My mom was wondering why this wasn't being talked about, and I had a feeling Tranpa had a huge tranny finger in why it wasn't.
From the get go, I told my I had a gut feeling he was being diddled and it went wrong (whether Gus told someone, he got injured, Tranpa got too eager, etc) or people didn't check on him for hours at a time while playing outside. It's giving the vibe of the family just want to pretend "he ran away" or "died mysteriously."
I know it's just conjecture, but from my time watching and learning about true crime cases, this is often the case with "missing" children. Especially if the parents had a new/younger baby. If Gus really did have FAS, it would make him need more support and actual parenting, therefore a burden to neglectful parents.
Even though I don't trust Tranpa as far as I can throw him, I will say that grandparents aren't supposed to be surrogate parents. And it seems like this guy has a short fuse.
But sadly with how rural they lived, it's also possible that he got snatched by something.
But from what I understand, there's not really evidence for it- usually there'd be some evidence of an animal just ripped him away, wouldn't they? Or are Australian critters just so fucked up that they can just disappear a kid like that?
If it was a human abduction, there'd be witnesses or tire marks in the dirt. The place where it was seems really desolate, the type of place where you notice who comes and goes because not a lot of people come or go.
The kid had a shovel and a hat. Neither has been found. This is extremely suspicious, since 4 year olds usually drop stuff.
That is weird. if he got abducted by a human, they would've just left it there. Many actual abduction cases have evidence like that. Or if he got taken away from an animal, I'm sure there'd be evidence of a fight or scraps of clothes as well. It looks like someone wanted this happened.