Canada LILY & JACK SULLIVAN: Missing from Pictou County, Nova Scotia - 2 May 2025 - Ages 6 & 4 (11 Viewers)

Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were reported missing around 10 a.m. Friday. They were last seen on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station.

Police believe the siblings wandered away from their home and say there is no information to suggest they were abducted.
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Martell says he and Malehya Brooks-Murray asked Lily and Jack to quiet down on Friday morning to let the baby sleep.

He estimates it took up to 20 minutes to notice the two children were gone.

“A few minutes went by, I heard nothing. Got up, went out in the kitchen, checked everything, I seen they weren’t there. Checked their bedrooms and they weren’t there. So I looked out the backyard, that’s the only other place they would go, and their boots were gone. The door, the sliding door, was closed. Usually they don’t close the door, I usually have to remind them, remind them to close the door over and over,” he says.

Martell says he then jumped in his vehicle and started looking for them.

‘The house is just silent’: Stepdad speaks out as exhaustive search for missing N.S. children enters fifth day

The stepfather of two missing children in a rural area of Nova Scotia’s Pictou County is speaking out as the exhaustive search for the children enters its fifth day.

www.ctvnews.ca

media link: LILY & JACK SULLIVAN wandered off from their Pictou County, NOVA SCOTIA home on May 2, 2025 and are still MISSING!

 

[Guess Who]

What is the criteria in Nova Scotia?

Google is your friend. Look at the first one to start with. Look at the red




Amber Alerts are issued in Nova Scotia when police have confirmed a child or person of proven physical or mental disability has been abducted and the situation is time-critical.Jun 4, 2025

 

[Guess Who]

I already explained circumstamces that could cover it. None of the parents failed a poly so why are you even questioning it?

For one, polygraphs are not allowed in court for a reason. People get false readings all the time, which is why they are not allowed and the results can not even be brought up in court.
Two, it's possible destroying of evidence, is it not?
Three, why would you throw away a blanket of your missing child at all? They obviously have absolutely no issues of keeping broken stuff and trash around, by the looks of the place.

Why THAT blanket and AFTER a piece was supposedly found away from your home? Wouldn't you want to see if it has a missing piece that matches the one found?

 

[GrandmaBear]

I already explained circumstamces that could cover it. None of the parents failed a poly so why are you even questioning it? a

The results surprised me no doubt. I am wondering now about the step grandma although that would be pretty unusual, she also lived on the property, in fact I believe the property is hers.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I am interested in the car follow up. Putting a diaper on for nighttime is not unusual if kids are still prone to bedwetting at 4 or 5 years old.

Phones may not have signals in that remote area so there may be no point taking the phone.

Not sure i understand when they called the kids in sick for school. Was that before or after they found they were missing?

I don't think the diaper is unusual but it likely would have been dirty and perhaps taken off. I also wonder that way with dogs and scent.

I don't think one way or the other over the phone. I was just jotting down some facts to clarify it all in my mind.

Kids were seen day before at Dollarama with them so she was calling them in sick before they went missing.

 

[GrandmaBear]

For one, polygraphs are not allowed in court for a reason. People get false readings all the time, which is why they are not allowed and the results can not even be brought up in court.
Two, it's possible destroying of evidence, is it not?
Three, why would you throw away a blanket of your missing child at all? They obviously have absolutely no issues of keeping broken stuff and trash around, by the looks of the place.

Why THAT blanket and AFTER a piece was supposedly found away from your home? Wouldn't you want to see if it has a missing piece that matches the one found?

And YET they are a known tool for LE both here and in Canada. Even I don't believe two came through as truth telling and that it is a polygraph mistake on both. That's just too out there.I would like to know it was an LE polygrapher both times.

The blanket could have several explanations. Just one, the blanket was done for and a parent threw it away, even maybe telling her they were and that she' too old for it or something. She then pulls her favorite blankie out of the trash when they leave but only gets a piece. Just one possible very reasonable explanation.

 

[Tresir]

Google is your friend. Look at the first one to start with. Look at the red




Amber Alerts are issued in Nova Scotia when police have confirmed a child or person of proven physical or mental disability has been abducted and the situation is time-critical.Jun 4, 2025

Well I bet that isn't too often. Not like the US that has to have a vehicle involved.

So didn't the kids autism qualify them as an Amber Alert? Were they confirmed on the spectrum?

 

[Tresir]

For one, polygraphs are not allowed in court for a reason. People get false readings all the time, which is why they are not allowed and the results can not even be brought up in court.
Two, it's possible destroying of evidence, is it not?
Three, why would you throw away a blanket of your missing child at all? They obviously have absolutely no issues of keeping broken stuff and trash around, by the looks of the place.

Why THAT blanket and AFTER a piece was supposedly found away from your home? Wouldn't you want to see if it has a missing piece that matches the one found?

I did already answer these points. LE have got both pieces - the trash section and the branch section.

 

[Tresir]

The results surprised me no doubt. I am wondering now about the step grandma although that would be pretty unusual, she also lived on the property, in fact I believe the property is hers.

