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

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Media reports say Josie Murray was charged following a previous search - which could have been the search we have been informed of which was 14 & 15 January 2026.


February 5 2026

SA Police reveal suspect and declare disappearance of Gus a major crime​

“SA Police said a person living at Oak Park Station is now a suspect in the case of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont, who vanished from a remote station in the state’s Mid North in September last year.”




ARREST

February 17 2026

“As a result of a previous search at Oak Park Station, Task Force Horizon detectives have today arrested a 75-year-old from Grampus and charged them with firearm offences,” they said.”

Gus Lamont's grandmother arrested and charged amid search

Investigators searching for Gus Lamont have arrested and charged his grandmother Josie Murray with firearm offences.

www.thenewdaily.com.au

SA Police reveal suspect and declare disappearance of Gus a major crime - News | InDaily, Inside South Australia

SA Police are set to give a major update on the search for a missing four-year-old, who vanished from a property in the state's Mid North.

www.indailysa.com.au

So IMO, the timeline could be…..


14 & 15 January 2026 - Police search Oak Park & several items seized.


5 February 2026 - Police declare they have a suspect and declare Gus’s disappearance as a major crime. Police declare that person has withdrawn their support for the Police and is no longer co-operating with them.


17 February 2026 - Josie Rachelle Murray is arrested and charged with possession of illegal gun silencer and bailed to appear in Peterborough court on 6 May, 2026.


IMO

Thankyou, it’s so good to see the dates listed in order…..
What date was it announced Josie was not cooperating ?

 

[Marg944]

Thankyou, it’s so good to see the dates listed in order…..
What date was it announced Josie was not cooperating ?

5 Feb, on the timeline as withdrawing their support.

 

[AmoryK]

True

It would be a ballsy move to place little Gus somewhere on the property temporarily before the police report was made knowing that a team of investigators would be on the scene searching for hours. Unless of course it was a location that aligned with the story of "wandering off". i.e. mine shaft close by. In my opinion it comes down to that window of opportunity that I summise was between Jess leaving in the morning and returning that afternoon. Possibly a 12 hour window. Plenty of time to move the little guy somewhere off the property. Still the potential to relocate at a later date. I don't believe anything nefarious happened to Gus the night before as Jess would have been home and potentially would have checked on him that night. Bub is obviously not breast fed as the time she is away would negate this but I would assume she would still check on both children before leaving in the morning. Possibly not if she didn't want to wake them but I hold firm in the belief that whatever happened took place on the day of his disappearance.

A while ago, I postulated that the delay in calling the police was to enable a person to use the motorbike to remove the body a short distance offsite (ie a few miles/km). It could then be properly concealed later at a different and further location.

I too don’t believe anything happened the previous night and I assume it happened during the day in question.

Finding the body would be a big step (as well as a relief for his parents). My concern is that the longer it stays undiscovered, the more evidence disappears, eg any evidence of injury. I also keep thinking of that poor French child, Emile, who disappeared but then whose body suddenly appeared around a year later.

 

[Morequestionsthananswers]

5 Feb, on the timeline as withdrawing their support.

Sorry I’m a little confused.
When was Shannon declared a suspect?

 

[Cagney&Lacey]

Sorry I’m a little confused.
When was Shannon declared a suspect?

5th of Feb according to this link

Gus disappearance declared major crime, suspect identified

South Australian police have declared the disappearance of Gus Lamont a major crime and say a person who has lived at his outback property is now considered a suspect, but have stressed that the boy's parents are not under investigation.

www.abc.net.au

 

[Marg944]

Sorry I’m a little confused.
When was Shannon declared a suspect?

That’s ok.

5th Feb the suspect withdrew their support for the Police and were declared a suspect.