"Police have returned to the home of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont to search for new evidence after identifying a suspect in his disappearance. Gus (short for August) went missing on 27 September 2025 from his family's remote sheep station, sparking one of the biggest and most intense searches in South Australia's history. He had been playing outside at 5pm but, when his grandmother went to call him inside half an hour later, he was gone, police were told."
"After advice from survival experts, the hope of finding Gus alive dwindled, and the search became a recovery operation. Police had consistently said there was no evidence of foul play, though they could not rule anything out, and that the family was cooperating. But police announced on 5 February that the case was now considered a major crime, alleging that the suspect was someone who lived with Gus, and that they had seized a vehicle, a motorbike and electronic devices in mid- January."
Four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing on 27 September 2025 from his family's remote Oak Park Station sheep property. A large-scale search using drones, divers, dogs, volunteers, police, emergency services and defence force personnel covered the 60,000-hectare station and surrounding areas. Survival expert advice led police to transition from a rescue to a recovery operation. Police initially found no evidence of foul play and believed Gus may have wandered off. On 5 February the case was reclassified as a major crime after investigators seized a vehicle, a motorbike and electronic devices and identified a resident as a suspect. Investigations revealed inconsistencies in information provided by family members.
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