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

[Kemug]

It will probably be a long time before they can comfortably let Gus out of their sight. He's probably walking by now.

 

[gerardo20]

I really hope that Jess, Josh and little Gus will become a strong, loving family unit again.

Gus has a little brother called Ronnie. I too hope they come through this stronger and more loving than ever.

 

[Kemug]

Oops, thanks to you dear friends who pointed out that in some recent posts I wrote "Gus" when I meant to put "Ronnie". Oops. Must be bedtime!

 

[JLZ]

I think we have to respect that police have ruled out that Gus simply wandered off or was abducted.
We have to respect that for whatever reason police have ruled out the parents being involved.
Who the suspect is of committing a major crime we don't know, but police alluded to it being one of the grandparents who is now probably the one not co-operating and IMO that is hindering the investigation.
It seems to me police are alleging one of the grandparents was responsible for the death or disposal of Gus to an unknown location.
It's now been about seven months and Jess and Josh deserve to know what happened to their little boy.
If it was at the hands of a grandparent then I think evil is definitely the word to describe that person and I too would be profoundly disgusted, revolted, and morally outraged.

Police earlier confirmed they had "all but ruled out" the possibility that Gus had simply wandered off.

Top cop 'certain' police will return to Gus' home as he hopes for 'breakthrough'

www.9news.com.au

So they have not ruled out wandering.
I don't remember them saying that they'd completely ruled out abduction either. If it's out there, could we have a link, please?

 

[FromGermany1]

There is a difference between identifying a suspect and alleging.

The police have not alleged anything against anyone yet, they have said they have a suspect. It seems to me that the suspect is one of the grandparents. The police are investigating with a suspect in mind and will allege if they find sufficient evidence. (I guess you could say there are alleged inconsistencies that have led to these suspicions, but that is still a long way from alleging one of the grandparents is involved in the disappearance/death of Gus.)

I agree it would be good for the parents to learn what happened to Gus, but at this stage the police have suspicions but have not alleged anything. It does not help Josh or Jess to jump from suspicion to allegation without sufficient substantial evidence, regardless of how much they deserve answers. jmo

The person, who became a suspect, was living at the station, when little Gus disappeared, and the parents were excluded as suspects. We think, now the grandparents are remaining the two, who are responsible, or at least one of them.
Was a completely different person, who also lived at the station at that particular time, kept from the public until today?

 

[Monkey2]

So they have not ruled out wandering.
I don't remember them saying that they'd completely ruled out abduction either. If it's out there, could we have a link, please?

"Detective Superintendent Fielke said detectives had also ruled out abduction given the property was only accessible via dirt roads and was "45 kilometres inland from the nearest main roadway".

Police are alleging a person known to Gus is a suspect in his disappearance.

Where is Gus? Six months on, more questions than answers remain

Six months to the day since four-year-old Gus Lamont was reported missing from a vast outback station, many more questions than answers remain.

www.abc.net.au

@FromGermany1 there's been no suggestion any other adults apart from the grandparents and Jess were on the property at the time.

 

[wvmoonangel]

Does anyone know yet who this suspect is?
"Police said a person who lives on the property has been identified as a suspect but confirmed the boy's parents were not under investigation".

Gus Lamont: Suspect identified in disappearance of four-year-old in Australian outback

Gus Lamont was last seen playing outside his home on a remote sheep station on 27 September.

www.bbc.com

 

[Dotta]

Any news?

Are there searches to find the little boy?

On the property/adjoining farm and in the nearby Nature Reserve/Park?

What about native searchers?

How come a child vanished and there are no searches any more?

Not to mention
that those whose DUTY was to care for a little 4-year-old boy
are not charged with negligence???

Gus was among FAMILY and at home,
which should be the safest place for a child,
and yet,
he disappeared without a trace.



JMO

 

[Ruminations]

I think we have to respect that police have ruled out that Gus simply wandered off or was abducted.
We have to respect that for whatever reason police have ruled out the parents being involved.
Who the suspect is of committing a major crime we don't know, but police alluded to it being one of the grandparents who is now probably the one not co-operating and IMO that is hindering the investigation.
It seems to me police are alleging one of the grandparents was responsible for the death or disposal of Gus to an unknown location.
It's now been about seven months and Jess and Josh deserve to know what happened to their little boy.
If it was at the hands of a grandparent then I think evil is definitely the word to describe that person and I too would be profoundly disgusted, revolted, and morally outraged.

I agree that it is disrespectful to jump ahead of LE.

But I wouldn't say that they have ruled out anyone except strangers in an abduction scenario. They also ruled out Gus' wandering off.

They said that someone, and implied it was either Shannon or Josie, is a suspect of a major crime. They said that two someones, implying Shannon and Josie, are not cooperating with LE in that they do not speak directly to LE at this time, but speak only through lawyers. They haven't cleared anyone. Failing to identify someone as a suspect is not the same as clearing them.

MOO

 

[BreakingNews]

It will probably be a long time before they can comfortably let Gus out of their sight. He's probably walking by now.

Ronnie