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

[Lady-J]

Hopefully now that wandering has been ruled out and the police are looking at human intervention they will find out who abducted Gus soon.

 

[Old Soul]

It’s gone very quiet. No new developments?

Today, in the last few minutes of this SA Police press conference video (about another missing person in Outback SA) there is a mention of the ongoing search for Gus.

From the 11:30 mark in the video:
Major Detectives were interviewing the family again last week, and “exploring all avenues….nothing is off the table”.
Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke put strong emphasis on “all avenues”.

https://www.police.sa.gov.au/sa-police-news-assets/add-to-all-lsas/trisha-graf-disappearance-declared-a-major-crime

 

[LadyL]

Hopefully now that wandering has been ruled out and the police are looking at human intervention they will find out who abducted Gus soon.

wandering has been ruled out? what??

 

[Springs4]

Hopefully now that wandering has been ruled out and the police are looking at human intervention they will find out who abducted Gus soon.

Wow, where did you see or read that?

 

[Dotta]

" 'Nothing off the table': ​

Update​

in search for missing boy Gus Lamont three months after he vanished from a remote sheep station in Yunta.​

Police say
they 'won't rest' in their search for answers
after returning to a remote sheep station where a four-year-old boy vanished months ago.

Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said
detectives had returned to the property last week and spoken to Gus' family,
who were continuing to co-operate with police.

'That is not a simple investigation',
the Major Crime chief said on Tuesday.

'It's a four-year-old boy in a remote area.
We're exploring all avenues to do with locating Gus.

Nothing is off the table.

We won't rest until we're satisfied that we've done absolutely everything we can to find him,
and if we've done everything we can and we can't find him,
then that sometimes is what will happen'.

Detectives last week took further statements from the family."

Update on search for missing boy Gus Lamont

Gus Lamont was last seen by his grandmother playing on a mound of dirt at the sprawling station in outback South Australia on September 27.

www.dailymail.co.uk

 

[RobinCAL]

" 'Nothing off the table': ​

Update​

in search for missing boy Gus Lamont three months after he vanished from a remote sheep station in Yunta.​

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Police say
they 'won't rest' in their search for answers
after returning to a remote sheep station where a four-year-old boy vanished months ago.

Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said
detectives had returned to the property last week and spoken to Gus' family,
who were continuing to co-operate with police.

'That is not a simple investigation',
the Major Crime chief said on Tuesday.

'It's a four-year-old boy in a remote area.
We're exploring all avenues to do with locating Gus.

Nothing is off the table.

We won't rest until we're satisfied that we've done absolutely everything we can to find him,
and if we've done everything we can and we can't find him,
then that sometimes is what will happen'.

Detectives last week took further statements from the family."

Update on search for missing boy Gus Lamont

Gus Lamont was last seen by his grandmother playing on a mound of dirt at the sprawling station in outback South Australia on September 27.

www.dailymail.co.uk

I don't want to read too much into it, but it seems there is a change in tone.

'That is not a simple investigation', BBM
You would think a small child wandering off and its just finding him, it is quite a simple investigation, just a large area ...
Unless they mean its not a simple search but yeah..a bit weird wording now IMO

 

[musicaljoke]

I don't want to read too much into it, but it seems there is a change in tone.

'That is not a simple investigation', BBM
You would think a small child wandering off and its just finding him, it is quite a simple investigation, just a large area ...
Unless they mean its not a simple search but yeah..a bit weird wording now IMO

Because he hasn't yet been found, it means that they have to do the full investigation for a missing person ... phone records, bank records, google searches, etc., just as they would for someone who was abducted. It certainly does not mean that wandering is off the table.

 

[RobinCAL]

Because he hasn't yet been found, it means that they have to do the full investigation for a missing person ... phone records, bank records, google searches, etc., just as they would for someone who was abducted. It certainly does not mean that wandering is off the table.

Of course but I thought that would already be the mindset, maybe not in the beginning but certainly not just now.
Just noting on the change of tone it seems , unless i'm forgetting other reports with similar vibes.

 

[BreakingNews]

Hopefully now that wandering has been ruled out and the police are looking at human intervention they will find out who abducted Gus soon.

