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

[butterstick]

I was wondering why a certain media outlet was focusing so intensely on the unrelated private life of a person involved and now we know - drum up a storm and then put the "exclusive" (yet still unrelated) behind a paywall.

 

[packetgravy]

No hat found. No boots found. No footprints attributed to Gus.

No blood, no dingo tracks I presume.

It's like.... It's like he was never there.

Yes, SAR confirmed everything had been done to find Gus at the property and they were confident he was not there.

I would like to hear of the last public sighting of Gus.

 

[Ellery84]

I'd hope he's doing what he can to get him out of there. Not sure what that looks like given the fact he's still in a relationship with the children's mother, but doesn't live there. Does he just exercise his parental rights and say he's taking him? I'm sure the mother wouldn't be on board with that, given she's just lost one child.

Another potential way to interpret that the father thought it was "dangerous" (if indeed true) could indicate hoarding inside the home. That would pose a danger to a toddler and a pre-schooler, given the things they could touch, eat, inhale, get injured on etc.

MOO

On that train of thought, if your child was missing would you not want to be as close as possible to the place where they were staying in case they came home? Or does dad "know" or suspect Gus is deceased?

I would want to be there at the station to hear any police updates or just to be present and watch over my other child and make sure they did not also disappear.

Imo

There's more to this story.

 

[spiritualdreaming]

No hat found. No boots found. No footprints attributed to Gus.

No blood, no dingo tracks I presume.

It's like.... It's like he was never there.

Imo

That's why I say an animal isn't responsible due to lack of evidence if every inch of that property was searched thoroughly.

But if any animal is responsible then I only see it being a wild pig. But blood, teeth, hair and clothing should still remain.

 

[Ellery84]

That's why I say an animal isn't responsible due to lack of evidence if every inch of that property was searched thoroughly.

But if any animal is responsible then I only see it being a wild pig. But blood, teeth, hair and clothing should still remain.

I agree, @spiritualdreaming .

No way the hat and boots stayed on whilst being dragged away from the homestead by an animal.

Imo

Unless Josie was mistaken or told a little white lie and Gus did not in fact have a hat and boots on at 5pm and was playing in the dirt barefoot....

 

[MelmothTheLost]

On that train of thought, if your child was missing would you not want to be as close as possible to the place where they were staying in case they came home? Or does dad "know" or suspect Gus is deceased?

I would want to be there at the station to hear any police updates or just to be present and watch over my other child and make sure they did not also disappear.

Indeed, unless for some reason the grandparents, who are presumably the legal owners of the property, refuse to allow him onto it.

There's more to this story.

Yup.

 

[Itz_CrimsonYT]

Oh they've been very busy, very thorough. Dad's property looks pretty derelict. Imo

but it still raises a prominent question... why were Gus' bikes found at the father's house? it would imply that Gus was at that property at some point, no?

Then again, that point in time could be anything, the bikes could've been there a week before he went missing, or a few months, meaning that depending on how long the bikes were there, they might not be important to Gus going missing.

IMO

 

[spiritualdreaming]

Another interesting study about wild pig's.

Wild Pigs Kill More People Than Sharks, Shocking New Research Reveals

“We found one case in India where a young girl was walking with her father when a wild pig emerged from brush, grabbed her and picked her up in its jaws, and carried her away. The father gave chase and caught up, but both the father and daughter ended up in the hospital and the little girl died from her wounds.”

Wild Pigs Kill More People Than Sharks, Shocking New Research Reveals

It’s not sharks, wolves, or bears that kill the most people—it’s wild pigs, and the numbers are trending up.

www.agweb.com

 

[Ellery84]

but it still raises a prominent question... why were Gus' bikes found at the father's house? it would imply that Gus was at that property at some point, no?

Yes. You're right. It implies Gus spent some time at dad's property.

Then again, that point in time could be anything, the bikes could've been there a week before he went missing, or a few months, meaning that depending on how long the bikes were there, they might not be important to Gus going missing.

IMO

 

[Total_C]

the sapol chopper (pol53) flew up north again today, same route as the earlier flights during the search. it drops off ads-b around jamestown like before.

the image only shows part of the flight because it runs over two utc days. it actually left adelaide around 9:55am local (23:25 utc on the 9th) and came back about 3:25pm (04:55 utc on the 10th). so it was up there for around four and a half hours all together, give or take.

pretty deliberate path again, same corridor, same range cut off. makes you wonder who was onboard and what the trip was for.

