Canada LILY & JACK SULLIVAN: Missing from Pictou County, Nova Scotia since 2 May 2025 - Ages 6 & 4 (1 Viewer)

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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.

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‘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.
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media link: LILY & JACK SULLIVAN wandered off from their Pictou County, NOVA SCOTIA home on May 2, 2025 and are still MISSING!
 
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I hate to say it but if they did it and had several days, these kids could be anywhere, if the parents had a vehicle. Or they would have time to dig, cover the area with brush after burying, etc.
 

Stepdad of missing N.S. kids says he hopes 'something positive' will come from renewed search​

The stepdad of two missing kids in rural Pictou County, N.S., says he hopes the ground search and rescue operation that resumed Saturday will bring Lilly and Jack Sullivan back home.

"I'm really hopeful that they find something," said Daniel Martell. "I'm grateful for each and everyone of them that take the time out here to go through black flies and go through … these forests are absolutely so dense."


More than 100 people from five different search and rescue teams were at work on Saturday.

"I'm just hoping for something positive, a positive outcome that's bringing the kids home," Martell said. "That's the main goal here. It's the main goal. It's just to find the truth."

Martell said rampant online speculation has been difficult for his family to deal with for the past two weeks.

"It's hard on everyone. It's hard on me, it's hard on Malehya [the children's mother], it's hard on the families," he said. "I mean, it's been hard on the search and rescue guys cause they don't want to feel like they're failing us for not finding anything."

Since the kids went missing, Martell has said he asked police to give him a polygraph test to clear up speculation.

Despite this, Martell said his family and community have been a constant source of support and hope.

Amy Hansen, one of the search managers, said the search resumed this weekend so the teams could "come back in with fresh people and cover more areas because we haven't resolved the situation yet."

"We just want to find these children and bring them home," said Hansen.

The searchers will be expanding into areas that haven't been searched. They will also be looking more deeply into areas already covered, including where children tend to go when missing in wooded areas.

Multiple drones in the air from different agencies are being used to help with the search.

Hansen said previous search efforts were suspended because of exhaustion, stress and injuries consisting of bad falls, sprained ankles and twisted knees. But they are now prepared to search for the weekend.

"Everybody's rested, refreshed, ready to go," said Hansen. "They're still going to push themselves to the point where they can't anymore, but they're troopers."
 
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Ground and air teams renew search and rescue efforts for Lily and Jack Sullivan in Pictou County, N.S.

Five teams and 100 people from across the province are working with civil air search and rescue teams in the renewed search for Lily and Jack Sullivan who went missing from their home in Pictou County, N.S., on May 2.
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Ground and air teams renew search and rescue efforts for Lily and Jack Sullivan in Pictou County, N.S.​

Renewed ground and air search efforts took place in Lansdowne Station, N.S., on Saturday for six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack Sullivan.

“We have five of the teams across the province here from the Strait area, Pictou County, Colchester, East Hants, and Halifax. We also have civil air search and rescue on site as well with one of their drones. We have approximately about one hundred people on site right now,” said search manager Amy Hansen.


The two children were last seen at their home on Gairloch Road on May 2. The children’s stepfather, Daniel Martell said seeing the renewed effort brings him hope.

“I know some people take days off work to even be here, so I am grateful for that and I am grateful for everybody that is applying their search efforts,” said Martell.

Police scaled back search efforts last week and said there was little chance the siblings were alive but that didn’t deter search and rescue teams on Saturday.

“Just come back in with fresh people and cover more areas because we haven’t resolved the situation yet,” said Hansen. “We just want to find these children and bring them home,”

After fifteen days, Martell said he’s still hopeful the children will be found and still believes an abduction is possible.

“I’ve been calling for abduction since the first or second day as you guys have seen on the news,” he said “I wanted officers at all the borders, New Brunswick and P.E.I. and the airports but they said it wasn’t a concern and now it’s obviously a concern.”



Hansen said the team decides where to search next by analyzing behaviour. He said children follow patterns.

“We have statistics for distances travelled and stuff like that, so we try to cover off all the areas that we just haven’t had the time or the manpower to get into yet,” he said.

More than two weeks have passed since the search began but Hansen said the timeframe has no bearing on their approach.

“Children in that age range tend to hide anyway even early on,” he said. “So it’s just a very thorough effort to get into all of these areas because if somebody is hiding under a deadfall or something like that, they have to be able to see.”

Search and Rescue personnel said they plan to continue the search Sunday if Lilly and Jack Sullivan are not found.

“The only reason we would stop would be because we found them today,” said Hansen. “The plan is to go tomorrow, hoping to have at least another hundred people here tomorrow and push through until the end of the day at least.”
 
Hmm, he still likes point out the polograph WHICH has never been said one was even taken or given, and still on the abduction thing.

It's interesting that they talked as if they were wrapping it al up not long ago and now they are back searching...

Just a thought but I wonder if they've watched his actions somehow since they left the area...
 
IMO, it's pretty rare for a search for missing CHILDREN to be called off after 6 days because searchers are "tired". Sure, it's an extremely rural area without a ton of resources. But six days? It was called off for a reason, but "tiredness" likely wasn't it.

The initial search for Summer Wells went nearly two weeks. Kyron Horman's went 10 days. Arden Pepion's went 10 days. Michael Vaughan's went more than 2 weeks.
The search for Dylan Ehlers, another Nova Scotia child, did last only 6 days. But he was believed to be in a river.

