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

[Ruminations]

I don’t know for sure who the suspect is which sucks.

Or if LE was sincere. It does appear some crime occurred, but from what I know, there is no clear indication of who did what. I don't quite believe that LE found "withdrawing cooperation" suspicious at the point where the same details probably had been rehashed again and again.

The suspicious thing would have been giving an unlikely story, delaying calling LE, not finding toys, food, laundry, and general evidence of Gus at 5:00 and earlier. It would be very suspicious if there were little evidence of hours of searching, such as shed doors seeming to have been left shut for months, or clean, indoor clothes. Getting an attorney days later is not suspicious- it's not like the family called the attorney before LE.

I feel like police just used an excuse to say we have a suspect in public, just to watch what the families reaction would be. I think it's possible they claimed to identify a suspect to help themselves identify a suspect.

I wonder who called LE first regarding Gus being missing and if it seemed to be a committee project to call? Were adults also searching in the background while one called, or were they all focused on the call?

MOO

 

[BreakingNews]

It would be helpful if you could perhaps kindly post a timestamp for when this is indicated. Thank you.

It is in the latest presser posted several times above. It's worth listening to so you know where things stand

 

[BreakingNews]

I agree we don't know who the suspect is.

While I think LE did say that the first person who was a suspect was also the first person who started speaking through an attorney, I don't think we know who that person is.

Shannon attorney came out first to say Shannon was cooperating. But the attorney's definition of cooperation was not the same as LE's.

To me, since her attorney was quickly on the job to message for her, that could be evidence she secured an attorney first.

In the end, I don't think it matters much, who was considered a suspect first. I think LE took advantage of the fact that a family member, either grandparent, had an attorney as an opportunity to say there has been a change without giving up any evidence that they find significant, and attempt to get the grandparents to suspect each other of crimes and/or disclosures to LE.

Later, LE said two people withdrew cooperation by their definition, and hence they now are both suspects.

Telling someone to communicate through an attorney is hardly the kind of evidence that will get a search warrant, for example. So, hopefully LE has much more.

MOO

Innocence until proven guilty. In Australia you are not required to say anything except your name and address. That does not automatically make you a suspect.