South Australian police confirm they're scaling back search for missing 4-year-old

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00:00SA Police addressed the media a short time ago and they announced that they will be scaling

00:07back a search for a four-year-old boy in South Australia's Mid-North.

00:11Now four-year-old Gus was last seen on Saturday evening at his family's homestead about 40

00:17kilometres south of Yanta.

00:19He was playing in the sand and he was left alone for about 30 minutes.

00:23His grandmother went to check on him and when he wasn't there that's when they called in

00:27emergency services.

00:28It's understood the family search for about three hours and then it was about 9.30 at

00:33night when a police helicopter arrived and commenced the search.

00:36Now ever since Sunday morning this search has just rapidly increased.

00:40There's been a really large police presence, SES volunteers, mounted operations, water operations

00:47and even ADF personnel which we saw yesterday and in fact SA Police said today that this

00:52has been one of the largest and most intensive searches for a missing person in South Australia

00:57in recent times.

00:58Now just a little earlier Assistant Commissioner Ian Parrott addressed the media where he said

01:03that despite the fact that they were all hoping for a miracle, a miracle has not eventuated

01:09in this case.

01:10They say that they are confident they have done everything they can to try and find this little

01:15way.

01:16Despite the professional advice it being unlikely that Gus would have survived, we have maintained

01:21and in fact increased the effort to try and locate him and bring him back to his family.

01:30Unfortunately at no point has there been any significant evidence that has enabled us to really focus

01:38in a direction for our search, give us any clues as to where he may have gone.

01:45Now Assistant Commissioner Parrott also said that they had spoken to Gus's family about

01:50every potential outcome based on scientific evidence about the survival of a four year old

01:55boy in this type of terrain and in the type of clothes he was wearing.

02:01They say that they're confident they've done everything they can and they're now having

02:04to scale back this search after about seven days.

02:07They say they'll continue to follow any lines of inquiry and continue this investigation.

02:13They say every piece of information to date shows that this little boy has just wandered

02:18off and at this stage there is still no suggestion of anything suspicious in his disappearance.

02:23They say that it appears to be, you know, a tragic set of circumstances and they hold out hope

02:28that they still can find Gus and return him to his family.

02:32They say although there might not be as strong of a presence on this property in South Australia's

02:37Mid-North, they say they're now going to pursue an investigation process and they say that

02:42police will not sleep or rest until they find this boy and bring him back to his family.