Current 4yo Boy Missing Yunta SA

[31550]

My guess is police have had an open mind and been looking for any signs of where Gus could be during the searches. 600 square kms is a huge area. I’d imagine you might not have to leave the property.

Having an 'open mind' means looking beyond the property IMO. Sure he might be 'somewhere' on the 600 sq.m property, but if he is, then how did he get so far away without leaving a trace? Answer = human intervention.

Human intervention probably means a vehicle of some sort, which means roads, which lead away from the property.
It also means people - what facts can be collected about the people associated with Gus and the property? These facts can then lead to alternate search locations. Where do these people live or work or frequent? What vehicles do they have access to? What facts can be collected about these people, vehicles, and locations?

To continue to randomly search the far reaches of the property is not a logical, cost-effective or resource-effective approach IMO.

 

[Dogs_R_Us]

Could an animal have taken him?

 

[MP_]

Could an animal have taken him?

Unlikely for an animal to have “taken” a fully grow wedge tailed eagle can only carry 4-5kg. However an animal could be eating his body but there have been no reports of birds/animals acting in a manner to suggest this.

 

[MP_]

It would be interesting to know what the police have done to have repeatedly suggested there is no foul play in this case. I’m assuming they’ve used phone pings to track where all the family have been. I wonder if phones are being tapped as well. I think just the lack of information being fed to the public is what is leading to so much speculation.

 

[Kurve]

Could an animal have taken him?

That's the most unlikely thing that happened imo.

 

[MP_]

That's the most unlikely thing that happened imo.

However it could be likely he was bitten by a snake if he did actually wander off. That was my concern when the search was going on.

 

[Underarrest_]

Having an 'open mind' means looking beyond the property IMO. Sure he might be 'somewhere' on the 600 sq.m property, but if he is, then how did he get so far away without leaving a trace? Answer = human intervention.

Human intervention probably means a vehicle of some sort, which means roads, which lead away from the property.
It also means people - what facts can be collected about the people associated with Gus and the property? These facts can then lead to alternate search locations. Where do these people live or work or frequent? What vehicles do they have access to? What facts can be collected about these people, vehicles, and locations?

To continue to randomly search the far reaches of the property is not a logical, cost-effective or resource-effective approach IMO

Agree it would be a difficult task. Perhaps the drones will pick up something. Police are still analysing the footage.

 

[Kurve]

However it could be likely he was bitten by a snake if he did actually wander off. That was my concern when the search was going on.

Yep, I actually typed that in and deleted it while thinking about it.

It went along the lines of him being bitten by a snake and crawling under one of those bushes where he would be hard to find but the odds of him first wandering off that far he couldn't be heard yelling or get back to the house in the first place seem kind of slim. But then again he's also only 4yo where a hard bite would take him down a lot faster than say, an adult.

Dunno .. all kids are different but mine were snake savvy at 4yo and understood the usual advice. Go very wide, leave them alone, if you hear rustling move away fast, don't play in the wood pile, tell me if you see one etc.

 

[Lady O]

That's the most unlikely thing that happened imo.

That's what we said about Lindy Chamberlain.

 

[Kurve]

That's what we said about Lindy Chamberlain.

I didn't say that about Lindy Chamberlain, I believed her.

There's a big difference between Ayers Rock and dingoes hanging around tourist campsites unafraid of humans and a sheep farm inside a dingo proof fence where if they get in, they're hunted down and shot.

Professional shooters are employed in that region to do just that. It's all they do. I know because I knew someone who did it, a female actually.

Oh ... maybe the cops should check that out.

 

[Cataholic]

Unlikely for an animal to have “taken” a fully grow wedge tailed eagle can only carry 4-5kg. However an animal could be eating his body but there have been no reports of birds/animals acting in a manner to suggest this.

I'm sure I read somewhere that one of the searchers was adamant Gus was not on the property.

The searcher said they were taught to continue looking up as well as down, but no birds of prey were seen.

 

[Percel]

Snakes are nocturnal .

