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

[huckleberryhound]

I wonder if Shannon was the only adult at the station that evening, and the other two adults were ten kilometers away tending sheep, would they likely have had some means of communication between them? maybe 2-way radio or something like that? Would Shannon have been the only one searching for Gus for some period of time (while also still needing to watch the baby) until the others returned?

 

[Ellery84]

I wonder if Shannon was the only adult at the station that evening, and the other two adults were ten kilometers away tending sheep, would they likely have had some means of communication between them? maybe 2-way radio or something like that? Would Shannon have been the only one searching for Gus for some period of time (while also still needing to watch the baby) until the others returned?

I don't know. I really would love a timeline of who was where when.

 

[CalliopeMuse]

I wonder if Shannon was the only adult at the station that evening, and the other two adults were ten kilometers away tending sheep, would they likely have had some means of communication between them? maybe 2-way radio or something like that? Would Shannon have been the only one searching for Gus for some period of time (while also still needing to watch the baby) until the others returned?

Assuming that they were engaged in some type of relatively routine chore, they might have returned at the dinner hour, which would have brought them back around the time that Gus was discovered missing. But they must have some way for them to communicate between the homestead and the wider station, as needed.

 

[Lady-J]

No, there's 6 gates you need to go through to get to the homestead.

Unless the gates were locked someone could still possibly drive through.
I wonder if there are any phone towers in the area to detect a ping.

 

[Ellery84]

Assuming that they were engaged in some type of relatively routine chore, they might have returned at the dinner hour, which would have brought them back around the time that Gus was discovered missing. But they must have some way for them to communicate between the homestead and the wider station, as needed.

Maybe a 2 way radio? Did I see a telecommunications tower on the property? Can anyone confirm that?

 

[LittleSeaTree]

If he has wandered off, I dont think there needs to be a specific reason. Kids are curious things, he may have got bored at the sand pit and just began to wander, until he was so far away he didnt know which way was back home. Im not even sure a 4 year old would connect lights in the distance with home, once it was dark. i also cant see how a 4 yo could possibly know the property like the back of his hand. Once it got dark he would have become scared and anxious and would have probably lost his bearings any way.
Unfortunately, now he has been gone for so long, if he is on the property, cadaver dogs need to brought in. Thats if some one else does not pick up an odor. If this doesnt happen soon I think we can assume something more nefarious has happened.

Do we know why cadaver dogs haven’t been utilized yet? TIA

 

[Ellery84]

Do we know why cadaver dogs haven’t been utilized yet? TIA

I was thinking today they may have been on site but not reported to the media by police?

 

[HoneyBunOne]

Do we know why cadaver dogs haven’t been utilized yet? TIA

I'm not sure if they've used cadaver dogs or not, but only New South Wales and Queensland have them and as far as I know there's only a handful of them. It would take some time to organise but you'd think by now they would have used them.

 

[kiwi50]

Wonderful news today, that the dogs trained to sniff out electronic equipment , helped find body of missing Melbourne woman after three years
They might be better than cadaver dogs.

Remains of missing woman found three years to the day after disappearance

New information from a member of the local community has led police to human remains in bushland in Victoria's east believed to be missing woman Lucinda Miller.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Absoluterubbish]

If he has wandered off, I dont think there needs to be a specific reason. Kids are curious things, he may have got bored at the sand pit and just began to wander, until he was so far away he didnt know which way was back home. Im not even sure a 4 year old would connect lights in the distance with home, once it was dark. i also cant see how a 4 yo could possibly know the property like the back of his hand. Once it got dark he would have become scared and anxious and would have probably lost his bearings any way.
Unfortunately, now he has been gone for so long, if he is on the property, cadaver dogs need to brought in. Thats if some one else does not pick up an odor. If this doesnt happen soon I think we can assume something more nefarious has happened.

But if he has wandered off surely they would have found him given the extensive searches.

 

[SouthAussie]

"No new evidence has been found on the third day of the renewed search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, with efforts cut short due to extreme heat.

More than 100 personnel, including the Australian Defence Force and SES were out in the landscape surrounding Yunta from first light this morning, searching for fresh clues to try and find out what happened to the boy who has been missing since September 27.

Today marked day three of an extended search under the name Task Force Horizon to try and find Lamont, with the focus on a 5.5km radius around the remote homestead from where he went missing.

Police have said they believe they will finish the search of that radius by tomorrow."

Third day of renewed search for missing boy finds no new evidence

www.9news.com.au

 

[TootsieFootsie]

But what gadgets would a four year old boy playing outside have ?