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

[SouthAussie]

As far as I can see, we know very little about the grandparents.

They are the parents of Gus' mother.
One of them transitioned years ago.
They are involved with the local race club.
One of them acted in a threatening manner toward an unwelcome and uninvited reporter.
Locals and friends say they are good people.
They have both maintained privacy, as much as possible.
One of them is allegedly a suspect in Gus' disappearance.
They have both lawyered up.

imo

 

[Detective Willy]

The person who harmed Gus likely had many hours to move his body in one of the seized vehicles. Gus could be a very long way from the homestead (maybe 50km+). My guess is the person who harmed him may have waited 4-6 hours before they reported him missing to allow time to cover up and clean up any evidence.

The perpetrator may also know some very good hiding spots in the middle of nowhere and similar to Peter Falconio, little Gus may never be found.

Angie Fuller has been missing for 3+ years, Jayden Penno-Tompsett was missing 8 years before recently being found, William Tyrrell still missing after 11+ years and the list goes on.

Finding Gus's remains will substantially strengthen the case against the "suspect" and I think Police will really want to find him before charging the culprit.

 

[SouthAussie]

The person who harmed Gus likely had many hours to move his body in one of the seized vehicles. Gus could be a very long way from the homestead (maybe 50km+). My guess is the person who harmed him may have waited 4-6 hours before they reported him missing to allow time to cover up and clean up any evidence.

The perpetrator may also know some very good hiding spots in the middle of nowhere and similar to Peter Falconio, little Gus may never be found.

Angie Fuller has been missing for 3+ years, Jayden Penno-Tompsett was missing 8 years before recently being found, William Tyrrell still missing after 11+ years and the list goes on.

Finding Gus's remains will substantially strengthen the case against the "suspect" and I think Police will really want to find him before charging the culprit.

Tanja Ebert is still missing in the SA outback (for 8½ years).
Trisha Graf is recently missing in the SA outback (for about 9 weeks).

It is hard to find people in the vastness out there. Hoping they find Gus - and all the others.

 

[LadyL]

Yes that photo is of the tracker

I'm confused (which doesn't take much) but why would the police release a photo of the tracker?

 

[LadyL]

RSBM
Artificial Intelligence takes many forms in modern first world society. The fake imagery that we see too much of, IMO, is a form of AI that can create or distort images to attain the desired effect. I think of that as an 'artist's' technology tool.

But the form of AI used for real life searches of MPs (great examples in alpine environments recently) is what I believe the SAPOL applied to get the being count data they displayed at the presser.

In this example the Artificial Intelligence analytics has learned (been taught) how to distinguish aerial images of sheep vs. roo vs. cow vs. human, etc. and is thus able to be 'fed' imagery data from planes or drones or satellites to quickly determine what beings are on the ground within a defined area, as in this case. The value of course is speed and accuracy.

Now, the close up images of the sheep and motorcycle rider at the presser are just that. Once the AI analytical output says "there is a human here" then LE can zoom in to see what that human is. The pictures are real, but AI helped find them.

In alpine searches AI analytics have been developed to look for color anomalies in drone or flight images taken. The AI software analyzes images at a pixel level to look for a e.g. yellow hat or red pack. That has proven successful recently.

Anywho, likely more than you asked for. I am NOT an AI expert, but from my data analytics and technology design background I understand it superficially.

I appreciate it - you make it make sense - thank you so much!

 

[LadyL]

It is very important to note the background of Vincent and Clair. Vincent was born and raised in Tanunda. However Clair is from Nackara S.A. which is situated adjacent to the property we are discussing. There are deep seated issues here. Was Gus up to the challenge?

Advertiser Adelaide Saturday 31 July 1948 page 12.

who is Vincent and Clair and what deep-seated issues that could be relevant here?

the kind that makes - generates - 'fake' photos is generative AI. But that's only one kind of AI. In this case they've used machine learning capabilities where the software/app has learned what is a kangaroo, what is a person, what is a tree, what is a sheep, what is a living creature, what is a deceased creature etc etc so it can count and analyse all that stuff without a human having to do it.

thank you very helpful

Hah...I'm good with generalities not technicalities most of the time and claim no special knowledge of AI. But seems to me artificial intelligence is used as a tool rather than a result in this situ.

As a tech layperson I'm just going on how it was explained in the presser. The way it was explained there Imo is that aerial photographs taken using special camera equipment were analysed and enhanced using AI. Jmo

Police photographically mapped from the air a wide area (up to 15km (?) radius from oak park homestead) over a period of two days (a weekend in mid-Oct, timeline escapes me). The photography from this special camera was sent to a specialist company that uses AI to enhance and analyse the photography (layperson language). The results of that (detailed images, one showing a human on motor bike) were presented to the public at presser. The police referred to this as the results of the widest aerial search conducted. That's all I know! Moo

ETA. Maybe I'll just add that the take away for me is that when detective points to an image and says that is a grey or red kangaroo, that is a person on a motor bike etc I believe him ( I am not questioning the results) and what I am being told is that on the dates the area was mapped using the special camera, those animals and the rider were there. It is a snapshot in time. Moo

thank you - I do remember that being mentioned and some of us wondering what the result would be