SA Police Commissioner refuses to rule out returning to remote property in ongoing search for missing Gus Lamont

South Australia’s top cop has not ruled out the possibility of four-year-old Gus Lamont returning to a remote property where he disappeared seven months ago.

In an update to the media on Monday, SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens told the media that Gus’s disappearance was one of the tragic stories he wanted to bring greater clarity to.

But he said there were “no further updates” on the specific police investigation at this point.

“This is one of those tragic stories that we want to provide more clarity on,” Commissioner Stevens explained.

“However, we have no further updates at this time.

“Work teams operating within the Serious Crimes Investigation Branch Directorate continue their work.

“I have not received any specific updates regarding their activities over the last few weeks.

Commissioner Stevens said he had not been notified for several weeks as the task force continued its investigation, but he would not rule out police returning to the property in the future.

Gus was last seen at his family’s Oak Park Station in South Australia on September 27 last year.

Police are no closer to knowing where the four-year-old is or what happened to him.

Gus Lamont was last seen playing on a pile of dirt on the family property near Yunta around 5pm on Saturday evening, but there was no sign of him about 30 minutes later.

His disappearance led to multiple extensive searches involving food handlers, Aboriginal trackers and drones across 60,000 hectares, but no evidence was found.

In February, detectives said they no longer believed little Gus was “wandering” or “kidnapped.”

The police identified a sheep station resident Gus knew as a suspect and declared his disappearance a major crime.

However, his parents were ruled out as suspects.

Mr Stevens had previously said police were still working with Gus’s mother and father and that there were other members of the family who were no longer co-operative.

Gus’ parents released a statement: “Our lives have been shattered and every moment we spend without him is unbearable.

“We know someone out there may have information. If anyone knows what happened, we would appeal to that person, or anyone who may have seen or heard anything, to come forward.

“All we want is to bring Gus home and figure out what happened to our beautiful boy.”