police are searching for a man recently released from prison over her disappearance.

A 5-year-old girl who went missing from a central Australian Indigenous community over the weekend was abducted, authorities said Monday.

Police say a body, believed to be that of the missing five-year-old, was found by search and rescue teams on Thursday, 5km from where she was last seen alive

Five-year-old Sharon was last seen on Saturday at an Aboriginal town camp near Alice Springs.