The South Australian Outback has been gripped by heartbreak and confusion as the desperate search for four-year-old August “Gus” Lamont enters its sixth day.
The little boy vanished from his grandparents’ property south of Yunta, with the only sign of him being a tiny footprint spotted in the dirt.
Authorities have now shifted the operation from rescue to recovery, fearing it is unrealistic for a child so young to survive alone for this long.
