Footprints, fake AI images and few clues: Mystery over four year-old boy who vanished in the Australian Outback
Four-year-old vanished from sandpit near his home
- Four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing from a sandpit at his family's sheep station in South Australia on Saturday, 27 September.
- A massive search operation involving hundreds of personnel, drones, and sniffer dogs was launched but has since been scaled back, with police stating his survival is unlikely.
- Authorities found a shoe print similar to Gus's 500 metres from the property, but the trail went cold without further evidence.
- Police have investigated theories including Gus wandering off or an animal attack, while a criminologist suggested possible third-party involvement, though no suspects have been named.
- The disappearance has gripped the nation, leading to public support, but also the spread of fake AI images and unfounded online theories implicating the family, which a family friend described as "heartbreaking".