😱🚨“THIS WAS NOT AN ACCIDENT!” — Police Confirm: 4-Year-Old Gus Lamont Did NOT Disappear Alone… New Detail Leaves the Nation in SHOCK! Former Detective Gary Jubelin Speaks Out: After Months of Dead Ends, Investigators Make Horrifying Breakthrough – Main Suspect May Be Someone Inside the Home, Authorities Now Probing Serious Crime with Growing Fears Gus Has Died. ONE KEY DETAIL Has Shattered the Last Hope of Finding Him Alive

Australia awoke this morning to a statement that has shattered what little hope remained in the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont.

In a sombre, carefully worded press conference outside Perth Police Headquarters, Detective Superintendent Rod Wilde confirmed the single detail that has changed everything: Gus did not wander off alone. He did not fall into a mine shaft by accident. The child was taken.

“This was not an accident,” Wilde said, his voice low and deliberate. “New forensic and digital evidence has established beyond reasonable doubt that Gus was removed from the property by another person. We are now treating this as a serious criminal matter involving abduction and possible homicide.”

The crucial revelation – the one that has left a nation in stunned silence – is this: Gus’s blue toy truck, previously found lodged 14 metres down an abandoned mine shaft 2.1 km from home, was not carried there by the child. Forensic analysis of soil layers, pollen traces, insect activity and microscopic transfer evidence shows the toy was deliberately placed in the shaft after Gus vanished – almost certainly as part of an attempt to mislead searchers.

That single fact – the truck was planted – has collapsed the “wandered and fell” theory that had dominated the investigation for weeks. It also points an unmistakable finger inward: someone with intimate knowledge of the property, the surrounding bushland and the family’s routines placed the toy there.

Former NSW homicide detective Gary Jubelin – the man who led the William Tyrrell investigation – appeared on Sky News Australia this morning and did not mince words:

“This is now a homicide investigation in all but name. The truck being planted inside a shaft 2 km away is not the work of a four-year-old. It is the work of an adult who knew exactly what they were doing. The fact that the shaft was chosen – remote, deep, unstable – suggests someone who wanted the search to focus there for as long as possible. That level of calculation does not come from a stranger walking past. My experience tells me the answer is much closer to home.”

Police have not yet named a new suspect, but they have confirmed that Daniel Robert Kellett – the 38-year-old Kalamunda man arrested on 9 February and charged with abduction and deprivation of liberty – is no longer the sole focus. Sources say investigators are now urgently re-examining everyone who had access to the Lamont property in the hours before Gus vanished, including family friends, tradespeople, neighbours and anyone who knew the family’s daily patterns.

Sarah and her husband left Mundaring two days ago “for their safety and wellbeing”. Yesterday’s statement from Sarah – “I cannot look at the person who killed my son” – takes on new, chilling weight. Police have placed protective measures around the family and are providing round-the-clock welfare support.

The Perth Hills community is in shock. Yellow ribbons that once symbolised hope now hang as memorials. Fundraising pages have surpassed $2.4 million, but many donors are quietly redirecting money to organisations that support families of long-term missing children. Vigils planned for this weekend will now be memorials rather than prayers for a safe return.

Gus’s father spoke outside their former home last night, voice barely audible:

“He was four. He liked trucks and dinosaurs and giving hugs. Someone took him from us. We just want to know where he is so we can bring him home… even if it’s only to say goodbye.”

Police have appealed again for anyone with information – no matter how small – to contact Crime Stoppers on 1800 333 000. They have also asked residents near old mine workings to check their properties for anything unusual.

A four-year-old boy vanished from his backyard on a sunny afternoon. A blue toy truck was planted deep in a shaft to mislead searchers. A family has fled their home because they fear the killer is someone they once trusted.

The nation that rallied around Gus for three weeks now weeps together.

The investigation is no longer a search for a lost child. It is a hunt for answers – and for justice.