Australia AUSTRALIA - 4YO AUGUST (GUS) Missing from rural family home in Outback, Yunta, South Australia, 27th Sept 2025

[Toowong(s)]

The forensics taking time could be a reason to delay arrest but then why the presser? Unless it's to put pressure on them to confess instead.

If one grandma was responsible for the death, and the other helped cover it up. Then perhaps the aim was to create a divide between the two, in the hopes one would talk? But that would mean one suspect (of original crime) and one suspect of cover up. In that case would the police have specified two suspects..

ImO

IMO primary reason for presser:-
- having executed search warrants, seized evidence, ordered forensic anaylsis, informed SM or JM that they are a suspect, resulting in both of them engaging lawyers in response, it is then only a matter of time before something is leaked to the press and all hell breaks loose especially at the Daily Mail.
- presser and all the background info ensures SAPOL control the messaging before anything leaks out to press through other sources.

Secondary reasons
- I’m sure SAPOL are under extreme pressure to show results after all the resources and expenses thrown at this.
- put pressure on suspect and witnesses and perhaps also flush out any more new info from witnesses that were giving family members the “benefit of the doubt”.

Also I’m not sure the motor bike shown at the presser was the one siezed. The AI data analysis only revealed one human, compared to showing thousands of animals, and then they zeroed in on that one human who happens to be on a motorbike to simply show how clever the AI analysis is. It may have been a family member working on the day or some other worker in the area / neighbouring property? I don’t think there much relevance of the photographed motor bike to the seized motor bike but it may indeed be the same one…

IMO only

 

[jepop]

IMO primary reason for presser:-
- having executed search warrants, seized evidence, ordered forensic anaylsis, informed SM or JM that they are a suspect, resulting in both of them engaging lawyers in response, it is then only a matter of time before something is leaked to the press and all hell breaks loose especially at the Daily Mail.
- presser and all the background info ensures SAPOL control the messaging before anything leaks out to press through other sources.

Secondary reasons
- I’m sure SAPOL are under extreme pressure to show results after all the resources and expenses thrown at this.
- put pressure on suspect and witnesses and perhaps also flush out any more new info from witnesses that were giving family members the “benefit of the doubt”.

Also I’m not sure the motor bike shown at the presser was the one siezed. The AI data analysis only revealed one human alongside thousands of animals, and then they zeroed in on that one human who happens to be on a motorbike to simply show how clever the AI analysis is. It may have been a family member working on the day or some other worker in the area / neighbouring property? I don’t think there much relevance to the seized motor bike but it may indeed be the same one…

IMO only

I like this analysis. It makes a lot of sense to me.

 

[jepop]

IMO primary reason for presser:-
- having executed search warrants, seized evidence, ordered forensic anaylsis, informed SM or JM that they are a suspect, resulting in both of them engaging lawyers in response, it is then only a matter of time before something is leaked to the press and all hell breaks loose especially at the Daily Mail.
- presser and all the background info ensures SAPOL control the messaging before anything leaks out to press through other sources.
(Snipped for focus)

RBBM and snipped. Also I forgot, under Aust law, Sub judice would immediately apply after an arrest IMO. Police want to do this by the book and not jeopardise any potential prosecution down the line.

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"Essentials to be aware of

• Sub Judice: (meaning under-justice). The period that begins when a person is either arrested, has charges laid against them, or is issued with a warrant, and ends when the case has finished in courts. During the sub judice period, limitations apply to what can be published about the case."

 

[Toowong(s)]

RBBM and snipped. Also I forgot, under Aust law, Sub judice would immediately apply after an arrest IMO. Police want to do this by the book and not jeopardise any potential prosecution down the line.

Reporting on the Courts

Reporting on court trials, processes and proceedings requires a degree of specialist knowledge and understanding. We only have to look at the continued fallout from the recent George Pell trial in the Victorian Supreme Court, and the choice several publications made to breach suppression orders...

junctionjournalism.com

"Essentials to be aware of

• Sub Judice: (meaning under-justice). The period that begins when a person is either arrested, has charges laid against them, or is issued with a warrant, and ends when the case has finished in courts. During the sub judice period, limitations apply to what can be published about the case."

