Police to provide update after renewed search for Gus
SA Police will front the media today after officers from Task Force Horizon returned to the remote outback station where the four-year-old was last seen.
Police will provide an update after a renewed search for a four-year-old boy who has been missing for more than eight months.
Major Crime Investigation Branch officer-in-charge Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke will speak to the media in Yunta, in SA’s Far North, on Thursday afternoon after recent heavy rains sparked fresh hopes of uncovering new evidence in the disappearance of Gus Lamont.
Gus was last seen by his grandmother playing at the Oak Park Station homestead, about 40km south of Yunta, on September 27, 2025.
Major crime detectives and specialist officers resumed a search of the property on Monday, “to take advantage of opportunities that may have arisen as a result of recent heavy rains on the property”, SA Police said.
Task Force Horizon will “search numerous locations” for evidence over the next three days, police said at the time.
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The disappearance of Gus was declared a major crime in February this year with police saying a person living at Oak Park Station was a suspect in the case and his likely death.
Police confirmed his grandparents, his mother and his younger brother were at the property at the time he disappeared, but emphasised his parents were not suspects.
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Prior to that, Fielke told a press conference on January 14 and January 15, police executed a search warrant, conducting a forensic search of the station homestead and a number of items were seized including a vehicle, a motorcycle and some electronic devices.
All items were subject to forensic testing and Fielke said: “we have a suspect who is known to Gus.”
“We don’t believe now that Gus is alive,” he said.
The disappearance sparked intensive searches spanning almost 500 sq km and involving hundreds of police and volunteers as well as aerial support and mounted units, which have failed to locate Gus or any items belonging to him.
In February, the boy’s parents Josh Lamont and Jess Murray said they were united in grief, and united in the search for answers about what happened to Gus, who meant everything to them.
“Our lives have been shattered, and every moment without him is unbearable,” they said.
“We know someone out there may have information. If someone knows what happened, we are pleading with that person – or anyone who may have seen or heard anything – to please come forward.”
Anyone with any information on Gus Lamont’s disappearance is urged to contact Crime stoppers online at www.crimestopperssa.com.au or on 1800 333 000.
-with AAP
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