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

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Marg944 said:
I still have a feeling that the family were treated far differently than your average family who had a missing child under strange circumstances, by the Police. It felt that the family had been given protection? I would have thought a search warrant would have been issued immediately and wouldn’t need special permission, especially as it is such a mysterious case? IMO
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Totally agree with this. It’s like the police have had to tiptoe on glass in this case.
I am very impressed with the discretion shown by police.
Those photos taken by the special cameras were amazing, no wonder it took time to analyse them.
 
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“Asked whether the suspect was still living at the property, Superintendent Fielke said he could not provide further detail, but said they had secured legal representation.”
www.abc.net.au

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 www.abc.net.au
 
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zagadka said:
I still think this is possible, or another accident. The trampoline was in a crazy position...
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Could have been an accident, and someone couldn't bear for Gus' parents to know what foolish and deadly thing happened. So the story started, and continued.

imo
 
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Marg944 said:
I wonder if the grandparent is being held in custody?

IMO



“Superintendent Fielke said the suspect was not one of Gus’ parents.”

““I can’t give you any more information about the suspect or where the suspect is and why that person is a suspect.”




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I think the suspect would have to have been arrested to be in custody?

imo
 
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Oh wow, just learning about this. How awful. Poor little Gus, what on earth happened here to lead to this crime? Major crime, not accident?
I was always a bit perplexed by Dad and JM having a seemingly major issue, and his words about the dangerous conditions there.
My God, wasn't Gus to move in with his father in the near future, for school, or am I wrong about that.
 
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SouthAussie said:
I think the suspect would have to have been arrested to be in custody?

imo
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They could just be in the police station with their lawyer giving a statement - like what happened in the Erin Patterson case. They charged her later that night but she was there most of the day.
 
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whitelilac said:
Oh wow, just learning about this. How awful. Poor little Gus, what on earth happened here to lead to this crime? Major crime, not accident?
I was always a bit perplexed by Dad and JM having a seemingly major issue, and his words about the dangerous conditions there.
My God, wasn't Gus to move in with his father in the near future, for school, or am I wrong about that.
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You're absolutely right. I remember reading that at some point. It's awful when these things happen but even worse when there are other circumstances like the fact that he was not going to be there much longer that break my heart even more. Almost preventable (whatever happened).
 
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whitelilac said:
Oh wow, just learning about this. How awful. Poor little Gus, what on earth happened here to lead to this crime? Major crime, not accident?
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I think that involuntary manslaughter is classified as a major crime in South Australia, and a fatal accident can be involuntary manslaughter.

imo

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Detechtive said:
I don’t know why that always happens here. We all know the stats - it’s nearly always a close family member.
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Right. But I've also seen cases where fathers or uncles have been unfairly accused, with lots of horrid untrue accusations. It's devastating for a father to be attacked online when it was really a pervert that killed his child.

So I get it. We need to have some evidence first.

Maybe the Son-in-law is innocent in Nancy Guthrie's case . I feel very suspicious but I could be wrong.

[like Elizabeth Smart's father maybe? Everyone accused him of being involved. And only thing he was guilty of was meeting a homeless guy and giving him odd jobs at his home]
 
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Detechtive said:
Like I said above I can’t recall but I’ll get back to you when I find it.
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Think you might struggle to find it.

From my understanding from the update today, the suspect is not in custody and is not co-operating with the police. My opinion is that they are at Oak Park. Police did say that they are looking at the forensic evidence and they expect those results soon - depending on what they find at that time we might then hear further update regarding the suspect/case.
 
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katydid23 said:
Maybe the Son-in-law is innocent. I feel very suspicious but I could be wrong.
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All evidence and updates by the police so far state the father is in the clear and that is also my opinion.
 
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Detechtive said:
They would have only been granted a warrant if new information came to light, imo - which seemed to occur on January 10.
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Police don't need new evidence to seek a search warrant. They only need to convince a magistrate or JP they had enough to issue a search warrant.
 
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Detechtive said:
Like I said above I can’t recall but I’ll get back to you when I find it.
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FWIW I remember reading that too, way, way back in the case.
 
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Springs4 said:
& gosh, wasn't anyone who suggested that scenario here in the early days, howled down & criticized
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IMO - Absolutely we were!! Not for one single second did I believe GL had just ‘wandered off’. MOO
 
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_sleuthdog_ said:
All evidence and updates by the police so far state the father is in the clear and that is also my opinion.
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Same. If Gus’s disappearance was deliberate by an adult (looks now that it was) I never thought the father was the one who did it. He seemed to want to get the kids out of there because he knew something wasn’t right.
 
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