They also don’t “restart” a search in “specific areas” just for fun and because they’re “rested” now.
 
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Yeah, the public was pretty upset imo and this is nicer weather and imo at 6 and 4 they POSSIBLY still could have been alive. Not saying odds would have been high but I think still possible. Perhaps Canada does it in a week? I honestly don't know.

And then to restart it... I hate to say it but if they were out there alive calling off the search, we can be pretty certain by now they are dead.

Just can't figure out what they are doing that now they are going back out. It would seem they must have found out something? I don't know how though. Maybe it's as simple as they feel they have a case and want to give finding the bodies one last shot before charging?
 
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IMO, it's pretty rare for a search for missing CHILDREN to be called off after 6 days because searchers are "tired". Sure, it's an extremely rural area without a ton of resources. But six days? It was called off for a reason, but "tiredness" likely wasn't it.

The initial search for Summer Wells went nearly two weeks. Kyron Horman's went 10 days. Arden Pepion's went 10 days. Michael Vaughan's went more than 2 weeks.
The search for Dylan Ehlers, another Nova Scotia child, did last only 6 days. But he was believed to be in a river.

They also don’t “restart” a search in “specific areas” just for fun and because they’re “rested” now.
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It certainly is strange. Personally I think they must have had some specific tips in those 180 tips that has now changed their mind. They previously said they stopped due to injuries to the searchers and that the kids would no longer be alive.

"Hansen said previous search efforts were suspended because of exhaustion, stress and injuries consisting of bad falls, sprained ankles and twisted knees. But they are now prepared to search for the weekend."
 

Ground search for missing Pictou County kids likely to end Sunday​

The ground search for two missing Pictou County siblings is likely to end Sunday, according to a person helping oversee the ground search and rescue effort.

Amy Hansen, one of the search managers, said Saturday's search went very well. She said searchers covered 1.5-square kilometres of area they hadn't examined before, as well as "higher probability areas" around waterways.

She said the search would probably wrap up Sunday at 8 p.m. AT. Hansen she wasn't aware of anything being found during Saturday's search effort.

"We're not anticipating continuing tomorrow, but that's a conversation that has to happen with the RCMP incident commander later on in the day," said Hansen.

Hansen said the searchers did not cover as much ground as expected Saturday. She said searchers are being hampered by fallen trees and branches left by post-tropical storm Fiona, which hit Nova Scotia in September 2022.

"The ticks are always a problem," she said. "We had some fresh bear prints found yesterday ... it's Nova Scotia woods at this point."
 

Ground search for missing Pictou County kids ends, for now​

The ground search for two missing Pictou County siblings ended Sunday, according to an RCMP news release.


The news release said more than 115 volunteer searchers took part on Sunday. They focused on specific areas around Gairloch Road.

Investigators and search managers were reviewing and assessing the weekend's search to determine their next steps, according to the media release.

"We extend our sincere appreciation to the search and rescue volunteers who have selflessly given up over 10,000 hours of their time since this search began," Staff Sgt. Curtis MacKinnon of the Pictou County District RCMP said in the release.

"Their tireless commitment in truly gruelling conditions is appreciated by both the RCMP and the greater community."
 
Joe Giacalone and Grizzly did a good live about this..... I believe it was on her channel but if you guys didn't know yet he is back in full force on his channel and oh it's just great imo
 
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Joe Giacalone and Grizzly did a good live about this..... I believe it was on her channel but if you guys didn't know yet he is back in full force on his channel and oh it's just great imo
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I saw they did a show but didn't watch it. I've wondered where he has been. I'm not the biggest fan of hers but it doesn't extent to where I will never watch her. I like watching him though.
 
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Second search ends in Pictou County, N.S., with Lilly and Jack Sullivan still missing

Search and rescue teams renewed their efforts to find six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack Sullivan on Saturday and Sunday, covering more ground and focusing on Gairloch Road, near their house.
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Second search ends in Pictou County, N.S., with Lilly and Jack Sullivan still missing​

Search and rescue teams renewed their efforts to find six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack Sullivan on Saturday and Sunday, covering more ground and focusing on Gairloch Road, near their house.

“There were a few probability areas around waterways and stuff like that where we put teams back around,” says search manager Amy Hansen.

“Now that they haven’t found anything there, they have to determine their next steps based on tips and investigative leads.”

Hansen said everyone of the hundreds of tips they receive has to be followed.

“They are going to start closest to the children and work their way out,” says Chris Lewis, CTV’s public Safety Analyst and Former OPP Commissioner.

“If those children are not in that bush then what happened to them?”

RCMP scaled back the search on May 7. They said they will review the search effort from Saturday and Sunday to help the investigation. They declined to comment further.

The children’s stepfather, Daniel Martell says he hasn’t given up hope.

“It’s just pure exhaustion at this point, sadness just turns to anger at this point because there are no answers,” Martell said. “I mean I hope every day but the hope just turns into anger because there is nothing.”

The RCMP have not released their plans for the next phase of the investigation but Lewis says the public needs to trust the police.

“This isn’t their first rodeo,” he said. “This is not their first search and not their first major investigation.”

Lewis said the children may not be alive but they still have to be found.

“In terms of any evidence that might be provided and given closure to the family and friends that want to see those kids recovered in some way,” he said.


Martell says he wants police to exhaust all resources.

“Bring cadaver dogs, they search for anything they can find, I want as much as they can do,” he said.

Search and rescue will only return to the area at the request of the RCMP.
 
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