Good info - thankyou!

So possibly naming someone a suspect is not a trigger for sub judice, but assuming an arrest is now imminent, police have a very limited window to get their message across and explain all their hard work etc before they make the arrest, after which sub justice applies and no more detailed pressers.

The presser is a great watch if anyone has not watched it, amazing info explained in great detail.

The table of data the AI generated from image analysis is extraordinary. Someone already posted but I couldn’t find so I’ve snipped again and converted to text for ease of reference:

Detection type — Quantity

• Sheep — 9,983
• Goats — 6,353
• Red Kangaroos — 5,761
• Western Grey Kangaroos — 484
• Wallaroos — 178
• Red Kangaroos – Carcass — 114
• Sheep – Carcass — 50
• Wedge-tailed Eagles — 19
• Detections of Interest — 13
• Goats – Carcass — 2
• Human — 1

Total Detections — 23,304

 

[jepop]

Good info - thankyou!

So possible naming someone a suspect is not a trigger for sub judice, but assuming an arrest is now imminent, police have a very limited window to get their message across and explain all their hard work etc before they make the arrest.

The presser is a great watch if anyone has not watched it, amazing info explained in great detail.

The table of data the AI generated from image analysis is extraordinary. Someone already posted but I couldn’t find so I’ve snipped again and converted to text for ease of reference:

Detection type — Quantity

• Sheep — 9,983
• Goats — 6,353
• Red Kangaroos — 5,761
• Western Grey Kangaroos — 484
• Wallaroos — 178
• Red Kangaroos – Carcass — 114
• Sheep – Carcass — 50
• Wedge-tailed Eagles — 19
• Detections of Interest — 13
• Goats – Carcass — 2
• Human — 1

Total Detections — 23,304

Yes, I think that may be part of the rationale behind it, though police were careful not to name the suspect.
Jmo

And thanks for this summary of the AI analysed aerial images. The presser was impressive (peter piper picked ...). Jmo

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[Toowong(s)]

Inside the 'textbook' search for Gus Lamont

A retired police officer who helped pioneer search guidelines used during the investigation into the disappearance of Gus Lamont, praises the efforts to find the missing boy and expresses support for the detectives' conclusions.

www.abc.net.au

Article on the extent of search effort that some may find useful/interesting.

Edited to add:

As some have already noted if this is indeed a major crime, there is a major secondary crime to be discussed in allowing all those police, SES, defence force, volunteer and private corporations to waste all their time, effort and money when Gus never wandered off. The wasted cost alone, in the midst of a cost of living and housing crisis, is abhorrent. While it pales in comparison to what may have happened to poor Gus, it really makes me disgusted that someone could sit back and watch all that going on, all those people searching in the summer heat and dust, knowing full well Gus is not there.

This all suggests to me that by making sure Gus is never found the suspect is in fact actually hiding something more sinister and sickening than an accidental death ie systematic long term abuse of some sort.

I hope I’m wrong but that’s where my mind is right now now.

IMO

 

[Marg944]

Hi all,

On this theory I don’t believe police mentioned guns / firearms being taken in the search - only vehicle, motorbike, computers. We know a gun was at the property but at this stage IMO as guns not mentioned as one of the items taken for forensics so this theory not as likely as others (but everything still on the table!).

I wonder what type of vehicle ie a modern one with gps device and potential to track historic movements? Or an old farm ute with no tech.

These grannies are giving me serious Darlene from Ozark vibes now. IMO.

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Gus Lamont's fiercely private grandmothers are seen for first time

For online sleuths tracking every twist in the case, a clear image of the last person to see Gus alive represents a missing piece in a puzzle that has confounded police and captivated the public.

www.dailymail.co.uk