Detectives searching for a four-year-old boy who vanished in the treacherous Australian Outback last September have issued a painful update in the haunting case.

Golden-haired youngsterGus Lamontwas last seen playing outside his family’sremote sheep station, Oak Park, near Yunta, South Australia, last September. His grandmother left him alone for thirty minutes and when she returned, the little boy had disappearedwithout a trace.

What followed was one of the largest land and air searches in South Australian history, yet nearly six months after that "day from hell," his devastated parents, Josh and Jess Lamont, are no closer to the truth.

Opening up about the "shattering" grief that has threatened to consume them, the couple made a desperate plea last month for anyone with information to break their silence.

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Police have now confirmed that some relatives of Gus Lamont are not cooperating with the South Australian constabulary.

Police Commissioner Grant Stevens confirmed that “members” of Gus’s family had stopped assisting officers searching for the child, as per an interview with national broadcaster theABC. The state’s top cop had made the same comment on February 18, but SA Police later distanced themselves from the comment, stating Commissioner Stevens had misspoken.

Providing an update on the case during Wednesday’s radio interview, Commissioner Stevens said the investigation remained largely unchanged. “As far as I’m aware, it is the status quo from the most recent reports,” he said. “We are still working with Gus’s mum and dad and there are other members of the family who are no longer co-operating.”

He confirmed officers from Taskforce Horizon would soon return to the remote sheep station as the search continues. “The task force, which comprises more than a dozen detectives and forensic specialists, will clearly be looking at any opportunity to provide closure to Gus’s mum and dad,” he said.

Source: Daily Express :: World Feed