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

[AmoryK]

As ive said before, both lawyered up. Their lawyers would have told them to say nothing. You dont lawyer up, then talk. Nothing sinister about it. That's their right in Australia.

True but it was the way one was said to not be cooperating then the other a few days (?) later. Both were reported to have engaged lawyers at the same time as far as I can recall.

 

[JLZ]

“I’m predicting if they are responsible for Gus’ disappearance there would be no commemoration or care shown. IMO”

Very sad if so @Ellery84

(Greened by me) Hide me under a sheep carcass and then let the eagles scatter my bones--rather than have the family who killed me turn me into a sacred site where they can sentimentalize over what great caregivers they were.

 

[drsleuth]

Not sure that this has been posted before?

Commissioner Grant Stevens speaking to the media on the 18/2/26

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2131167430970962

 

[seasideForest]

But sheep are silly, flighty creatures, and not only do they panic easily, they can drop dead from the fear when startled, including by loud noises.

And iirc they can spontaneously miscarry lambs as well when in a panic.

 

[seasideForest]

I’m predicting if they are responsible for Gus’ disappearance there would be no commemoration or care shown. IMO

I don't know. One thing I have read here on WS is that sometimes somebody committing murder or manslaughter of someone close to them will actually add something like a blanket to the body, whereas if it's a complete stranger burying or hiding the body, they won't. To me that would be some care shown. But JMO.

And not a major point of argument either. I'm just hoping that Gus is found and brought home at all, for the sake of his parents.
MOO

 

[AmoryK]

Could be care, could be to assuage their own guilt @seasideForest I think it would depend too on whether the death was accidental. I can’t imagine a deliberate death would be given any care.

 

[Porky1]

And now he is complaining about the media attention after willfully making a post 2 days ago on a facebook group for Gus that apparently has journos in it.

If you don't want the attention , than don't talk in the first place IMO
Why post in the first place & not just go about your own business. I think it was a very foolish thing to do in a very active major crime investigation & than cry foul when it goes pear shape.

JMO

Jason O’Connell ?

 

[drsleuth]

Jason O’Connell ?

Yes

 

[Springs4]

The secret past of Gus Lamont's gran Josie and her influential family

Josie Murray, 75, has remained largely out of view as the desperate search and subsequent investigation gripped the nation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Paywalled
Does anyone have a sub & can summarize please

 

[Sarahlou]

The secret past of Gus Lamont's gran Josie and her influential family

Josie Murray, 75, has remained largely out of view as the desperate search and subsequent investigation gripped the nation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Paywalled
Does anyone have a sub & can summarize please

Just clickbait really, as usual with the DM. It says Josie's mother was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to the community and Josie's father was celebrated as a war hero.
The rest is just what's been in articles before.

 

[Springs4]

Just clickbait really, as usual with the DM. It says Josie's mother was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to the community and Josie's father was celebrated as a war hero.
The rest is just what's been in articles before.

Thank you. Shannons father was considered a "war hero" - wonder if they have that right

 

[essareem]

Silencers don’t actually ‘silence’ the shot though, it just lowers it so it’s not as ‘deafening’ . .. and possibly would lower the distance from which it could be heard. eg. from neighbouring property etc.

MOO

Yes, of course not. Depending on the type of gun and the type of silencer, the reduction in noise varies. But it is certainly not the "pew pew" you hear in movies.

Also depends on the ammunition, here's a great example:

 

[Ellery84]

Thank you. Shannons father was considered a "war hero" - wonder if they have that right

That’s right and so was Josie Murray’s father.

 

[Ellery84]

The secret past of Gus Lamont's gran Josie and her influential family

Josie Murray, 75, has remained largely out of view as the desperate search and subsequent investigation gripped the nation.

www.dailymail.co.uk

Paywalled
Does anyone have a sub & can summarize please

The article discusses where Josie went to school and in what area she grew up. Talks about her family structure.

 

[Raina_the_observer]

Just clickbait really, as usual with the DM. It says Josie's mother was awarded a Medal of the Order of Australia (OAM) for her service to the community and Josie's father was celebrated as a war hero.
The rest is just what's been in articles before.

I thought that was Shannon's parents?

 

[jepop]

Not sure that this has been posted before?

Commissioner Grant Stevens speaking to the media on the 18/2/26

https://www.facebook.com/video.php?v=2131167430970962

Thanks @drsleuth. I was looking for a horse's mouth source for Commissioner Steven's recent comments and drawing a blank. This is useful for understanding what was and wasn't said and in what context. Moo

 

[drsleuth]

The 10 Gus Lamont questions that are still unanswered

South Australia Police’s bombshell announcement that investigators suspect Gus Lamont was killed – either deliberately or accidentally – by someone close to him was extraordinary and has created more questions.

thenightly.com.au

Gus Lamont: The 10 unanswered questions about the Yunta 4yo's disappearance and major crime investigation​

1. When was Gus last confirmed alive?​

2. Has the timeline shifted?​

3. Are the parents suspects?​

4. Why do police believe Gus is dead?​

5. Why hasn’t anyone been charged?​

6. How can police be so confident Gus is still nearby?​

7. Where is Gus?​

8. What was the significance of the motorbike imagery?​

9. Will Gus’s family speak publicly?​

10. Who is Gus Lamont?​

 

[jepop]

The 10 Gus Lamont questions that are still unanswered

South Australia Police’s bombshell announcement that investigators suspect Gus Lamont was killed – either deliberately or accidentally – by someone close to him was extraordinary and has created more questions.

thenightly.com.au

Gus Lamont: The 10 unanswered questions about the Yunta 4yo's disappearance and major crime investigation​

1. When was Gus last confirmed alive?​

2. Has the timeline shifted?​

3. Are the parents suspects?​

4. Why do police believe Gus is dead?​

5. Why hasn’t anyone been charged?​

6. How can police be so confident Gus is still nearby?​

7. Where is Gus?​

8. What was the significance of the motorbike imagery?​

9. Will Gus’s family speak publicly?​

10. Who is Gus Lamont?​

Well, their question three is surely answered. What's the editor/ writer on about

 

[drsleuth]

Thanks @drsleuth. I was looking for a horse's mouth source for Commissioner Steven's recent comments and drawing a blank. This is useful for understanding what was and wasn't said and in what context. Moo

That's why I searched for it, after watching a DM video where it was stated that " it appears that a second family member may have now withdrawn co-operation with the police investigation " so went looking for his presser , as you said from the horse's mouth

 

[jepop]

That's why I searched for it, after watching a DM video where it was stated that " it appears that a second family member may have now withdrawn co-operation with the police investigation " so went looking for his presser , as you said from the horse's mouth

Exactly why I was looking for it ( for far too much time). Thanks again for locating and posting.