A police insider reveals detectives know exactly what happened to Gus Lamont - but fear they'll never prove it as his family fractures

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A source close to the investigation reveals why police believe they know exactly how four-year-old Gus Lamont died, and why they fear they may never be able to prove it.

Published: 12:56 GMT, 10 November 2026 | Updated: 12:56 GMT, 10 November 2026

A police insider has revealed investigators' theory into the outback disappearance of four-year-old boy Gus Lamont.

The boy vanished from his grandparents' isolated South Australian sheep station on September 27 last year. He was allegedly last seen at about 5pm playing in the front yard of the homestead.

The source, who the Daily Mail cannot name due to their closeness to the investigation, confirmed that the police theory corresponds with what Gus' grandmother Josie Murray related to a current affairs program earlier this year.

Josie told 7News Spotlight in June that officers believed she buried her grandson after he died accidentally.

She described the allegation as 'ludicrous' and maintained her total innocence. The Daily Mail does not suggest otherwise.

The insider told the Mail that the theory of an accidental death followed by a burial is indeed what police continue to believe. However, they say they cannot prove it.

Investigators believe Gus' body is out there somewhere, hidden in the vast plains of the state's barren pastoral district near Yunta, 300km north of Adelaide.

The source said: 'Police reckon they know exactly what happened to him. They just can't prove it and they probably never will. The land out there is just too big.'

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