The grandparent of missing four-year-old Gus Lamont has been fined $10,500 for possession of a gun silencer at the family’s Oak Park Station, in South Australia’s far north.
Josie Rachelle Murray, 75, was charged in February just a short time after police declared her grandson’s disappearance a major crime.
Police previously said the firearms offence is not related to Gus’s disappearance.
The 75-year-old has also been banned from holding or obtaining a firearms licence for five years.
Josie Murray leaving court after receiving a $10,500 fine. (ABC News: Eva Blandis)
SA Police confirmed last month that one of Gus’s grandparents remains a suspect in his disappearance.
Both grandparents previously released a statement saying the family had cooperated with the investigation and wanted nothing more than to reunite Gus with his parents.
Still no sign of missing boy
Four-year-old Gus Lamont went missing from his family’s property on Oak Park Station near Yunta on September 27.
Gus Lamont. New picture released by parents Jess and Josh via SAPOL. Provided Feb 24 2026. (Supplied: SA Police)
Since then, multiple extensive searches, including scouring mine shafts and draining dams, have failed to uncover his remains.
SA Police had identified more than 500 people who were “in and around” Oak Park Station when he went missing, but said there was no evidence to suggest he had been abducted.
Grandparent remains a suspect
Speaking after the latest search for Gus last month — which yielded no fresh evidence — SA Police Detective Superintendent Darren Fielke said one of Gus’s grandparents “remains a suspect” in his disappearance.
“At this time, no other suspects or persons of interest have been identified in this investigation,” he said last month.
Gus’s grandparents had previously shared a statement saying they had “cooperated fully with the investigation and want nothing more than to find Gus and reunite him with his mum and dad”.
Superintendent Fielke vowed SA Police “won’t give up” searching for the little boy.