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

[BreakingNews]

I don't know. Can't really assume anything. We don't know. Children are people too.
He could have said adults, if he meant three adults.

Maybe Josh and his parents have had Ronnie living with them. Moo

 

[KaleidoscopeP]

I’m just throwing this in the mix here because it appears generally people are assuming JM senior was in on something. It is entirely possible that SM has (allegedly) acted alone and JM & JM were completely in the dark on what really happened. It feels to me people tend to assume JM is automatically involved.

MOO

I can’t remember where I screenshotted this from yesterday but in my opinion it now seems pretty clear who was the last to see Gus, given that the parents are not suspects

 

[Narie Meagher]

A pity they don’t do the decent thing and own up. Not good people in my opinion.

 

[BreakingNews]

The police only told us that one of them is a suspect 4 months later - it’s possible that they’ve suspected them the entire time and the extensive search was to recover his body and cover their bases for reasonable doubt in the event they couldn’t. IMO

Yes, absolutely rule out wandering and abduction before able to disclose family involvement. Police said this in recent presser.

 

[BreakingNews]

That’s the problem, though - you’re relying on QLD laws. In SA, search warrants were much much harder to obtain before the November 2025 laws passed.

However, they only executed three search warrants in January this year, not November last year.

 

[Detechtive]

However, they only executed three search warrants in January this year, not November last year.

It’s possible they had permission from the grandparents to search prior, and that was only withdrawn in January requiring search warrants. Imo

 

[essareem]

https://www.couriermail.com.au/news/south-australia/gus-lamonts-grandparents-break-silence-through-lawyers-amid-major-crime-investigation/news-story/0b1c851c04c370f2d7680a46aefcabb3

Paywalled.

Gus Lamont’s grandparents have broken their silence, issuing their first official statement since police revealed they believe the boy was likely killed by someone he knew.

 

[essareem]

Breaking: Gus Lamont's grandparents 'absolutely devastated' by major crime declaration

The grandparents of missing four-year-old boy Gus Lamont say the family has "cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad".

www.abc.net.au

In a statement, Gus's grandparents, Josie and Shannon Murray, said the family had "cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad".

"We are absolutely devastated by the media release of SAPOL Major Crime," they said.

 

[JLZ]

However, they only executed three search warrants in January this year, not November last year.

I haven't been able to find out when that new law became effective. Perhaps passed in November but not effective until 2026? Does anyone know?

 

[MrJ]

Breaking: Gus Lamont's grandparents 'absolutely devastated' by major crime declaration

The grandparents of missing four-year-old boy Gus Lamont say the family has "cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad".

www.abc.net.au

In a statement, Gus's grandparents, Josie and Shannon Murray, said the family had "cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad".

"We are absolutely devastated by the media release of SAPOL Major Crime," they said.

In the article you’ve shared:

In a statement, Gus's grandparents, Josie and Shannon Murray, said the family had "cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad".

What about the discrepancies noted in the SAPOL presser yesterday? IMO

 

[Detechtive]

In the article you’ve shared:

What about the discrepancies noted in the SAPOL presser yesterday? IMO

I also noticed this:

“The lawyers issued their first official joint statement on Friday, saying: “Andrew Ey and Casey Isaacs can confirm that we act for Josie Murray and Shannon Murray respectively.

“Our clients will not be participating in any interviews nor commenting any further save and except that they wish to release a brief joint comment namely:

“We are absolutely devastated by the media release of SAPOL Major Crime. The family has co-operated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad.”

 

[mickey2942]

Kudos to the core group who never believed the timeline.

 

[katydid23]

Gus Lamont’s grandparents break silence after major crime declaration

‘We are absolutely devastated.’

7news.com.au

“We are absolutely devastated by the media release of SAPOL Major Crime,” they said.

“The family has cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad.”

The comments come after police said the person of interest is not either of Gus’s parents, however, “inconsistencies and discrepancies” were found in the information provided by other family members.

 

[Detechtive]

I haven't been able to find out when that new law became effective. Perhaps passed in November but not effective until 2026? Does anyone know?

