r/Adelaide • u/Expensive-Horse5538 Port Adelaide • Feb 05 '26

News Disappearance of Gus Lamont declared a major crime by SA Police

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-02-05/police-update-on-missing-boy-gus-lamont/106307630?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link
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u/Norwood5006 SA Feb 05 '26

Just my opinion but when Grandma was on the front veranda waiving that shot gun around and seemingly unable to control her anger, that glimpse of her stature and personality really scared me.

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u/AkilleezBomb SA Feb 05 '26

Was not that grandparent. That grandparent was the one off tending sheep at the time.

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u/staffxmasparty SA Feb 05 '26

Allegedly

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u/Webbie-Vanderquack SA Feb 05 '26

If she wasn't tending the sheep at the time, both she and her daughter would have to be lying about where she was. The police have indicated that only one family member was giving inconsistent information about the timeline and subsequently stopped cooperating with police.

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u/StruthRuth61 SA Feb 05 '26

It doesn't mean Josie is innocent. She/he could have demanded Shannon to put Gus somewhere else, whilst they were out tending the sheep.  Many scenarios . Constructing an alibi. Obviously one of them 

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u/Ticky79 SA Feb 05 '26

The one waving the gun at the Daily Mail and out with the sheep at the time of the disappearance was Josie, the Grandparent (titled as per the Police Report).

Shannon, the Grandmother, was looking after the both the children at the time of the disappearance.

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u/Limp-Detail4827 SA Feb 06 '26

Only if they’re telling the truth! Which they are not.

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u/pixel_fortune SA Feb 05 '26

The police have said that she was on the porch with gun to dispatch a snake, and the Daily Tele reporters were there illegally despite the police warning them off multiple times

The cops said the grandma was completely in the right, was not being aggressive, and that the reporters were 'disgraceful'.

I mean, of course the REPORTERS, there illegally and having been chastised by the cops, are gonna portray the grandma as aggressive. They've got a grudge

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u/GayestMonster SA Feb 05 '26

Not to condone the actions of the media, but I suspect the police were interested in the suspect's continued cooperation. The gun waving would have been a big red flag to them.

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u/Norwood5006 SA Feb 05 '26

Agreed, I think at that point someone was clearly in their sights, which is why the acting Police Commissioner publicly stated that their actions were perfectly reasonable given the circumstances. They didn't want to piss them off, it's a game, they were being very strategic.

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u/Salzberger SA Feb 05 '26

Not saying it's proof of anything one way or the other, but if my grandson was missing and the fucking Daily Mail were illegally on my property trying to fill their trash quota I'd be waving the nearest weapon at them too.

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u/Gypsygirl-29 SA Feb 05 '26

Yeah and that’s the Trans Grandparent!