<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/south-australia" rel="" target="" title="South Australia's"><span>South Australia's</span></a><span> top cop is "absolutely certain" police will revisit the remote homestead </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gus-lamont-search-resumed-oak-park-station/4ec902c5-ca16-48e3-ae7d-889bcf156de0" rel="" target="_blank" title="where Gus Lamont was last seen"><span>where Gus Lamont was last seen</span></a><span>, with police vowing to continue searching for missing toddler until there is a "breakthrough" in the case.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The four-year-old was last seen playing on a dirt mound at his family's property Oak Park Station in South Australia around 5pm on September 27.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There has been no sign of Gus for more than six months, despite the search being the </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/gus-lamont-sa-police-allege-two-family-members-not-cooperating-with-investigators/329b5b13-512e-4e7e-a97b-29cd4c473633" rel="" target="_blank" title="largest and most intensive missing person investigation"><span>largest and most intensive missing person investigation</span></a><span> in the state's history.</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>NATIONAL:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/dezi-freeman-update-police-tracked-car-to-hideout-on-rural-property-before-the-manhunt-ended-in-hail-of-bullets/ceab03c4-6d99-4417-9e9f-ee674d52548c" target="_blank"><strong><span>Fugitive Dezi Freeman 'shot up to 20 times' during stand-off</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>FUEL CRISIS:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/petrol-prices-australia-three-month-fuel-excise-cost-passes-senate-in-bid-to-fight-high-prices/e8e6621c-5e61-44f2-ad60-e89df51c88a9" target="_blank"><strong><span>Servos cut prices as fuel excise reduction passes Parliament</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SA Police Commissioner Grant Stevens told reporters today he is "absolutely certain" that detectives will return to Oak Park Station as part of the ongoing investigation, adding that he is confident that Gus will one day be found.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are not going to step away from this investigation until we have some outcome for the family," Stevens said.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/national/gus-lamont-update-detectives-will-return-to-oak-park-station-in-ongoing-search-for-missing-toddler/31243699-0186-47af-81ec-72d3669eac6e" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I think we've demonstrated over time that the resolve to bring these types of major investigations to a conclusion never stops.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"I am confident that level of effort will continue to be applied in the hope that we get a breakthrough."</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He said the majority of the searches had taken place "in and around the property".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The most recent search for Gus was called off on March 12 after no evidence was uncovered.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Last month, the top cop claimed that two members of the missing four-year-old's family had been "not cooperating" with authorities investigating his disappearance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are still working with Gus' mum and dad and there are other members of the family who are no longer cooperating," Stevens told ABC Radio Adelaide.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SA Police claimed to </span><a href="http://nine.com.au/" target="_blank"><span>nine.com.au</span></a><span> that two of Gus' family members are "only communicating via their legal representatives".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>It is not known which family members have allegedly withdrawn cooperation with investigators.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>SA Police declared Gus' disappearance as a major crime in February and claimed that a person with close ties to the household, who is not one of Gus' parents, had been previously speaking with detectives but allegedly "withdrew coperation".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police said that person was considered a suspect, though their identity hasn't been revealed.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Josie Murray and Gus' other grandparent Shannon Murray released a statement through their lawyers, saying they were "absolutely devastated" by SA Police's statement on February 6.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/victoria-school-phone-ban-extended-to-every-school-in-state/5353716a-6af7-429c-9c3b-5c26127121f3" target="_blank"><strong><span>This state just banned all phones, smartwatches and earbuds in schools</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"We are absolutely devastated by the media release of SAPOL Major Crime. The family has cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad," the statement read.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>There is no suggestion Josie or Shannon Murray are involved in the disappearance of Gus and it is not unusual for anyone linked to an investigation to seek out legal advice.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police charged 75-year-old Josie Murray with firearms offences in February but have maintained the charges are not linked to the toddler's disappearance.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE:</span></strong><span> </span><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/world/pete-hegseth-suspicious-trades-blackrock-defence-stocks-pentagon-secretary-of-war-denial/31095d1a-7d6e-479b-96f8-e087a3a92de8" target="_blank"><strong><span>Iran attacks Pete Hegseth on reports he sought to profit from the war</span></strong></a></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>Police earlier confirmed they had "all but ruled out" the possibility that Gus had simply wandered off.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"There has not been one single piece of evidence that we have located during that searching exercise, the most extensive search I think arguably in the history of South Australia, that has given us any indication that he did wander off," Stevens said.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>He insisted that finding Gus was the main concern of the state's police force, saying he wished to bring closure to Gus' parents, Josh and Jess.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>NEVER MISS A STORY:</span></strong></em><span> </span><em><span>Get your breaking news and exclusive stories first by following us across all platforms.</span></em></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><ul><li><em><strong><span>Download the 9NEWS App here via</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://apps.apple.com/au/app/9news/id1010533727" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Apple</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&hl=en_AU&pli=1" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>Google Play</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Make 9News your preferred source on Google by</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://9.nine.com.au/8x987w" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>ticking this box here</span></strong></em></a></li><li><em><strong><span>Sign up to</span></strong></em><span> </span><a href="https://login.nine.com.au/edm?client_id=nineatnine" target="" title=""><em><strong><span>our breaking newsletter here</span></strong></em></a></li></ul></div></div>
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