# The Mystery of Gus Lamont - Declaring a “Major Crime” Page: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-australia-7020233/the-mystery-of-gus-lamont-declaring-a-major-crime Text version: https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-australia-7020233/the-mystery-of-gus-lamont-declaring-a-major-crime.md Podcast: [The Trial: Australia](https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-australia-7020233) Published: 2026-02-12T14:52:39+00:00 Episode link: https://shows.acast.com/the-trial-aus/episodes/the-mystery-of-gus-lamont-declaring-a-major-crime Audio file: https://sphinx.acast.com/p/open/s/6846a290f47b55b37a17dfc8/e/698de78c5a0d566e5b90edaf/media.mp3 Processing state: not_requested JSON: https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trial-australia-7020233/episodes/the-mystery-of-gus-lamont-declaring-a-major-crime Duration seconds: 1703 ## Resource South Australia Police have declared the disappearance of four-year-old Gus Lamont a major crime, in a monumental moment of the case. What began as a desperate search for a little boy who vanished while playing at his grandparents’ remote outback sheep station has now become a criminal investigation, with one family member identified as a suspect.  In this episode, Wayne speaks with reporter Karleigh Smith, who has been on the ground in South Australia, about the unprecedented scale of the search, the hiring of high-profile defence lawyers, and the mounting questions surrounding the events of that day. With no trace of Gus found despite one of the largest searches in state history, we unpack all the new information in this case. Follow us on Tiktok @DailyMailCrime Email us thetrial@mailmetromedia.co.uk Whatsapp us +447796657512 (start your message with ‘Trial’)   Presenter: Wayne Flower  Producer: Sam Morris Creative Director: Caroline Cheetham Production Manager: Vittoria Cecchini   A Daily Mail production. Seriously Popular. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. ## Actions - request_transcript: `POST https://stenobird.com/v1/public/podcasts/the-trial-australia-7020233/episodes/the-mystery-of-gus-lamont-declaring-a-major-crime/transcription-requests` — Idempotently request low-priority transcript generation for this episode. - read_markdown: `GET https://stenobird.com/podcast/the-trial-australia-7020233/the-mystery-of-gus-lamont-declaring-a-major-crime.md` — Read the agent-friendly Markdown representation of this episode resource. A page view does not enqueue transcription. Agents should invoke `request_transcript` explicitly when they need this episode processed. ## Transcript Full transcripts are not published on public pages unless there is a clear rights basis.