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

[Skigh]

Worst combination is anger,children and guns.

 

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[Mauig’ma]

Have le said what their next step is to find Gus? Or was this the last and final search?

 

[Serononin]

Have le said what their next step is to find Gus? Or was this the last and final search?

This article says that "further aerial imaging ... is still being conducted" so I guess it partly depends on whether that turns up anything?

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[SouthAussie]

Have le said what their next step is to find Gus? Or was this the last and final search?

I doubt that it is the last search. When the Deputy Commissioner spoke yesterday - @Marg944 posted the video - she said that a 4 year old doesn't just pack their bag and run away, they are going to keep looking until they find Gus. (or words to that effect.)

I was looking at an article the other day where SA Police brought in a cadaver dog to search for two people (2 separate cases) who had been missing for a year or two. They don't stop looking.
(This is the link about that ... Specialist police dog to help find remains of Tanja Ebert and Scott Redman)

imo

 

[drsleuth]

Have le said what their next step is to find Gus? Or was this the last and final search?

“Further aerial imaging of an area out to 10km from the homestead is still being conducted. This is being done in stages and will take several weeks to complete.”

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Task Force Horizon is conducting multiple lines of inquiry into Gus’ disappearance.

Police have stressed these investigations have not uncovered “any evidence of foul play”.

“The family of Gus have continued to co-operate fully with police and are being supported by a victim contact officer,” police said.

“Further searches of the property will be considered in the future as Task Force Horizon investigations continue.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/police-resume-search-for-missing-4yo-gus-on-family-property-in-remote-south-australia/news-story/b6e17bd10c408adf6270be2d60101bc8

 

[Mauig’ma]

I doubt that it is the last search. When the Deputy Commissioner spoke yesterday - @Marg944 posted the video - she said that a 4 year old doesn't just pack their bag and run away, they are going to keep looking until they find Gus. (or words to that effect.)

I was looking at an article the other day where SA Police brought in a cadaver dog to search for two people (2 separate cases) who had been missing for a year or two. They don't stop looking.
(This is the link about that ... Specialist police dog to help find remains of Tanja Ebert and Scott Redman)

imo

Thanks. Normally I feel like le won’t keep searching unless they find a clue or reason to. I feel like they’ve done as much as possible with no luck. So sad for the parents not knowing imo. Edit to add the guilt the of the grandparent in charge of watching him. Prayers for Gus hoping one day he’s found

 

[SouthAussie]

Daily Mail were not trespassing. They were asked to leave and they did. They identified themselves as press.

If they had trespassed, they would have been charged. They weren't charged.

Sometimes the police let people off with a stern warning. And maybe that is all Josie and Shannon wanted, to have them warned to stay off their property - and they didn't press charges.


“My understanding is two members from the Daily Mail organisation, despite numerous warnings over numerous days and weeks … have gone on to private property,”

Ms Williams warned the public to stay off private property. “If this persists, then action will be taken, you will either be reported or arrested, this is completely disgraceful conduct,”

“I’d say you need to look at the behaviour of the people who entered that property unlawfully.”

SA Police has not said whether the Daily Mail team has been reported for trespassing.

Link

 

[tedtink]

Whatever the gun was being used for, it should have been carried broken until it was to be loaded and fired. Some UK oldies might remember this public information film from the 1970s.

Pump action shotguns don't open like the break action (hinged) shotgun in the vid.

Hence the way that particular (pump action) gun was being carried by Josie.

 

[BreakingNews]

I think that rather than speculating about the lives of tabloid journalists and the inherent challenges they face, it's important to give weight to the LE statement, which very firmly stated that the family did nothing wrong and had very harsh words for the DM breaching their privacy in violation of what they'd been told, which was to stay off the property.

MOO

Exactly. And what do they think No Trespassing at the entrance to the property means.

 

[PNW]

(Years ago, rural setting, not as remote as Yunta but...) I didn't have a missing child, the two farm men were away at a Royal show with horses & cattle; I was alone; a ute drove into the driveway, two men got out, before they'd taken two steps forward I was out on the concrete landing with two loaded shotguns, both ready to fire, I said in a very measured tone: I don't know who you are OR what you want, you have 5seconds to leave counting from now, they were gone in three.
Had they taken another step in my direction I would have peppered the ground around their feet - no hesitation!
When the farm guys returned a week later word had got around, a fire up the road had burnt out a neighbours house, people had been sent out to collect donations to help them recover from the disaster. When they went to JW's house there was a gun-toting-crazy-she-demon, so don't go there, she means business! LOL!!
M

Seems like an overreaction.

