{"id":299585,"date":"2026-02-24T10:17:08","date_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:17:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/299585\/"},"modified":"2026-02-24T10:17:08","modified_gmt":"2026-02-24T10:17:08","slug":"gus-lamont-parents-of-missing-4-year-old-issue-new-photos-and-statement-asking-for-public-assistance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/299585\/","title":{"rendered":"Gus Lamont: Parents of missing 4-year-old issue new photos and statement asking for public assistance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img  alt=\"Gus\u2019 parents Josh and Jess have issued a new picture (above) and video as part of their plea for assistance. Photo \/ Supplied\" class=\"article-media__image responsively-lazy\" data-test-ui=\"article-media__image\"\/>Gus\u2019 parents Josh and Jess have issued a new picture (above) and video as part of their plea for assistance. Photo \/ Supplied<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cIf someone knows what happened, we are pleading with that person \u2013 or anyone who may have seen or heard anything \u2013 to please come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">\u201cEven the smallest detail could give us the answers we so desperately need.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">The statement comes after the family released unseen photographs and footage of Gus in the hope of prompting anybody with new information to come forward.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\">The youngster has not been seen since going missing near his family\u2019s Oak Park Station in Yunta.<\/p>\n<p class=\"XwsInylahQtJnSbA\" style=\"display:none\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/profile\/newsletters\/?from=cmp\">Sign up to Herald Premium Editor\u2019s Picks<\/a>, delivered straight to your inbox every Friday. Editor-in-Chief Murray Kirkness picks the week\u2019s best features, interviews and investigations. Sign up for Herald Premium <a href=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/subscription\/offers\/\" target=\"_self\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" title=\"https:\/\/www.nzherald.co.nz\/my-account\/subscription\/offers\/\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Gus\u2019 parents Josh and Jess have issued a new picture (above) and video as part of their plea&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":299586,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[47179,95,27518,112367,1558,9770,16719,2949,2082,57026,305,42,5838,16718,76,57027,6187,6501,117,43,1118,3766,254,46728,3109,3048,7812,8037,43044,7811,9343,165,8229,40,38,41,39],"class_list":{"0":"post-299585","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-headlines","8":"tag-4yearold","9":"tag-and","10":"tag-asking","11":"tag-assistance","12":"tag-been","13":"tag-disappearance","14":"tag-emotional","15":"tag-finding","16":"tag-for","17":"tag-gus","18":"tag-have","19":"tag-headlines","20":"tag-help","21":"tag-him","22":"tag-issue","23":"tag-lamont","24":"tag-lives","25":"tag-missing","26":"tag-new","27":"tag-news","28":"tag-of","29":"tag-parents","30":"tag-photos","31":"tag-plea","32":"tag-public","33":"tag-said","34":"tag-seen","35":"tag-september","36":"tag-shattered","37":"tag-since","38":"tag-statement","39":"tag-their","40":"tag-they","41":"tag-top-news","42":"tag-top-stories","43":"tag-topnews","44":"tag-topstories"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299585","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=299585"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/299585\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/299586"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=299585"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=299585"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=299585"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}