Warning for Indigenous viewers: This story includes an image of someone who has died, used with permission of family.

A month ago the alleged abduction and murder of a five-year-old girl in Alice Springs sent shockwaves across Australia.

As her family grieves, questions are mounting about the environment where she lived.

Matt Garrick and Emily Jane Smith filed this report from Alice Springs.

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