From the resent presser, it doesn't say wandering off has been ruled out. Police said they are exploring all avenues. Which is what they said from the start.

 

[_sleuthdog_]

Recent article from Seven News:

Update in grim outback search for missing boy


The broadcast update:

Search for Gus report | facebook

 

[Bats]

All avenues of enquiry have always been on the table from day 1.


Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said detectives had returned to the property last week and spoken to Gus’ family, who were continuing to co-operate with police.

Detectives last week took further statements from the family.

“That’s just part of the normal investigational process that we go through,” Fielke said.

“They went through a pretty torrid Christmas, obviously, without Gus, and we’re checking the family regularly.”

Update in grim outback search for missing boy

 

[Dotta]

All avenues of enquiry have always been on the table from day 1.


Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said detectives had returned to the property last week and spoken to Gus’ family, who were continuing to co-operate with police.

Detectives last week took further statements from the family.

“That’s just part of the normal investigational process that we go through,” Fielke said.

“They went through a pretty torrid Christmas, obviously, without Gus, and we’re checking the family regularly.”

Update in grim outback search for missing boy

What exactly does it mean
"took further statements from family"??



I would think
all important details concerning the boy's disappearance were given to Police on day 1.
So...
What do Police still enquire about after over 3 months?

JMO

 

[Sarahlou]

What exactly does it mean
"took further statements from family"??



I would think
all important details concerning the boy's disappearance were given to Police on day 1.
So...
What do Police still enquire about after over 3 months?

JMO

Maybe asking them about new information they've discovered.

 

[Bats]

What exactly does it mean
"took further statements from family"??



I would think
all important details concerning the boy's disappearance were given to Police on day 1.
So...
What do Police still enquire about after over 3 months?

JMO

I think, details in investigations like this would continously evolve.

The family members may recall things that weren't front of mind on day 1. I think as the pieces of the jigsaw are put in place, new questions need to be asked. Old question need to be re asked, perhaps in different ways.

MOO

 

[Dotta]

I think, details in investigations like this would continously evolve.

The family members may recall things that weren't front of mind on day 1. I think as the pieces of the jigsaw are put in place, new questions need to be asked. Old question need to be re asked, perhaps in different ways.

MOO

I have a feeling we might be surprised by a twist in this case.

The language used by Police
seems to me oddly warning.

("Nothing is off the table"
"Took further statements"
"Not a simple investigation")



Well,
I might be exaggerating
as I'm not a native English speaker,
so...
I could miss some niuances or misunderstood.

JMO

 

[Bats]

I have a feeling we might be surprised by a twist in this case.

The language used by Police
seem to me oddly warning.

("Nothing is off the table"
"Took further statements"
"Not a simple investigation")



Well,
I might be exaggerating
as I'm not a native English speaker,
so...
I could miss some niuances or misunderstood.

JMO

Yes possibly, but i'm not really getting any sinister 'vibes' from police.

There is a task force of officers looking after the investigation who no doubt are being as thorough as possible.

The language being used is all very normal in my mind.

 

[Dotta]

Yes possibly, but i'm not really getting any sinister 'vibes' from police.

There is a task force of officers looking after the investigation who no doubt are being as thorough as possible.

The language being used is all very normal in my mind.

Oh well,
Language of whatever nationality LE
always seems to me opaque,
as if deliberately vague hehehe

JMO

 

[statt#1]

No evidence of foul play vs. nothing is off the table. Hmmmm.

 

[Lady-J]

From the resent presser, it doesn't say wandering off has been ruled out. Police said they are exploring all avenues. Which is what they said from the start.

If he wandered I’m pretty sure he would’ve been found or there would’ve been some evidence indicating he had been in the area- after all Gus didn’t have much daylight to go too far and the area has been combed. A kid can’t vanish unless they’ve been taken and if the family had anything to do with it someone would’ve cracked by now. IMO

 

[Lady-J]

What exactly does it mean
"took further statements from family"??



I would think
all important details concerning the boy's disappearance were given to Police on day 1.
So...
What do Police still enquire about after over 3 months?

JMO

The police were going to go back over information collected, I’m guessing that means they’re looking more closely at anyone who has been to the property who saw Gus. JMO