 

[jessicalouise]

Maybe it's been taken out of context, because if he was concerned about his son being in danger, then it doesn't make sense that he would move out.

Surely he would want to stay there, to better protect him, if that was the case?

I reckon he lives far away due to work.

It depends on what the danger was.

Maybe he was gaslit into believing he was overreacting. It could have simply come down to parenting styles rather than a specific threat. That's what im trying to wrap my head around. He obviously had major concerns enough to actually argue about it and for relations to break down enough for him to move out.

For example: one parent might not want their child to walk to the park alone and claim its dangerous, the other parent may be more relaxed and have no qualms. The child isnt actually in danger until something happens.

 

[jessicalouise]

His other child Ronnie is still at the property with mum and the grandparents.

And yet dad is in Adelaide.

How concerned is dad about one-year old Ronnie??

1 year old's aren't left alone to play in dirt piles. I guess that's the difference.

But im speculating that by danger he meant more generally as in the freedom to roam.

I guess we won't know what he actually meant until he clarifies. It seems like it was a pretty major concern though!

 

[tedtink]

I don't understand how a father could get alienated from a child.
Fathers have rights,
Legal Rights,
and only Court can decide about separating a child from a father by depriving of parental rights.

JMO

Is he alienated though?
AFAIK he is still in a relationship with the Mum according to reports & Gus’s bikes were at his property IIRC

 

[justtrish]

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Seems baffling that if the dad felt it was dangerous for kids out there then he moved out but didn't take the kids. If the reason was, he felt strongly that it was dangerous then why not stay living there so you could have eyes on the kids more to help keep them safe from whatever he felt was dangerous.. OR insist the kids come with you when you move out?

 

[Eloise]

Assuming its true they're not separated, that removes 'custody' issues being at play. They just live separately.

But it doesn't compute to me that a dad who had concerns about the safety of his child living at the property, would then act by leaving said property, leaving his son at this apparently dangerous place, by choice. You would make a point of staying to ensure his safety. Makes me think that either him not living there wasn't actually his choice (and its unlikely to be his partner's choice either, given they're still together), or when he says he thinks its unsafe, he wasn't talking about the physical nature of the property or physical harm.

just random thoughts/MOO

 

[Lady-J]

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> ... the dad was told by police his son was missing.
You would expect Gus’s mother to be the one to alert him.
It’s all very hushed up which leaves everyone baffled

 

[jessicalouise]

Seems baffling that if the dad felt it was dangerous for kids out there then he moved out but didn't take the kids. If the reason was, he felt strongly that it was dangerous then why not stay living there so you could have eyes on the kids more to help keep them safe from whatever he felt was dangerous.. OR insist the kids come with you when you move out?

Maybe he was asked to leave? After all its not his house. It's up to the grandparents and if they're not getting along why would he stay? The mum obviously stayed because with a 1 yo she needed help. I imagine dad is working long hours. Who would look after GL while dad was at work if he took him with him?

 

[Total_C]

I kinda just assumed everyone on here was from Australia but probably not, so just a bit of context. Aussie Rules football (AFL) is basically our version of the Superbowl. The Grand Final is one of the biggest days of the year here and Snoop Dogg even performed at it this year. South Australians and Victorians are especially big on their footy, most people stop what they’re doing to watch.

September 27 was the day Gus was reported missing and that also happened to be Grand Final day. The reported timeline for him being last seen, around 5:00 to 5:30pm, lines up almost exactly with when the game would have been finishing in South Australia. That’s normally when everyone’s glued to the TV or talking about the end of the match.

If people were watching the game at the time there’d actually be really clear reference points for remembering the exact moment they last saw him, like what was happening in the match or when the siren went.

 

[Kemug]

I daresay Gus had bikes at both homes.

 

[tedtink]

<modsnip: Quoted post was removed> ... the dad was told by police his son was missing.
You would expect Gus’s mother to be the one to alert him.
It’s all very hushed up which leaves everyone baffled

IIRC he was asleep when the Police came, so, if like some, he’d turned his sound off his phone to sleep, or perhaps the reception wasn’t too good there.