Three child protection workers are stood down following the alleged killing of a five-year-old girl in Alice Springs, in Australia’s Northern Territory. Multiple outlets report that the girl goes missing from an Aboriginal town camp and is later found dead. The BBC says she is found dead five days after going missing. Separate reporting describes that the decision to stand down three workers is linked to concerns about how the child’s welfare case was managed. The West Australian adds that the workers’ suspension follows scrutiny of the handling of the girl’s welfare situation, while Daily Mail similarly reports that all three are stood down in the wake of the alleged murder. The reports do not provide detailed information on the investigation, any alleged perpetrators, or specific failures in the case management. All sources agree on the core timeline—missing child from the town camp, subsequent discovery of her death five days later—and on the immediate workplace action taken by authorities involving three child protection workers.