In a chilling new twist to the mysterious disappearance of nine-year-old Gus Lamont, investigators have revealed that the boy’s grandmother came forward with a disturbing statement — one that could completely change the direction of the case.
According to police sources, the elderly woman told detectives that a man she had never seen before appeared at her doorstep just days before Gus went missing. His questions, she said, were “unsettling” and “made the hairs on my neck stand up.”
“He asked things no stranger should ever ask about a child,” she told authorities. “Where he played, when he walked home, if he was ever alone.”
The encounter that now haunts her
The grandmother, who lives only a few streets away from the Lamont family home, described the man as tall, thin, wearing a dark jacket and a baseball cap. He spoke softly but seemed nervous — glancing around as if he didn’t want to be seen.
“At the time, I thought he was maybe a delivery man who got the wrong house,” she told investigators. “But now… I can’t stop thinking about his eyes. They looked empty.”
Police are now treating this information as a critical lead in what has become one of the most haunting missing-child cases in recent years.
CCTV and witness hunt intensify
Following the new testimony, detectives immediately began canvassing nearby streets, checking CCTV footage from surrounding homes and stores in the area.
A source within the investigation told The Herald Wire that officers may have already found a blurry image matching the grandmother’s description — captured by a camera outside a corner grocery store roughly 300 meters from her house.
“It’s grainy, but the timing fits,” the source said. “The man was seen walking in the same direction as Gus’s route home from school.”
Family fears deepen
The Lamont family, already reeling from weeks of uncertainty, said this revelation has “shaken them to the core.”
“It means someone was watching him,” a family friend said tearfully. “They were planning this.”
Neighbors have since come forward claiming they, too, saw a suspicious vehicle parked on the street several times that week, possibly connected to the unidentified man.
“It was an old white van, no plates on the back,” one resident recalled. “We didn’t think much of it — now I wish we had.”
Police remain cautious but intrigued
Authorities have not publicly confirmed whether the sighting is linked directly to Gus’s disappearance but admit that the grandmother’s statement adds a chilling new dimension to their ongoing investigation.
Detective Inspector Megan Holt, who is leading the case, said in a brief press conference:
“We are following up on all credible leads. Any information related to unknown persons approaching family members before the disappearance is being treated with utmost seriousness.”
She also urged the public to remain vigilant, particularly anyone who may have seen a man acting strangely around children in the area in the days before Gus vanished.
An eerie pattern emerging?
Online speculation has erupted since news of the grandmother’s account broke. Some users claim this detail could connect to previous reports of a “red pickup truck” seen near the Lamont home, while others fear it points to a larger pattern of targeted abductions in nearby towns.
For now, police refuse to confirm or deny any connection — but one thing is clear:
“The grandmother’s memory might be the breakthrough we’ve been waiting for,” a detective reportedly said. “Someone out there knows who that man is. And we need to find him — fast.”