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

[Cagney&Lacey]

Putting Shannon's account of events aside and without any statements from Jess, we don't know when Gus was last seen alive. This could add 24 hours or more to the timeline. I understand with early starts required for farming Jess may have not seen Gus in the morning of the day of his disappearance. I would doubt that a mother would go to sleep without sighting her son so that leaves the entire day unaccounted for

 

[Bats]

I do not trust DM reporters, and object to approaching the family home when told not to.

However, unfortunately, my trust in the SA police was not helped by the claim that Josie Murray was waving a gun while speaking to the DM reporter because Josie had wanted to shoot a snake on the porch....

*Respectfully edited by me...

I think you're being a little harsh on the police here.

Given what we know now, the police were probably thinking...OMG we're right in the middle of a sensitive police operation and these silly twits are going to ruin it for us. What are are we to do, slap a possible suspect with a misdemeanour and have the whole plan ruined? It's clear they had much more important things to deal with, one being keeping the lines of communication open...not have a possible suspect clam up.

IMO

 

[jepop]

Good call. I do remember wondering the same thing when first reading through the thread, but then saw it reported (at least by DM...). But you're right, it isn't clear if that's coming from police or just...one of the many inaccurate things that were swirling around MSM in the early days of all of this (for all we know, they were reading the speculation here and then reporting it as fact). So if it isn't something the police have mentioned directly, that's another thing to downgrade to the 'unverified rumors' pile, rather than the 'reported timeline with inconsistencies' pile.

Linked because found it mentioned in this one.

The mystery of angelic Gus, 4, who disappeared in the Outback

His grandmother says she saw him playing there at 5pm two Saturday evenings ago.Half an hour later, when Gus was called in for dinner, he had gone.

www.dailymail.co.uk

In regards to the official police statements and hence timeline I don't read the daily mail so I'm not in a position to talk about what's in the article you've linked. I think Police statements have been consistent on that aspect of the timeline.. I rely on the Police Statements exclusively and Australian msm who cite the content of those statements.

If I read a DM article I always analyse beyond the headlines before parsing out any possible 'facts' as opposed to editorial interpretation of them. A good example of inaccuracy and obfuscation in relation to some of the players in this case was just revealed by another poster.

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

Yesterday at 5:52 PM

“It can now be revealed the couple had separated before Gus vanished, with Ms Murray (Jess) and her newborn son, Ronnie, living with her parents, Shannon and Josie Murray, on the remote station.”

“Several sources have told the Daily Mail that Mr Lamont attended Oak Park station two days after his son vanished.

The family friend claims Mr Lamont got into a furious row with Jessica's father, Josie, during the desperate search, after previous disputes.

Gus's devastated mother, Jessica, 39, has never spoken or appeared publicly since her son vanished, but locals say she is...

• SouthAussie

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ETA: Ha! I tried to read the link you attached to get to the actual content beyond the headline and lead in phrase, but like many of their articles this is an 'exclusive' unavailable to non- subscribers.