Police drop bombshell in the search for little Gus Lamont – nearly two months after he vanished without a trace
Police will begin searching a series of remote mine shafts in South Australia’s mid-north as the hunt for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont continues, two months after he vanished without a trace.
From Tuesday morning, specialist teams will examine six uncovered, unfenced shafts between 5.5km and 12km from Oak Park Station
Deputy Commissioner Linda Williams said the shafts were not previously identified, and are located outside the area already searched by crews on foot.
‘We are determined to explore every avenue in an effort to locate Gus Lamont and provide some closure for his family,’ she said.
‘These searches will either locate evidence or eliminate these locations from further investigation by the Task Force.’
Police say this stage is to make sure every possible location of interest around the homestead is checked thoroughly.
On 31 October, police drained a large dam on the property, ruling out concerns Gus may have drowned.
This came after extensive ground and aerial searches involving SA Police, ADF personnel, SES volunteers, Indigenous trackers and local landholders.
Police will return to Oak Park Station to continue the search for four-year-old Gus Lamont who was last seen on 27 September 2025
The boy was last seen by his grandmother playing on a mound of dirt outside in the early evening. When she returned 30 minutes later to call him inside, he had vanished
Earlier, on 17 October, police concluded a four-day search of Oak Park Station, building on an initial 10-day operation launched immediately after Gus disappeared.
The ground searching at Oak Park Station has now extended to 5.5km from the homestead.
Police said they continue to pursue multiple lines of inquiry, though investigators say nothing uncovered so far points to foul play.
Gus’s family remain fully cooperative with police and are being supported by a dedicated victim contact officer as the search for answers enters its third month.
Despite one of the largest search efforts in the country’s history, involving the Australian Defence Force, helicopters with thermal imaging and Aboriginal trackers – no trace of Gus has been found eight weeks after his disappearance.
The boy was last seen by his grandmother Shannon Murray playing on a mound of dirt outside in the early evening. When she returned 30 minutes later to call him inside, he had vanished.
Gus lived on the station with her, grandparent Josie Murray – a transgender woman, his mother Jessica and his younger brother Ronnie.
Gus Lamont’s grandmothers Josie (formerly Robert), left, and Shannon Murray, right,
Gus’s father, Joshua Lamont, lives two hours away in Belalie North and is understood to be in a ‘commuter relationship’ with Gus and Ronnie’s mother.
