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

[bearbear]

off topic but theres a thread open now for missing little alice springs girl sharon granites

 

[musicaljoke]

At the point that police started to suspect them it made perfect sense for them to stop talking.

Not as grandparents IMO. Most grandparents would be desperate for police to find their missing grandchild. If the police started to act like they thought they were involved, most grandparents would be falling over themselves to prove they’re not: offering to take a lie detector test, asking if the police could look at satellites to prove their whereabouts, pulling out every single item of clothing they owned and inviting police to test it, telling them to take every vehicle immediately to test, offering to pay for special trackers to come in, etc etc.

Those hypothetical grandparents would all be driven by fear that the hunt would be diverted and frustration that time was being wasted, desperate to prove their innocence so the police could look elsewhere and hopefully find their grandchild.

This kind of behaviour can backfire into creating more suspicion and a result can be that police find evidence to suggest guilt. Hence, it is always advisable to get legal support when in a situation like this, even when innocent.

 

[rvlvr]

Most grandparents would be desperate for police to find their missing grandchild. If the police started to act like they thought they were involved, most grandparents would be falling over themselves to prove they’re not: offering to take a lie detector test, asking if the police could look at satellites to prove their whereabouts, pulling out every single item of clothing they owned and inviting police to test it, telling them to take every vehicle immediately to test, offering to pay for special trackers to come in, etc etc.

Do you have any evidence that they haven’t done this?

90% of this thread is wild speculation, I’m afraid. Police have been pretty tight lipped throughout their investigation which, while clearly confusing and frustrating to some, is a perfectly acceptable way for them to conduct themselves. In the absence of firm info and updates though a lot of people are theorising based purely on very negative assumptions and hypotheticals that aren’t really supported by any facts.

If a crime took place then I’m sure SA Police will be smart enough to work it out for themselves. In the meantime, anyone considered a suspect would be very wise to heed any legal advice they receive.