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The case of missing – now presumed dead – South Australian boy Gus Lamont grinds on, with police no closer to solving the mystery and yet more twists developing.
South Australia’s Police Commissioner has said that two members of missing boy Gus Lamont’s family are “not cooperating” with investigators, but a police spokesperson said they could not comment further on the number of suspects in the case.
Police are, of course, being ultra-cautious not to prejudice any legal cases that may ensue. That doesn’t mean we can’t read between the lines.
Police declared the four-year-old boy’s disappearance a major crime on February 5, saying a person who resided at Oak Park had withdrawn their support for the police and was no longer cooperating with them, and police were considering that person a suspect […]
Today, Police Commissioner Grant Stevens told ABC Radio Adelaide “members” of the family were “not cooperating” with police.
“As far as I’m aware, it’s status quo, from the most recent reports. We are still working with Gus’s mum and dad and there are other members of the family who are no longer cooperating,” he said.
We know, so far, that only four people, besides Gus, were on the property on the day he disappeared: his mother Jessica Murray and baby brother, his grandmother, Shannon Murray, and grandparent ‘Josie’. ‘Josie’s’ real name is Robert Murray. He ‘transitioned’ some years ago. In October last year, as media descended on the property, ‘Josie’ threatened them with a firearm. Police say the charges are not related to that incident. Gus’s father was living at a property more than 100 kilometres away.
[Commissioner Stevens] was unable to confirm if either of Gus’s parents, Jess or Josh, were living at the family’s station.
Those aren’t the only bizarre twists in this baffling case.
An area of newly laid concrete has formed part of the police search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont in remote South Australia, almost five months on from his disappearance.
SA Police this week renewed the search and the ABC reports the searchers focused at one point on an outhouse and water tank on a neighbouring property where fresh concrete had recently been laid.
The search also involved cadaver dogs.
The cadaver dog searched a shearing shed, and the area with freshly poured concrete had only been poured in the months after Gus’ disappearance.
Lawyers for the grandparents reacted quickly to the police claims of non-cooperation
Andrew Ey, the lawyer representing Gus’ grandmother Josie Murray, was asked by the Advertiser on Thursday if his client had anything to say on the matter.
According to that masthead, Mr Ey said “there’s no further comment at this stage”.
Casey Isaacs, the lawyer of Gus’ grandmother Shannon Murray, said she “is co-operating through her solicitor”.
And a four-year-old boy has apparently vanished without a trace.
