The family of missing boy Gus Lamont are preparing to search eagle nests at the outback property for any trace of the child, as the anniversary of his mysterious disappearance looms.
7News exclusively revealed the detail after speaking to the child’s grandmother, Josie Murray, on the family’s remote Oak Park Station in Grampus, near Yunta.
Gus, then four, was last seen playing near the homestead on September 27 last year.
Ms Murray said she believes the youngster was abducted.
Four-year-old Gus Lamont has been missing since September 2025. Picture: AFP Photo
On Tuesday, Ms Murray said the family was preparing to search eagle nests on the property, on the theory Gus was taken by a wedge-tailed eagle.
“The eagle aspect should be looked at,” she told 7News.
“It’s highly unlikely, but it’s not impossible.”
Ms Murray also issued a plea for police to not treat her as a suspect.
“For me to know they are wasting their time, and their time would be better spent trying to find out what did happen to him, is enormously frustrating,” she said.
The update comes as police push for a reward to be offered for information into Gus’ disappearance.
9News reports a major announcement from Gus’ parents is imminent, ahead of the one-year anniversary of his disappearance.
7News had earlier shared footage of the very spot the boy was last seen in, where Ms Murray revealed what she believed happened on that fateful day in September 2025.
“It brings me to tears that he is not here,” Ms Murray said.
“As far as I’m concerned I still want to know the answer of what happened.”
She claims that police have named her as the current sole suspect in the case, having ruled out other working theories on the boy’s disappearance.
But Ms Murray maintains her innocence, revealing a bombshell theory to 7News reporter Hannah Foord.
Gus Lamont’s grandmother Josie Murray has revealed a bombshell new theory ahead of the anniversary of his disappearance. Picture: 7News
“I think he has to have been taken – nothing else makes sense,” she said.
Gus’ disappearance sparked the largest search operation in South Australian history, involving police officers, Aboriginal trackers and community volunteers.
The mystery of Gus’s disappearance has captured the curiosity and imagination of the nation, and beyond.
However, with the anniversary of his disappearance on Sunday, it remains a tragic mystery.
Since his disappearance, police have returned to the remote outback station on several separate occasions, especially in days following heavy rainfall, but have been unable to find answers.
In a previous interview with Spotlight, Ms Murray denied having anything to do with Gus’ disappearance and detailed how the family frantically searched for him.
Police gather near Oak Park Station where the search continues for four-year-old Gus Lamont, who was last seen on 27 September 2025. Picture: Brett Hartwig
“They’ve said they don’t think I’ve hurt him, they think that I’ve buried him – that’s one of the theories they’re working on,” Ms Murray told Spotlight.
“For so many reasons it’s ludicrous. It doesn’t make sense. Why would you do that to yourself?”
She said the family first noticed the little boy had gone missing at about 5.30pm after not being seen for 30 minutes.
Gus Lamont disappeared from Oak Valley Station on September 27, 2025. Picture: Supplied
“We were on the front veranda and she (Gus’ grandmother Shannon) said that Gus was just down near what we call the bomb shelter plane and when we had a look, no sign,” she said.
“And we said to Shannon ‘when did you last see him?’ And she said ‘five o’clock’.
“We had a quick conference and decided what to do, and we decided we better jump on the bikes and go and look.
“I don’t know what time that was, but after we’d searched on foot, I remember saying ‘we’ve got 45 minutes of daylight, we better get on with it’.”
She said police were called at 8pm.