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officials concluded Latest attempt to trace four-year-old boyWhose of missing on the rugged outskirts of South Australia Captured the nation.
search operation Gus Lamont The walk covered 95 square kilometres, moving beyond areas previously searched by police and the Australian Defense Force (ADF).
South Australian police confirmed on Friday that despite an “exhaustive, careful and lengthy” effort, The search found no new evidence,
He said, “Police hoped that an extensive ground search would turn up any evidence about Gus, but that did not happen.”
“The fact that Gus is a small child, the terrain is extremely rugged, harsh and the changing weather conditions made the search harder and more challenging for those involved.”
Gus went missing on September 27 while playing outside his home in a remote home near Yunta in South Australia, about 300 km from Adelaide.
His grandmother left him unattended for about 30 minutes and found him missing, leading to one of the largest ground and air searches in the state’s history.
Gus, known for being adventurous but shy, was last seen wearing a gray hat, light gray trousers, boots, and a blue long-sleeve T-shirt with a yellow Minion design.
The boy’s disappearance attracted national attention, with photos of his blonde, curly hair circulating widely in the media and speculation rife online. Several other fake photos of the boy were also spread online, including one claiming to show a breakthrough in the case.
Police had earlier urged the public to avoid sharing unverified “opinions” and instead rely on reliable sources for information.
Police do not suspect any foul play and have just described the case as a “recovery operation”. In a statement, SA Police said: “In the initial stages, police hoped to find Gus alive, but sadly the search has become a recovery operation.”
Earlier this month, police launched one of South Australia’s largest and most intensive searches in recent years for the blond-haired boy, with the help of sniffer dogs, drones and helicopters, but were still unable to locate him six days after he went missing.
Addressing a press conference at the time, Assistant Police Commissioner Ian Parrott said that the search had been reduced, but that they would continue to investigate all aspects of the enquiry. “We are confident that we have made every effort to locate Gus within the search area, but despite our best efforts, we have not been able to locate him, and unfortunately, we are now having to curtail this search for Gus,” he said at the time.
During the past week approximately 50 personnel worked on the ground to search for the boy near the homestead and surrounding bushes, covering an area of 470 square metres. Police said that every day searches are conducted on foot for about 25 kilometers.
On Tuesday, search teams found a footprint about 500 meters away from the sheep home, but found no further clues.
Authorities resumed the search on Tuesday, this time involving about 80 Australian Defense Force personnel. Police Commissioner Grant Stevens explained that the expanded search area was determined by updated assessments of survival, medical and search experts rather than new leads.
SA Premier Peter Malinauskas said his “thoughts are with Gus and his family”.
“We want a resolution to this case, but nothing more than the family,” he said Friday.
“The thing I’m proud of is that the South Australian Police have given everything they have to this, as well as other agencies who have assisted, particularly the ADF, but others as well.”
Speaking about Gus’s family, Commissioner Stevens said: “You can imagine how they are feeling… without answers as to where Gus is and what happened to him. This would be traumatic for any family.”
Nicky Smith, president of the Center for Missing Persons, described such situations as “heartbreaking” for the families involved.
“It’s very difficult to understand what families are going through,” he said. Australian Broadcasting Corporation,
“It’s been a rollercoaster of emotions right from the beginning.”
“It’s a heart-wrenching feeling because it brings up everything that happened to our loved ones in those early days – it makes it so fresh,” he said.
The boy’s family, through a spokesperson, had previously said that they were “devastated” and “extremely distressed” by his disappearance.