 

[Ellery84]

I feel like there was a lot of talk about the gun (the anger should be the focus imo) and dad not being allowed on property was kind of skipped over. But is a big deal imo because if a child is missing we ignore nonsense to find child

I feel like we know like 5% of what is going on with Gus' family and relatives.

Like we are looking at the tip of the iceberg.

Locals haven't really spoken up yet. Let's see what shakes out of Yunta in the next few weeks.....


Imo

 

[Andreee]

I’d be losing my too if I were in Josie’s shoes. Getting harassed on your own private property, especially by media, when you need solitude is not ok!

To be honest, I would be yelling my head off at that intrusive reporter as well. Just without a gun. Perhaps she already had the gun in her hand when she spotted the reporter, perhaps not. The DM has gotten their headline for the day by pushing themselves where they are obviously not wanted. Their 'sympathy' towards grandma Shannon is self-serving.

 

[Lady-J]

Looking around on maps there are definitely other rough tracks that could've been taken. Coming from Sturt Vale Road pass Oak Park Station driveway they could've continued on heading towards Grampus and then back onto the highway.

Well there we go that’s a perfectly plausible explanation and explains why no one saw anything and theres no evidence left behind. Surely there are some people familiar with that area and those roads/ tracks, locals usually know these things. Exploring the area you grow up in is common imo. My friends and I used to drive along bush tracks near our home town for something to do

 

[Lady-J]

Sometimes the police let people off with a stern warning. And maybe that is all Josie and Shannon wanted, to have them warned to stay off their property - and they didn't press charges.


“My understanding is two members from the Daily Mail organisation, despite numerous warnings over numerous days and weeks … have gone on to private property,”

Ms Williams warned the public to stay off private property. “If this persists, then action will be taken, you will either be reported or arrested, this is completely disgraceful conduct,”

“I’d say you need to look at the behaviour of the people who entered that property unlawfully.”

SA Police has not said whether the Daily Mail team has been reported for trespassing.

Link

Josie did a good job not shooting the DM reporter imo

 

[wallyworld]

I wonder if the person with a gun will lose permit?

I mean,
the permit for the weapon is for specific reason - e.g. hunting, etc.

Never to threaten people.

How scary

Shouldn't guns be kept under lock and key
if not used for specific reasons the document permits?

Just my opinion.

Deputy Police Commissioner Linda Williams said on Friday that Ms Murray was using the gun to “dispatch a snake” and had no threatening intentions, and labelled the Daily Mail’s actions as “disgraceful”.
My understanding is two members from the Daily Mail organisation, despite numerous warnings over numerous days and weeks … have gone on to private property,” she said.

“As they’ve entered near the property, one of the persons at the homestead was outside on the porch using a shotgun to dispatch a snake that was obviously on their porch and they’ve then approached by this person.

“There was no intent for the person having that firearm at that time to be threatening.”
Ms Williams warned the public to stay off private property.

“If this persists, then action will be taken, you will either be reported or arrested, this is completely disgraceful conduct,” she said.

Ms Williams said the actions of the homeowner had been assessed and no further action would be taken.

“The person had the gun for a legitimate purpose, they were dispatching a snake that was on their porch,” she said.

“I think that everyone would say that is completely okay to do what they were doing.”

She said the people who approached the home were unlawfully on the property.

“I’d say you need to look at the behaviour of the people who entered that property unlawfully.”

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/truecrimeaustralia/police-courts-sa/grandmother-of-missing-fouryearold-gus-lamont-brandishes-shotgun-at-reporter/news-story/79dd05e96be7b447c0fe0d9c26adf4ee

 

[wallyworld]

DBM

 

[Andreee]

Does anyone happen to know if the two smaller water dams right next to the one that was drained have been checked out thoroughly previously? Perhaps they were so shallow they didn't need draining in addition? Please does anyone know? Thanks in advance.