Tragic update in the case of missing Gus Lamont, 4 - as police complete search of mine shafts

Police searched remote mine shafts for missing Gus Lamont

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By KARLEIGH SMITH and CAMERON CARPENTER, DEPUTY NEWS EDITOR, AUSTRALIA

Published: 03:14 GMT, 26 November 2025 | Updated: 04:51 GMT, 26 November 2025

Police have confirmed there is still no sign of four-year-old Gus Lamont after they completed searching mine shafts near the family's property in outback South Australia.

SAPOL said on Tuesday that officers would search six mineshafts near Oak Park Station, nearly two months after Gus disappeared.

But on Wednesday, they confirmed the latest search had found nothing.

'The inspection of the mine shafts, located between 5.5km and 12km from the Oak Park homestead, did not locate any evidence to assist in the investigation into Gus' disappearance,' police said.

'Several of the shafts were relatively shallow and could be visually inspected but the remainder were up to 20metres deep and specialised equipment was required to complete the searches.'

Gus' family has been advised of the results of the renewed search.

Police have not ruled out returning to the property as the investigation continues.

The latest search followed police draining a large dam on the property on October 31, ruling out concerns that Gus, who vanished on September 27, may have drowned.

Police have searched six mine shafts but found no trace of Gus Lamont (above) who disappeared on September 27

One of the mine shafts (above) that police searched

This came after extensive ground and aerial searches involving SA Police, ADF personnel, SES volunteers, Indigenous trackers and local landholders.

Earlier, on October 17, police concluded a four-day search of Oak Park Station, building on an initial 10-day operation launched immediately after Gus disappeared.

Gus' family remains fully cooperative with police and are being supported by a dedicated victim contact officer as the search for answers soon enters its third month.

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 Shannon, grandparent Josie Murray - a transgender woman - his mother Jessica, and his one-year-old brother Ronnie.

It has been reported that Jessica was with Josie looking for lost sheep about 10km from the homestead when Gus disappeared.

A close friend of Shannon's suggested Gus could have simply wandered off to look for his mother.

Gus 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

Locals had a horrifying theory for what happened to Gus Lamont. I now fear they'll be proved right

'It is very easy to get lost on a station that size,' said the friend.

'Shannon grew up out there and she almost got lost a few years ago.

'Her and Josie were out on motorbikes sorting out the sheep one afternoon and they got separated for a while. She had to turn off her bike to listen out for Josie's to find her way back.

'He's a happy little boy, happy to do his own thing. But when you address him, he gets shy and hides.'

Gus' father Joshua Lamont was living in a farmhouse in Belalie North - a two-hour drive away from the Murrays' Outback sheep station - while still in a relationship with Jessica.

It is understood Mr Lamont only found out his child was missing when police woke him up at his Belalie North home, hours after Gus had vanished.

He now appears to be living in Adelaide, more than 290km away from where his son was last seen.

Jessica has not been seen in public since Gus vanished on September 27.

It was widely understood that she remains at Oak Park Station, looking after Ronnie.

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