Major update in search for missing four-year-old Gus Lamont as police return to the family property

By KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA and CAITLIN POWELL - NEWS REPORTER Published: 02:32, 26 May 2026 | Updated: 02:32, 26 May 2026 Police have announced there will be another search at the remote property where four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing last year. Gus disappeared from his grandparents' home near Yunta, South Australia, on September 27.  Initial police reports said he had been playing in a pile of sand outside the homestead, owned by his maternal grandparents Josie and Shannon Murray, and appeared to have wandered off at about 5.30pm on AFL grand final day. There have been several searches carried out under Taskforce Horizon, which was established in the days after Gus vanished, but no trace of him has been found. SA Police announced on Tuesday that they would be returning to the home.  'Taskforce Horizon members will be searching numerous locations on the property for evidence in the case over the next three days,' the statement read. 'The searching will be conducted by Major Crime detectives and specialist STAR Group officers. 'The searching has resumed to take advantage of opportunities that may have arisen as a result of recent heavy rains on the property.' Gus Lamont (pictured) disappeared from his grandparents' home near Yunta, South Australia, on September 27 last year  SA Police have said there will be another search of the remote property Sorry we are not currently accepting comments on this article.