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

[Serononin]

Does anybody know if the location of the lone footprint was marked on a map? Ive tried looking but found nothing .

I've not seen any maps I don't think, or really any precise information about the location of the footprint

 

[SouthAussie]

Does anyone know if the actual property was searched by police & not just by the family? I'm not talking about the land or surrounding. I'm talking about the out buildings, house, sheds, etc? The actual structures.
A Small child could be easy to miss in so many out buildings/structures, kids can find the tiniest nook or cranny to hide in that could definitely be overlooked by even someone who's lived on the property for however many years.

Supt Syrus said: ..... We’ve scoured this whole property again, checking every building, underneath every bit of tin, just in case, [but] unfortunately nothing was located.”

Aboriginal tracker helping to find missing boy from single footprint

Australian police have tasked an Aboriginal tracker with helping to find a four-year-old boy missing in the Outback.

www.yahoo.com

 

[PezCandy]

Supt Syrus said: ..... We’ve scoured this whole property again, checking every building, underneath every bit of tin, just in case, [but] unfortunately nothing was located.”

Aboriginal tracker helping to find missing boy from single footprint

Australian police have tasked an Aboriginal tracker with helping to find a four-year-old boy missing in the Outback.

www.yahoo.com

Thank you! I did not see this one!

 

[Eloise]

Not about Gus specifically - but about how search teams can miss things.

Cops' embarrassing admission as search renewed for Belgian backpacker

Tasmania Police have made an embarrassing admission as they prepare to join the search for missing Belgian backpacker Celine Cremer.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Tasmania Police have been left scrambling to rejoin the hunt for missing Belgian hiker Celine Cremer after a private search team uncovered her mobile phone in a section of rainforest authorities admit they had already 'extensively searched'.

The discovery, made within three hours of leading Australian private investigator Ken Gamble and his team starting their search, has reignited criticism police missed a critical piece of evidence that could have solved the mystery.

 

[Lady-J]

Not about Gus specifically - but about how search teams can miss things.

Cops' embarrassing admission as search renewed for Belgian backpacker

Tasmania Police have made an embarrassing admission as they prepare to join the search for missing Belgian backpacker Celine Cremer.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Yes search teams do sometimes miss things, in this case it’s easy to see how Celine was missed as the bush is very dense and there are Tasmanian Devils there.

 

[Eloise]

Yes search teams do sometimes miss things, in this case it’s easy to see how Celine was missed as the bush is very dense and there are Tasmanian Devils there.

well its not her per se, its her phone.
Yes, its different geography. But its not just dirt, there is plenty of scrub for evidence to go missing in.

 

[Lonicera]

Did they search the surroundings with cadaver detection dogs? See what was found at Brookfield olice discover ‘human remains’ at Melbourne property amid probe into 2014 disappearance of toddler.Toddler's suspected remains found in Melbourne 14 years after disappearance

 

[kurtneverdied]

Hypothetically what if Jess and Josh broke up?Perhaps an angry and heartbroken Josh who was renovating a house for Jess, Gus and the younger one decided to take matters into his own hands. He is already quoted by a friend as saying it's dangerous for Gus at the homestead.
Family abduction is far more common than stranger abduction as family will go to desperate lengths and believe they need to "save" the person/child.
It explains just about everything regarding his avoiding the media, changing houses, living with at least one person who would protect him.
It also explains how Gus disappeared as Josh would of perhaps been able to know a routine or like I mentioned previously perhaps Shannon could of been on his side and helped him. Knowing Josie's attitude and the Jess's potential mental questions marks Shannon could have easily thought it was best Gus was off the property.
This theory actually makes sense and connects so well with the puzzle of information.
I almost feel crazy for suggesting it as I haven't seen anyone else who thinks this a valid scenario.
I mean it would be great as Gus would be alive.

Feel free to debate against this scenario. I am ever evolving my theories and open to change but don't have a go at me for putting it out there either...

 

[FromGermany1]

Is Jess actually ever demonstrably present, or is she always just off "tending to some sheep" or similar? I didn't see her except on one single old photo. She seems to be like a (ghost) .....

Btw, I think, life on the station as a sheep farmer and after a move life outside (hundreds of kilometers away) are incompatible. It's either one or the other. A change would mean a break with all established routines, you ever had half of your life. MOO