December 4th, 2025* (corrected by me)

The Summary Offences (High Risk Missing Persons) Amendment Act 2025 in South Australia, which grants police stronger search-and-entry powers in high-risk missing persons cases, was passed by parliament in late November 2025.

Key aspects of the new powers include:

• Definition of High-Risk: A missing person under the age of 14, or anyone believed to be in danger of serious harm if not found quickly.
• Expanded Authority: Senior police can authorize officers to enter premises, vehicles, or vessels without the owner's consent if they suspect a high-risk missing person or evidence is there.
• Duration: These authorizations last for up to 48 hours, with extensions requiring a Supreme Court warrant.
• Purpose: The changes address a previous loophole that restricted police from searching premises unless they suspected a crime had been committed.

 

[Detechtive]

Re Andrew Ey…

“A LAWYER from a prominent legal family has been charged with assaulting a police officer by allegedly poking him in the chest with his finger.
Andrew Ey has been charged with assaulting, hindering and resisting Constable Barry Purnell as the officer tried to detain a friend of Ey’s at Norwood on Friday, October 3, last year.

His father, Stephen Ey, has acted in numerous high profile murder and drug cases as well as representing high profile elite sportsmen and prominent members of the community.”

https://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/son-of-prominent-adelaide-lawyer-stephen-ey-arrested-for-allegedly-poking-police-officer-in-the-chest/news-story/b3ab90a99764c9a680c0925b753a45f0?nk=fecd195655f962b7273edc9db6f7f153-1770345363

 

[JLZ]

January 1st, 2026.

The Summary Offences (High Risk Missing Persons) Amendment Act 2025 in South Australia, which grants police stronger search-and-entry powers in high-risk missing persons cases, was passed by parliament in late November 2025 and is scheduled to come into operation on
1 January 2026.
Key aspects of the new powers include:

• Definition of High-Risk: A missing person under the age of 14, or anyone believed to be in danger of serious harm if not found quickly.
• Expanded Authority: Senior police can authorize officers to enter premises, vehicles, or vessels without the owner's consent if they suspect a high-risk missing person or evidence is there.
• Duration: These authorizations last for up to 48 hours, with extensions requiring a Supreme Court warrant.
• Purpose: The changes address a previous loophole that restricted police from searching premises unless they suspected a crime had been committed.

There you go. So it's a fair guess that the family didn't consent to the January search/es. And they didn't consent because the searches weren't for Gus himself, but for evidence potentially against the family.

 

[Detechtive]

There you go. So it's a fair guess that the family didn't consent to the January search/es. And they didn't consent because the searches weren't for Gus himself, but for evidence potentially against the family.

Actually, I need to correct my previous timing, the legislation was assented to on 4 December 2025.
Under the specific terms of the Summary Offences (High Risk Missing Persons) Amendment Act 2025, the law states:

• Commencement: "This Act comes into operation on the day on which it is assented to".
• Effective Date: Because it received Royal Assent on 4 December 2025, the powers legally came into effect on that date, not January 1st.

The January 1st date frequently appears in legal databases like JADE (BarNet) as a "cited from" or administrative marker for the 2026 legal year, but the official South Australian Legislationconfirms the December 4th start.

 

[LifeIsAMystery]

dbm

 

[ZombieKittie]

Do we know if they had any employees that worked at the farm? I feel like with a property that big they would have some kind of help for mustering and such.

I've always thought the case was sus but I've also always felt like it wasn't the parents or grandparents but someone else who lived or worked at the property

 

[Karin1974]

I think possibly one grandparent has covered for the other, perhaps without full knowledge or suspicion of what may have taken place. One of the grandparents was demonstrably angry early on in the investigation, with a clearly volatile temper. At the time this was normalised as the family being distaught and hounded by a Daily Mail journalist. Now it has been announced that this is being treated as a major crime, does this shed new light on this person's state of mind?

IMO - I distinctly remember making a post & stating that here in Australia, seeing someone brandishing a shotgun so menacingly was NOT normal & I got shouted down about it at the time. So I’ll reiterate it again for those in the back - Seeing someone brandishing a shotgun so menacingly is NOT normal here in Australia. MOO