GUS LAMONT: ONE YEAR ON, POLICE REVEAL NEW AERIAL CLUES AND $1 MILLION REWARD IN MISSING BOY MYSTERY

One year after four-year-old Gus Lamont vanished from a remote South Australian property, investigators are still searching for answers — but new anomalies detected in aerial imagery could lead police back to the site.

Gus disappeared from Oak Park Station near Yunta, South Australia, on September 27, 2025.

Despite one of the state’s largest and most intensive missing-person investigations, no trace of the little boy has been found.

Now, as the anniversary of his disappearance approaches, police have announced a reward of up to A$1 million for information that leads to a conviction or helps locate Gus or his remains.

A SEARCH THAT HAS SPANNED AN ENTIRE YEAR

Gus was reported missing after disappearing from the vast pastoral property.

Since then, investigators have conducted 11 major ground searches, covering more than 30 days in total, alongside extensive aerial operations.

Police, emergency personnel and specialist search teams have examined huge areas of difficult outback terrain, including waterways, creeks, wells and bores.

During a three-day search in May, investigators searched more than 30 kilometres of waterways and creeks but found no new evidence.

Forensic examinations of items seized from the property, including a vehicle, motorcycle and electronic devices, also failed to produce new lines of inquiry at that stage.

NOW POLICE HAVE SPOTTED “ANOMALIES”

The investigation received a new development after detectives conducted another detailed review of aerial imagery.

Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said Taskforce Horizon had carried out a “painstaking, methodical, forensically detailed manual search” of aerial images, in addition to earlier artificial-intelligence analysis.

That review identified “anomalies” that investigators are now examining.

Police have not said what the anomalies show or suggested that they are evidence of Gus.

Instead, officers are assessing the imagery before deciding whether another physical search of Oak Park Station is warranted.

That distinction is important: the anomalies have not been publicly confirmed as evidence connected to Gus’s disappearance.

A $1 MILLION REWARD

South Australian authorities have now offered up to A$1 million for information that could finally resolve the case.

The reward is available for information leading to the conviction of anyone responsible for Gus’s disappearance or information that results in the location and recovery of his remains.

Detective Superintendent Fielke urged anyone who knows something — even something that may initially seem insignificant — to contact investigators.

Police say they have already received hundreds of pieces of information throughout the investigation.

But officers have repeatedly warned that speculation and unsupported theories can make a complex investigation more difficult.

They are asking for credible information rather than rumours or online theories.

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