Gus Lamont’s grandmothers ‘devastated’ after police declare his disappearance a major crime

Gus Lamont, a four-year-old boy, went missing from his family's sheep station in South Australia in September of last year. The vast property spans 60,000 hectares in the outback.

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Gus Lamont’s grandmothers ‘devastated’ after police declare his disappearance a major crime

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Gus Lamont, a four-year-old boy, went missing from his family's sheep station in South Australia in September of last year. The vast property spans 60,000 hectares in the outback. Initially, authorities believed Gus had simply wandered off. However, police have now declared his disappearance a major crime. Gus's grandmothers have released a statement through their lawyers expressing their devastation at this development in the case. The search for Gus Lamont continues.

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Gus Lamont's grandmothers are 'devastated' by the police declaration.

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Police have declared Gus Lamont's disappearance a major crime.

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Gus Lamont went missing from his family’s 60,000 hectare sheep station.

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Gus Lamont is a four-year-old who went missing in September.

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Pair release statement through lawyers as search continues for four-year-old, from Australia" class="entity-link entity-location" data-entity-id="210" data-entity-type="location">South Australia, last seen playing outside family sheep station in the outback in September Follow our Australia news live blog for latest updates Get our breaking news email , free app or daily news podcast Missing four-year-old Gus Lamont’s grandmothers have released a statement through their lawyers, claiming they are “devastated” police have declared his disappearance a major crime. Gus went missing from his family’s 60,000 hectare sheep station in September last year, and was initially thought to have wandered off . Continue reading...

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