Yeah they polygraphed the three parents apparently - bio parents and stepfather and all three were good. They did the stepg'ma too but there were some anomalies.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Yeah they polygraphed the three parents apparently - bio parents and stepfather and all three were good. They did the stepg'ma too but there were some anomalies.

I watched something last night that said they are looking at stepgrandma. I should have linked it. It had a mix of info in it. I think it was on Hidden True Crime and she was playing video from someone there, etc. For me too, stepgma kind of stands out here. There isn't really enough that we know to be sure of that though.

 

[RoundPeg]

I watched something last night that said they are looking at stepgrandma. I should have linked it. It had a mix of info in it. I think it was on Hidden True Crime and she was playing video from someone there, etc. For me too, stepgma kind of stands out here. There isn't really enough that we know to be sure of that though.

I wonder if LE asks questions prior to a polygraph. Anxiety, certain medications, certain physical conditions can all throw a polygraph off.

Did anyone else notice the wording on Mom's results? She was honest on "specific questions".

 

[Guess Who]

Well I bet that isn't too often. Not like the US that has to have a vehicle involved.

So didn't the kids autism qualify them as an Amber Alert? Were they confirmed on the spectrum?

Never confirmed that they were on the spectrum. It's the parent's speculation that they were. There was never a confirmation of abduction so autism or not, it wouldn't meet the criteria.

 

[Guess Who]

I did already answer these points. LE have got both pieces - the trash section and the branch section.

And they only got the trash section because they did a trash dump, which was smart of LE on that part. Step dad also admitted he was the one that put it there. He put it in the trash AFTER they were told the piece was found. 100% this is evidence tampering since he was aware of the piece being found.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I wonder if LE asks questions prior to a polygraph. Anxiety, certain medications, certain physical conditions can all throw a polygraph off.

Did anyone else notice the wording on Mom's results? She was honest on "specific questions".

Yesah, know some things affect them. Going over questions so that there are no surprises can help. Whose are you talking of, grandma's?

I did notice that on mom's. My first thought was why would they ask vague questions anyhow? I wish more would be said on that with an example of a vague question. I do know yoi are to ask direct quesitons in polygraphs, mainly with yes and no answers.

Were they lawyered up by then? Because when a lawyer is involved, they often insist on the questions asked, not asked and what their own polygrapher.

I am still surprised both passed--I can only imagine LE was too. What affected grandma's I wonder...

 

[GrandmaBear]

And they only got the trash section because they did a trash dump, which was smart of LE on that part. Step dad also admitted he was the one that put it there. He put it in the trash AFTER they were told the piece was found. 100% this is evidence tampering since he was aware of the piece being found.

Where does that come from for a source?

 

[Guess Who]

Where does that come from for a source?

It's in several articles up thread

 

[Tresir]

And they only got the trash section because they did a trash dump, which was smart of LE on that part. Step dad also admitted he was the one that put it there. He put it in the trash AFTER they were told the piece was found. 100% this is evidence tampering since he was aware of the piece being found.

Presumably they were asked about the blanket in the lie detector tests .

 

[Tresir]

It's in several articles up thread

Its in one post upthread that says they got it from a trash bag at the end of the lane. I did a search.

 

[GrandmaBear]

Its in one post upthread that says they got it from a trash bag at the end of the lane. I did a search.

Does it say he said he put it in there and all the other stuff?

 

[Tresir]

Does it say he said he put it in there and all the other stuff?

I didnt read it all once i saw that it was in a trash bag at the end of the lane.

I don't think the diaper is unusual but it likely would have been dirty and perhaps taken off. I also wonder that way with dogs and scent.

I don't think one way or the other over the phone. I was just jotting down some facts to clarify it all in my mind.

Kids were seen day before at Dollarama with them so she was calling them in sick before they went missing.

The day before was when the school had a day off wasn't it ? So she wouldn't have needed to call them in sick that day. The fact they found a boot print some way from the house and that there boots were gone tells me they went off maybe heading for their little camp. Plus the boots weren't found anywhere so they either had an accident or were abducted IMO.

 

[GrandmaBear]

I didnt read it all once i saw that it was in a trash bag at the end of the lane.

The day before was when the school had a day off wasn't it ? So she wouldn't have needed to call them in sick that day. The fact they found a boot print some way from the house and that there boots were gone tells me they went off maybe heading for their little camp. Plus the boots weren't found anywhere so they either had an accident or were abducted IMO.

They must be in a special school or something because school was out in Nova Scotia. I know this as I watch a cooking life vlog of a mom and her kids and husband.

Also, I thought the day off school came first and then she called them in but I won't swear by it.

I'm not sure what I think any llonger. Stranger abduction is entirely off my list though. I just can't see it. First, they'd have to get to a road. Second is a stranger going to grab two kids, one in a diaper (or not at that point) and both probably a bit dirty and disheveled. I mean I guess it's possible but it all seems pretty unlikely to me.

I have had the thought that maybe the kids did wander off and perhaps a parent or grandparent found them and was irate with them for their behavior. That doesn't really fit though either, in fact, nothing really does.

I wonder how well his mother got along with the kids and their mother. Did the kids cause her problems? We know both families went at it when this happened.

Can cops lie there as they can here...?