He said investigating the disappearance remained a “top priority” for the force, confirming officers from a specially formed taskforce would be returning to the family station at a later date.
“The taskforce, which comprises over a dozen people, detectives, forensic specialists, will clearly be looking at any opportunity to provide closure to Gus’ mum and dad,” Stevens said.
“We will be going back to the property. I can’t say when, I can’t say what the reasons will be, that’s entirely up to the taskforce, but the work is ongoing.”
He reiterated that investigators had “all but ruled out Gus having wandered off”.
“There has not been one single piece of evidence that we have located during the searching exercise, the most extensive search, arguably, in the history of South Australia, that has given us any indication that he did wander off,” Stevens said.
Last month, the boy’s grandmother, Josie Murray, was charged with unrelated firearms offences after a search of the station.
And last week his parents released previously unseen photographs and footage of the boy in the hope of sparking fresh information from the public.
In an emotional statement, they described how their lives had been “shattered” and that “every moment without him is unbearable”.
“You can’t imagine what the family is going through, as they say, this must be their darkest days,” Stevens said.
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