Absolute negative ghost rider

 

[MP_]

That's what we said about Lindy Chamberlain.

A dingo can quite easily take a baby that would have weighed 1-2kg. What animal in Yunta could have taken a kid that would have been between 14-20kg?

 

[MP_]

Snakes are nocturnal . Gus the little tacker has vanished into thin air. No press conference yet from the family.

What snakes are nocturnal ? They are cold blooded and rely on the warmth of the environment to be active.

 

[DemurePrincess]

A dingo can quite easily take a baby that would have weighed 1-2kg. What animal in Yunta could have taken a kid that would have been between 14-20kg?

A human mate! Let’s be serious here!

This is no disappearance. This is far more sinister and the truth will come out, hopefully sooner rather than later!

 

[MP_]

A human mate! Let’s be serious here!

This is no disappearance. This is far more sinister and the truth will come out, hopefully sooner rather than later!

We were talking about animals taking the child.

 

[Cataholic]

We were talking about animals taking the child.

I think the inference is that animal involvement is human.

 

[MP_]

I think the inference is that the animal is human.

Well the post said could an animal have taken him, surely if the inference was human you would just say that.

Kurve you made a good point about Gus yelling out during the search . I made the point the other day and this was based on talk about autism, if Gus was non verbal autistic (and I’m saying this as speculation) that would make the search extremely difficult.

 

[DemurePrincess]

Well the post said could an animal have taken him, surely if the inference was human you would just say that.

Kurve you made a good point about Gus yelling out during the search . I made the point the other day and this was based on talk about autism, if Gus was non verbal autistic (and I’m saying this as speculation) that would make the search extremely difficult.

Humans are animals but anyways

 

[Underarrest_]

Maybe Gus crawled into an animal hole that was naturally covered over and or by an animal themselves.

 

[Jim Cricket]

I think the police need to think more broadly than conducting a "search" operation.
They have had a month to search the immediate area, and have come up with absolutely nothing.
There is no indication he is currently ON the property anywhere.
They need to establish a verified timeline for Gus's movements, and those of people known to be on the property and/or closely associated with Gus.
Then develop a working theory or theories for what else could have happened to Gus (other than simply wandering off).
There is nothing to be gained from continued searching of the property - if Gus is there, then sadly, they can't help him now.
They are better off putting their energy and resources into other avenues of investigation. There's a (very remote) chance Gus is still alive somewhere. In any case, if he is not on the property, then there has been human intervention, which means somebody knows something. The sooner that information is discovered the better. IMO.

Why do you assume the police aren't doing all of this? Just because they show up at the property every week or two doesn't mean there's not a heap of other stuff happening behind the scenes unrelated to searching the property.

Also how can they establish a verified timeline of Gus's movements and those of his connections when they're on a sheep station in the middle of nowhere? It's very unlikely anyone else will know where they were and when. People looking for verified information from around the time of his disappearance won't be getting it.

 

[Cataholic]

Maybe Gus crawled into an animal hole that was naturally covered over and or by an animal themselves.

What's out there that would dig a big enough burrow and / or be aggressive enough to drag a child away?

 

[Kurve]

Well the post said could an animal have taken him, surely if the inference was human you would just say that.

Kurve you made a good point about Gus yelling out during the search . I made the point the other day and this was based on talk about autism, if Gus was non verbal autistic (and I’m saying this as speculation) that would make the search extremely difficult.

I'm thinking if he was autistic and non verbal we'd know unless the family didn't want that information out for some reason.

When AJ Elfalak went missing in the NSW bush, the information that he was autistic and non verbal was released straight away.

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[Collie_wobbles]

I'm sure I read somewhere that one of the searchers was adamant Gus was not on the property.

The searcher said they were taught to continue looking up as well as down, but no birds of prey were seen.

Maybe it was Jason O’Connell

 

[Underarrest_]

What's out there that would dig a big enough burrow and / or be aggressive enough to drag a child away?

Maybe a fox den. There were fox prints found.
Gus might have crawled into one, rather than an animal dragged him.