Gus's grandmother Josie Murray reveals grandson had disappeared from remote family sheep station once before - ahead of first ever tell-all interview

By KARLEIGH SMITH, SENIOR NEWS REPORTER Published: 06:11, 21 June 2026 | Updated: 06:11, 21 June 2026 The grandmother of missing Gus Lamont has revealed the little boy has vanished from his family's remote outback sheep station once before. Gus, 4, disappeared from Oak Park Station near Yunta, South Australia, on the evening of September 27. At first, it was treated as a missing child case, but SA Police in January declared it a major crime and stated they believed one of Gus's grandparents was a suspect.  They did not specify if it was Josie or Shannon Murray. Nobody has been arrested or charged. Gus's parents, Jessica Murray and Josh Lamont, are not suspects and have pleaded for more information on their missing son.  Josie, 75, is set to give a bombshell interview to 7NEWS Spotlight on Sunday night. The network has dropped a preview of the exclusive interview hours before the segment will air, in which Josie claimed Gus had wandered off before - and that she was the one who had recovered him. 'Shan had taken him down to the shearer’s quarters while Jess and I were out mustering and he had wandered off,' Josie said. Josie Murray, 75, breaks her silence on 7NEWS Spotlight on Sunday night Four-year-old Gus vanished from his grandparents' outback station on September 27 'She came home and told us Gus had gone for a walk somewhere... I was the one who found him.' No comments have so far been submitted. Why not be the first to send us your thoughts, or debate this issue live on our message boards. By posting your comment you agree to our house rules. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual. Do you want to automatically post your MailOnline comments to your Facebook Timeline? Your comment will be posted to MailOnline as usual We will automatically post your comment and a link to the news story to your Facebook timeline at the same time it is posted on MailOnline. To do this we will link your MailOnline account with your Facebook account. We’ll ask you to confirm this for your first post to Facebook. You can choose on each post whether you would like it to be posted to Facebook. Your details from Facebook will be used to provide you with tailored content, marketing and ads in line with our Privacy Policy.