Major search for boy, 4, missing in Australian outback for several days
After a week-long search involving over 100 personnel, police scale back efforts based on expert advice that survival chances in harsh conditions are diminishing rapidly.
- A major search is ongoing for a missing four-year-old boy, August "Gus" Lamont, in the Australian outback after he disappeared from his family's remote homestead on Saturday.
- Members of the Australian Defence Force and South Australia Police have joined the search effort, which has been bolstered by police cadets, emergency service volunteers, trail bike and ATV teams, drones, a traditional Aboriginal tracker, and community members.
- Gus' family said they were "devastated" by his disappearance and expressed gratitude for the search efforts.
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Police give devastating update on boy, 4, who vanished from grandparents' - The Mirror
August 'Gus' Lamont, from Australia, vanished without a trace almost a week ago. Police have issued a major update into the case as they scale back the search for the missing four year old
He went missing last Saturday - He was last seen on the family farm, about 320 kilometers north of Adelaide.
Four-year-old "Gus" has been missing for a week. He was last seen at his grandparents' house in the middle of the South Australian outback. "We miss him more than words can describe," says a family friend, writes the Daily Mail.
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