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Gus Lamont Search Shifts to Recovery in SA Outback as ADF Joins

Police now describe the effort as a recovery after finding only a single footprint near the homestead.

Overview

  • Authorities say the hunt for the four-year-old, missing since Saturday south of Yunta, has moved from rescue to recovery as the operation enters day six.
  • A contingent of 48 Australian Defence Force personnel was scheduled to deploy at 8am ACST to bolster ground teams already using drones, dogs, divers and aircraft.
  • Investigators report the only significant clue is a child-sized boot print about 500 metres from the home, and a specialist tracker found no additional tracks.
  • South Australia Police say there is no indication of abduction and the working theory remains that the child wandered from the property.
  • Police briefed the family on the shift in posture and continue systematic searches of the remote station, with the family also releasing a photo to aid the appeal for information.