Kumanjayi Baby Girl’s relatives have released a statement saying they felt “helpless” when they heard she was missing, and hope their community can unite in grief. “A life so precious, so full of innocence, gone far too soon,” the Gurindji families said of the five-year-old Warlpiri girl, who was found dead in Alice Springs on Thursday evening – five days after she had gone missing from her bed in the Old Timers town camp. Jefferson Lewis, 47, was arrested in connection with her disappearance and is expected to be charged as soon as Saturday. “From a distance, [we] first heard the sounds on TV – a child missing, abducted, taken and ripped away from her mother’s life,” the Gurindji families said in the statement shared by Northern Territory senator Malarndirri McCarthy. “We felt helpless, holding on to hope that someone, somewhere would bring news – an update, a sign, anything. “Then came the voice of the police commissioner, echoing with heartbreak. In that moment, we knew she was gone.…