BREAKING — Investigators have revealed a new and deeply disturbing piece of evidence in the disappearance of Gus Lamont: a recovered audio file of his final phone call to his parents, placed minutes before he vanished.
The call was retrieved from a damaged backup inside Gus’s smartphone after digital forensics reconstructed fragments of corrupted data. According to police, the file is incomplete — but what remains has been described as “critical and unnerving.”
Here is the official summary of the call:
📞 THE FIRST 10 SECONDS — GUS SOUNDS NORMAL
The call begins with shuffling noises and Gus breathing heavily, as if he’s been running or walking fast.
His voice is shaky but coherent:
“Mom? Dad? I think I’m lost… I don’t know how I ended up here.”
His mother asks him where he is. Gus replies:
“The trees look different. I don’t recognize this part of the trail.”
Wind can be heard faintly in the background, though the weather reports say the forest was still at that time.
📞 SECONDS 10–16 — SOMETHING CHANGES
At second 12, Gus abruptly stops speaking.
There is a strange clicking sound, rhythmic and distant, like two stones being tapped together.
At second 15, Gus whispers:
“Did you hear that?”
His father asks: “Hear what?”
Gus replies, almost inaudibly:
“Someone’s here…”
⚠️ SECOND 17 — THE DISTURBANCE
Investigators say the 17th second is the most critical.
A sharp, metallic distortion cuts through the audio — a noise that experts say does not match any environmental sound in the area. The call suddenly fills with static, and an unfamiliar voice — low, breathy, and close to the microphone — mutters something that analysts are still trying to decode.
Forensic technicians confirm:
→ The second voice is NOT Gus, nor either of his parents.
Immediately after the whisper, the call jolts with a thump, as if the phone hit the ground.
Gus’s father shouts his name repeatedly, but there is no response.
At 00:19, the line goes completely silent.
At 00:21, the call ends on its own.
📢 OFFICIAL POLICE COMMENT
A spokesperson said:
“The audio suggests Gus was not alone during the final moments of the call. We are working to isolate and analyze the unidentified voice.”
Investigators are enhancing the 17th-second audio and will release further findings once clarity improves.