Long Post incoming.
1) Re the Bolded in para 2 of your post. What should have been done differently in the first days of searching when there was hope that Gus would be located alive? Beginning on the night of Sat Sept 27th, going all day Sunday, Sunday night, Monday, Monday Night...Tuesday and on and on?
You post that "...in most genuine missing child cases..." X, Y & Z happens...so it is your opinion that X, Y &Z didn't happen in this case? And therefore we should be suspect about this being a genuine missing child case? Or we should be suss of the verity of the family, the grandparents, the cops? The verity of the police updates?
As to X, Y & Z being absent, are you saying the search was not frantic enough? That the community, police and other agencies didn't mobilise together fast enough? Family not up front enough? In accordance with what standard exactly?
At the end of my post I've linked a few reports, mostly compiled by the ABC, which moo serve to counter any not-frantic-enough charge. I've tried to place them in chronological order.
Your specific questions bolded.
We do not have clear confirmed timing. Do you mean when Gus went missing?. The timing has been communicated to the public. That is confirmation Imo.
The tree still fell in the forest even though we didn't see it.ie what makes you doubt that the police have not interviewed family about the timing, cross-checked and confirmed it?
Report by
Nightly.com dated 3rd Oct (below) has info on deployment of crime scene detectives in this case. As do numerous ABC reports from this date going forward. Is it too much to assume they did their due diligence and Task force Horizon continues to do so with family and neighbours? Jmo.
We do not have key facts by Police? What key facts?. Police updates have been consistent and clear. Moo privacy and investigative integrity mean police are not going to release reports concerning alibis and interviews with family, neighbours and other investigative angles at this time. They are not going to get up there and say specifically we interviewed X and cleared them. Moo
Imo the 'key facts'
have been updated and regularly released... no evidence of foul play, family is fully cooperative. What other key facts should be made public? Key facts regarding the search efforts have been released in detail and in a timely fashion.
Police cannot release key facts which do not exist Imo.
We do not have the family out front begging for help? I'm genuinely dumb struck by this point. There is no doubt help was forthcoming and enormous. There was no reason or need for family to publicly beg. The investigation up until this point has not required the family to publicly plead in front of cameras for anything. I cannot understand this point and have posted a few times regarding the moo oddity of why members of the public expect/ed the family to publicly plead/beg. The family released a statement through a spokesperson early on relaying their devastation and gratitude for all the help ( ABC report linked below). I guess that was not enough?
We did not get a photo released straight away?
I've seen the AI fake news and the manipulations of the released photo. That photo and future manipulations of it are on the internet forever.
Police and the community were, and at present Police still are, looking for a lost boy on a remote station. What he was wearing was described in detail. No other child was reported missing and it was hoped Gus would be located alive and quickly. (See linked Report re release of photo).
I don't understand why the timing of the photo release should be considered odd, suspicious or otherwise indicate that this is not a genuine missing child case. The delayed release of the photo did not cause anyone on the ground to miss seeing Gus Imo.
Petitioning the devil himself for help. I get the sentiment. Moo in this case though, the family did not have to 'petition the devil'. Community support was immediately overwhelming as soon as police released a statement on Sunday Sept 28th. (See link re community support below.).
So perhaps you contend the public was not informed quickly enough? Should Police have released a statement at 8pm on Sat night before even attempting their all night search? Should neighbours and people in Yunta have been mobilised out on that remote property in the dark, searching in chaos when the police had the equipment to do as calm, methodical and professional job as possible when there was hope Gus would be found that night?
Or perhaps the family should have gone around alerting their neighbours and community members in Yunta that night, even though they had the Police there searching? I don't think I am entitled to cast those sorts of judgements and claim because such and such didn't happen, something is amiss. To me, such a contention is more than unreasonable, it is absurd. Jmo
Links
30th Sept. Family Statement
The devastated family of a missing four-year-old boy has released a statement saying it is holding on to hope "he will be found and returned safely" as authorities and community members continue the search in mid-north South Australia.
www.abc.net.au
2nd Oct Re Photo Release
Police have released the first image of Gus since his disappearance, with almost 50 members of the Australian Defence Force joining the search for the four-year-old in mid-north South Australia.
www.abc.net.au
3rd Oct. Summary of search efforts beginning Sat 27th Dec.
Authorities are searching for a missing four-year-old boy on a sheep grazing station in the mid-north of South Australia. Here's what we know about the search so far.
www.abc.net.au
The Nightly.com: 3rd Oct Major Crime Scene Detectives deployed.
Heartbreaking conversations are taking place at a property in the South Australian outback, as the search for a missing four-year-old child enters its seventh day.
thenightly.com.au
Asst Comm Ian Parrot.
"I think everyone in the public will expect that we would have major crime detectives involved in this, and this has some of the most experienced detectives that we have in our organisation.
“They have been actively assisting our local investigators as well as the searchers to make sure that we can actually cover off on every single element that may be an option in these circumstances.
3rd October. Summary of Community Support
The search for missing four-year-old Gus has entered its seventh day, with no new signs of the boy.
www.abc.net.au
Maybe Gus is artistic and was ‘drawing’ in the dirt. Or had a Matchbox type car or truck and was driving it around. Possibilities are kind of endless, imo!
Can't get that comment outta my mind.
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