Police return to Yunta property in search for missing boy Gus Lamont
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- Police have returned to the Oak Park property in Yunta, South Australia, to search for evidence related to the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont, who went missing in September last year.
- The investigation, now declared a major crime, is being conducted by Task Force Horizon.
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Four-year-old Gus Lamont disappeared from his family's Oak Park property in Yunta, South Australia, in September last year. The investigation, initially believing he had wandered off, was later declared a major crime. Police have stated that two family members are not cooperating fully and have a suspect, while assuring Gus's parents are not suspects.
Police have returned to Yunta in South Australia’s far north as part of their investigation into the disappearance of four-year-old boy Gus Lamont.
The boy went missing from his family's Oak Park property in September last year.
Task Force Horizon members will be searching numerous locations on the property for evidence in the next three days.
The search will be conducted by Major Crime detectives and specialist STAR Group officers, police said in a statement.
"The searching has resumed to take advantage of opportunities that may have arisen as a result of recent heavy rains on the property," police said.
Police conducted a renewed search in March following heavy rains, but failed to find any new evidence at the time.
Following that search, police said in a statement they had not ruled out returning to the station.
Police have previously conducted several searches for Gus, including of a water tank, an outhouse and mine shafts and said they would return to the family property "frequently" as they continue their investigation into his disappearance.
Task Force Horizon was established in October.
Initially police said they believed Gus had wandered off from the property, but on February 5 his disappearance was declared a major crime.
Police previously said two of Gus's family members were not cooperating with investigators, and indicated they had a suspect.
They have repeatedly said Gus's parents were not suspects.
On February 6, Gus's grandparents, Josie and Shannon Murray, issued a statement saying the family had "cooperated fully with the investigation".
In March, an SA Police spokesperson confirmed "two family members were only communicating [with police] via their legal representatives".
Police Commissioner Grant Stevens previously said investigators had "all but ruled out Gus having wandered off".
"There has not been one single piece of evidence that we have located during that searching exercise, the most extensive search I think arguably in the history of South Australia, that has given us any indication that he did wander off," he said.
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Police will conduct a thorough search of the Oak Park property over the next three days.
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New evidence may be discovered due to recent heavy rains.
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Offene Fragen
- What led to Gus Lamont's disappearance?
- What evidence will Task Force Horizon find during this renewed search?
- Who is the suspect identified by the police?
- Why are two family members not cooperating fully with investigators?