Gus Lamont: Grandparents, Josie and Shannon Murray, lawyer up amid major crime investigation
While South Australia Police announced that the teenage boy’s disappearance has been declared a major crime, new reports reveal that two members of Gus Lamont’s family have hired lawyers to represent them.
At a press conference on Thursday, police said they had a suspect in the disappearance of the four-year-old boy, five months after he vanished from his family’s sheep farm in the South Australian outback.
It turned out that the suspect was someone who lived on the property where Gus lived, but was not one of his parents.
Accordingly AdvertiserBoth of Gus’s grandparents engaged Adelaide’s top lawyers to represent them.
Gus’s grandfather, Josie Murray, is understood to have retained criminal lawyer Andrew Ey, while his other grandfather, Shannon Murray, is represented by defense lawyer Casey Isaacs.
Mr Isaacs confirmed to The Advertiser he was acting on behalf of Gus’s grandmother and said: “We are co-operating but will not comment.”
There is no suggestion that Josie or Shannon Murray were involved in Gus’s disappearance.
Little Gus was last seen by his grandmother on September 27, 2025, playing on a pile of dirt at Oak Park Station, 27 miles south of Yunta.
Major crime Det-Supt. Darren Fielke also revealed that there were “inconsistencies and discrepancies” regarding the timeline and version of events.
“A resident of Oak Park Station has withdrawn his support of the police and is no longer cooperating with us,” he said.
“On January 14 and 15 of this year, Task Force Horizon investigators attended Oak Park Station and executed a search warrant.
“A more extensive forensic investigation was carried out at the Oak Park Station farm and a number of items were seized including a vehicle, a motorcycle and some electronic devices.
“All of these items are now subject to forensic testing. The person who withdrew his cooperation is now considered a suspect in Gus’s disappearance.”
“However, I would like to emphasize that Gus’s parents are not suspects in his disappearance. You will appreciate that, given this is now a criminal investigation and a declared major crime, I cannot comment further on the suspect.”
Det-Supt. Fielke said police believe the suspect was known to Gus.
The investigation is still ongoing and no charges have been filed.
