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Police Scale Back Hunt for Missing SA Boy as Case Moves to Long-Term Investigation

Detectives have transitioned the case to the Missing Persons Investigation Section after a week without decisive leads.

Overview

  • Officers revisited the remote Yunta-area homestead to photograph the scene and retrace the child’s last known movements as part of continuing inquiries.
  • The search, described by police as one of the state’s largest, covered tens of thousands of hectares with aircraft, drones, dogs, divers and ADF support.
  • Only a single footprint about 500 metres from the homestead has been reported, and police say there is no evidence of abduction given the property’s isolation.
  • Assistant Commissioner Ian Parrott says the likelihood of finding the four-year-old alive has diminished, though investigators will keep pursuing every line of inquiry.
  • An expert on missing persons urged caution over false information circulating on social media after AI-generated posts incorrectly claimed the child had been found.