<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police have returned to the remote South Australian property where four-year-old Gus Lamont disappeared and have spoken to his family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The boy was last seen playing on a mound of dirt about 5pm on September 27 at the Oak Park Station homestead, about 43 kilometres south of Yunta.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Intensive searches have failed to locate Gus and the latest was suspended late last year.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/western-australia-charlie-park-cold-case-police-release-eerie-images-of-graffiti-in-renewed-appeal/d34813e7-3fba-4caf-8805-553bd4814510" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Eerie images of graffiti believed to be linked to cold case disappearance and suspected murder</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Today, police confirmed they travelled last week to the property and spoke with the heartbroken family.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We've taken statements with the family, we've had to go through those statements with the family, and that's just part of the normal investigational process that we go through," Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We continue to engage with them.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/south-australia-gus-lamont-police-return-to-oak-park-station-homestead/18beb469-0e01-47cc-ad2d-89004be5e714" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"They went through a pretty horrid Christmas without Gus, and we check-in with the family regularly."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Lamont was last seen by his grandmother.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>About 30 minutes later, he had vanished and a full-scale search was soon launched.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/east-coast-heatwave-sydney-melbourne-facing-record-temperatures-bushfire-warnings-weather-forecast/c32d8a8a-d815-414a-90bc-1c6ef4ead615" rel="" target="_blank" title=""><strong><span>Three states to sizzle under worst heatwave since Black Summer bushfires</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Crews comprised of police, emergency services, the defence force and volunteers have combed through the property, mine shafts and bodies of water in what is one of the largest searches for a missing person in South Australia.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>They have failed to locate any trace of Gus.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The four-year-old with blond curly hair has been described as a shy but adventurous child. </span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>His family have said in a statement they are "devastated" and "deeply distressed" by his disappearance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/how-to-follow-9news-digital/29855bb1-ad3d-4c38-bc25-3cb52af1216f"><em><strong><span>DOWNLOAD THE 9NEWS APP</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>: Stay across all the latest in breaking news, sport, politics and the weather via our news app and get notifications sent straight to your smartphone. Available on the</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727"><em><strong><span>Apple App Store</span></strong></em></a><span> </span><em><strong><span>and</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=nineNewsAlerts.nine.com&amp;hl=en_AU&amp;pli=1"><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a><em><strong><span>.</span></strong></em></div></div>