Cops return to house where missing little boy Gus, 4, vanished after calling off search in  Australian outback

The case is now officially a missing persons investigation

POLICE have returned to a house in an Australian outback where a four-year-old boy vanished – after calling the search off.

August “Gus” Lamont vanished last Saturday evening while playing outside his grandparents’ remote homestead about 24 miles south of Yunta, north-east of Adelaide.

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August ‘Gus’ Lamont still hasn’t been found after he disappeared last SaturdayCredit: SA Police

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Australian cops said the four-year-old left behind a single footprintCredit: 7 News
His grandmother last saw him playing near a dirt mound before he vanished.

The only clue searchers uncovered was a single child-sized footprint about 500 metres from the homestead.

Cops called off the search after no clothing, hat, or any other sign of the boy was found.

The case is now officially a missing persons investigation — but police vowed not to stop searching for answers.

“We will continue to pursue ongoing lines of inquiry, and we will not rest until we can try and find the answer to why Gus has gone missing, and hopefully, for the family, return him to them,” Commissioner Parrott said.

Authorities have now returned to the family’s property to investigate the case presumed death of the four-year-old boy.

Officers spent more than two hours speaking with family and taking photos around the property, 9News reports.

Police said all the evidence so far suggests the boy’s disappearance is not suspicious.