Gus Lamont: Police call off search for boy missing in Australian outback

Though the search for Gus Lamont has ended, police say they will continue investigating his disappearance.

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Gus Lamont was last seen playing outside his home on a remote sheep station near Yunta, about 300km (186 miles) from Adelaide, on 27 September.

His grandmother left him alone for about half an hour before checking on him, only to find the boy missing, prompting one of the largest land and air searches in South Australian history.

Police - who do not suspect foul play - say they will continue investigating, but that the case has become a "recovery operation".

Last week, authorities briefly wound down the search, only to restart it on Tuesday alongside 80 Australian Defense Force personnel.