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

[all_things_resolved]

So, here we have it!!

“A man known to Gus suspected by Police”

Suspect named in search for Gus Lamont, 4, missing in remote South Australia​

“Police have identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont from his family’s SA property, which has now been declared a major crime.

South Australian Police are treating the investigation into Gus Lamont's disappearance as a major crime, with a man known to Gus suspected by police.

Police have shared more information about the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, as two members of his family have reportedly hired lawyers.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/police-to-give-update-on-search-for-gus-lamont-4-missing-in-remote-south-australia/news-story/110d29a74cadf03d2e75797ed24b0b89

And there we have the pronouns!

 

[Lucy6226]

So, here we have it!!

“A man known to Gus suspected by Police”

Suspect named in search for Gus Lamont, 4, missing in remote South Australia​

“Police have identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont from his family’s SA property, which has now been declared a major crime.

South Australian Police are treating the investigation into Gus Lamont's disappearance as a major crime, with a man known to Gus suspected by police.

Police have shared more information about the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, as two members of his family have reportedly hired lawyers.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/police-to-give-update-on-search-for-gus-lamont-4-missing-in-remote-south-australia/news-story/110d29a74cadf03d2e75797ed24b0b89

What it actually says in the article is :-

'His disappearance is now being investigated as a major crime, with police revealing on Thursday that they had identified a suspect who they believe was known to the little boy'

I can't see anything referring to a man in the article

 

[SLouTh]

Still, though, I doubt they would have done that without some solid proof of guilt

Agree….. Police have some evidence that can be “triangulated” (for want of a better word)
by other hard evidence eg technology, data, etc..

Did you notice in the presser that the Det Inspector mentioned “a number of discrepancies and inconsistencies “ (21:58 in the Presser linked above)

IMO

 

[Lucy6226]

And there we have the pronouns!

Man is a gender identity. Pronouns would be he/him/his.

 

[MelmothTheLost]

I'm of the opinion that Gus died under Shannon's care while Josie and Jessica were working on the station elsewhere.

When Josie and Jessica came back. Shannon has told Josie in private what happened. This would prove that Jessica never knew about what actually happened.

How does this work with the timeline we currently have? If Gus died during the day while Jess and Josie were elsewhere on the station, it means that either:

(1) his body was somehow very effectively concealed by Shannon before they returned at the end of the working day, bearing in mind that she was also looking after Ronnie; or
(2) it was disposed of that evening during the hours when the family was supposedly searching for him and before they first called the police.

If (2) applies, it's difficult to see how Jess could have been kept in ignorance of Gus's death.

How could the baby die under Josie's care without Jessica knowing?

Both grandparents called the police for the initial search.
When the police left, Josie moved the body elsewhere while shannon was at home with Jessica.

If Gus's body was buried or concealed, it would surely have had to be before the police arrived on site since it seems highly unlikely that once they had arrived any of the adults were out of sight of the police other than for very brief periods. Given that the life of a child was ostensibly under imminent threat and searches went on constantly until his survival seemed impossible, I can't see any of the three adults having an opportunity after the police arrived to dispose of a body before decomposition would have set in.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I listened to the whole press conference and there was no mention of the suspect being a man.

It is news.com.au who seem to have added that and just about named the suspect.

 

[Bluebear15]

So, here we have it!!

“A man known to Gus suspected by Police”

Suspect named in search for Gus Lamont, 4, missing in remote South Australia​

“Police have identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont from his family’s SA property, which has now been declared a major crime.

South Australian Police are treating the investigation into Gus Lamont's disappearance as a major crime, with a man known to Gus suspected by police.

Police have shared more information about the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, as two members of his family have reportedly hired lawyers.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/police-to-give-update-on-search-for-gus-lamont-4-missing-in-remote-south-australia/news-story/110d29a74cadf03d2e75797ed24b0b89

That article also states

"There is no suggestion that Josie or Shannon Murray were involved in Gus’ disappearance."

 

[Detechtive]

So, here we have it!!

“A man known to Gus suspected by Police”

Suspect named in search for Gus Lamont, 4, missing in remote South Australia​

“Police have identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont from his family’s SA property, which has now been declared a major crime.

South Australian Police are treating the investigation into Gus Lamont's disappearance as a major crime, with a man known to Gus suspected by police.

Police have shared more information about the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, as two members of his family have reportedly hired lawyers.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/police-to-give-update-on-search-for-gus-lamont-4-missing-in-remote-south-australia/news-story/110d29a74cadf03d2e75797ed24b0b89

Man?

As far as I know, the younger brother of Jess was living at the property. Is “the man” a reference to him or the transgender grandmother Josie?

 

[TootsieFootsie]

The police did not say who they think is involved.
They also did not say that Josie or Shannon were not involved.

The phrase that media use is "there is no suggestion etc" is coming from news.com.au.
It's not because they know anything, it's to cover themselves legally.

 

[Detechtive]

That article also states

"There is no suggestion that Josie or Shannon Murray were involved in Gus’ disappearance."

Yes but that’s a typical liability disclaimer imo.

 

[Old Soul]

So, here we have it!!

“A man known to Gus suspected by Police”

Suspect named in search for Gus Lamont, 4, missing in remote South Australia​

“Police have identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont from his family’s SA property, which has now been declared a major crime.

South Australian Police are treating the investigation into Gus Lamont's disappearance as a major crime, with a man known to Gus suspected by police.

Police have shared more information about the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, as two members of his family have reportedly hired lawyers.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/police-to-give-update-on-search-for-gus-lamont-4-missing-in-remote-south-australia/news-story/110d29a74cadf03d2e75797ed24b0b89

I’m confused, the headline says “Suspect named…” yet there is no reference to a suspect being named??

 

[Athena Holmes]

Could the perpetrator be autogenophilic? It's my understanding that paraphilic interests often co-occur.

 

[statt#1]

That local native tracker knew.

 

[TootsieFootsie]

I think maybe the "suspect named: is click bait, to get you to click the link to discover what the person's name is.

Then the let down because there is no name in the article.

 

[Detechtive]

Agree….. Police have some evidence that can be “triangulated” (for want of a better word)
by other hard evidence eg technology, data, etc..

Did you notice in the presser that the Det Inspector mentioned “a number of discrepancies and inconsistencies “ (21:58 in the Presser linked above)

IMO

I did notice. I’m pretty sure it’s all unravelling right now. iMO

 

[Hexe]

Could the perpetrator be autogenophilic? It's my understanding that paraphilic interests often co-occur.

What are you talking about?

 

[Athena Holmes]

What are you talking about?

The elephant in the room.

 

[Detechtive]

Man is a gender identity. Pronouns would be he/him/his.

Life was so much simpler in my gen. And no, this isn’t transphobia.

Someone who now identifies as a male should be labelled as a former she, now a he, imo, and vice versa. “trans male/female” works perfectly for that, but for reasons unknown to me, even that is edited on WS. There are biological realities at play and it’s like we are supposed to completely ignore them. Why not come up with different words instead of pretending it’s the same? It’s just so utterly confusing for the vast majority, imo.

 

[jepop]

So, here we have it!!

“A man known to Gus suspected by Police”

Suspect named in search for Gus Lamont, 4, missing in remote South Australia​

“Police have identified a suspect in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont from his family’s SA property, which has now been declared a major crime.

South Australian Police are treating the investigation into Gus Lamont's disappearance as a major crime, with a man known to Gus suspected by police.

Police have shared more information about the search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, as two members of his family have reportedly hired lawyers.”

https://www.news.com.au/national/south-australia/police-to-give-update-on-search-for-gus-lamont-4-missing-in-remote-south-australia/news-story/110d29a74cadf03d2e75797ed24b0b89

BBM above. I'm sorry but where in the report you attached from news.com does it say anything about "...a man known to Gus suspected by police?

The report basically just covers what was said in the presser today.

All I could find was this paragraph which says nothing about 'a man'

" His disappearance is now being investigated as a major crime, with police revealing on Thursday that they had identified a suspect who they believe was known to the little boy."

OTOH the report clearly reiterates that the suspect is someone who was residing in the house when Gus went missing, which afaik was JM, SM and JL. And the report covers that section of the presser where Police rule out either parent being a suspect. So that leaves SM or JM as the current suspect. Moo

Is it possible to clear up what you mean here?

That article also states

"There is no suggestion that Josie or Shannon Murray were involved in Gus’ disappearance."

News.com is saying that about themselves IMO. Ie They are not suggesting the police suggested this. They are reporting on what was said in the presser, which unambiguously said the suspect resided in the home at the time Gus went missing, and that the suspect is not a parent. Moo this is either news.com legal Dept thing ...some kind of abundance of caution...or a 'typo' ( poor AI editing?) that has confused the parents with the grandparents. Jmo

Either way, IMO a reliable source for the presser and current state of affairs is the presser itself.

 

[jepop]

Man?

As far as I know, the younger brother of Jess was living at the property. Is “the man” a reference to him or the transgender grandmother Josie?

Can we refer to JM and SM either by their initials or their first names? A mod posted about this earlier today.

Please see this post

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

Today at 3:22 AM

MODNOTE: As a reminder, the grandparents names are Josie and Shannon. Please refer to them as JM or SM or by their first names for ease of identification.

Please don't go off topic. It helps no one.

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