CANADA Canada - Jack, 4 & Lilly Sullivan, 6, Vulnerable, wandered from home 10am, Gairloch Rd, Landsdowne Station, Pictou County, NS, 2 May 2025 #7

[BCSleuth]

My point wasn't about her. It was about HIM. Why would you tell someone to wait on calling 911? What did you need to check or do first?

But beyond that, the dynamic of her feeling the need to ask him. "*Should* we call?" Not, "oh god we need to call 911". It's a subtle thing to read too much into, but I think it potentially demonstrates a pattern of needing to defer to Daniel about decisions.

But in calling regardless of his wishes, I think it demonstrates that Malehya was (perhaps even subconsciously?) suspicious of Daniel. She took the opportunity to call in his absence, maybe hoping to be able to speak more freely.

While listening to the search on scanner, there was a heaviness of things unsaid. One thing that was spoken in very laden tones was the assertions that "family INSISTS they would NEVER cross the road, under any circumstances, so there's definitely no need to search in that direction". The searchers were clearly communicating some polite skepticism of family narrative during the very first day of searching. Same with their tone around the reported timeline for last hearing them.

It's that same special tone used by doctors and social workers. "So and so reports that..."

They arrived on scene, and knew right away that there may be some "unreliable narrator" potential.

If my kids were playing in the yard and suddenly disappeared I would definitely want to check their fort and/or "cabin" or wherever they often went to play before calling 911. Calling 911 is not a trivial thing. If you are going to report your kids missing you want to make sure they are actually missing. In fact, this thing where MBM just knew she had to phone is a huge red flag for me. There is something really wrong there. I'm thinking that, at the very least, the time that had transpired was much more than the 20 minutes they are claiming.

 

[Lexiintoronto]

My point wasn't about her. It was about HIM. Why would you tell someone to wait on calling 911? What did you need to check or do first?

But beyond that, the dynamic of her feeling the need to ask him. "*Should* we call?" Not, "oh god we need to call 911". It's a subtle thing to read too much into, but I think it potentially demonstrates a pattern of needing to defer to Daniel about decisions.

But in calling regardless of his wishes, I think it demonstrates that Malehya was (perhaps even subconsciously?) suspicious of Daniel. She took the opportunity to call in his absence, maybe hoping to be able to speak more freely.

While listening to the search on scanner, there was a heaviness of things unsaid. One thing that was spoken in very laden tones was the assertions that "family INSISTS they would NEVER cross the road, under any circumstances, so there's definitely no need to search in that direction". The searchers were clearly communicating some polite skepticism of family narrative during the very first day of searching. Same with their tone around the reported timeline for last hearing them.

It's that same special tone used by doctors and social workers. "So and so reports that..."

They arrived on scene, and knew right away that there may be some "unreliable narrator" potential.

I’ve heard snippets of the scanner feed, but not what you mentioned. Could you please post a link to what you’ve quoted above?

 

[Twistinginthewind]

I recall DM mentioning in one media interview (IIRC, but can't find an MSM or RCMP source for this) that he said he first checked "the little fort of sticks Lilly and Jack would sometimes play in they had up there" near / above the trailer elevationwise perhaps.

However, I don't know if this should be treated as fact or would be moreso something he said.

Unless someone has a quote with a link to MSM source I missed about the existence of the fort with corroboration from a family member living there or nearby, TIA.

JMO

 

[MistyWaters]

I recall DM mentioning in one media interview (IIRC, but can't find an MSM or RCMP source for this) that he said he first checked "the little fort of sticks Lilly and Jack would sometimes play in they had up there" near / above the trailer elevationwise perhaps.

However, I don't know if this should be treated as fact or would be moreso something he said.

Unless someone has a quote with a link to MSM source I missed about the existence of the fort with corroboration from a family member living there or

At 2:45 DM’s mother shows the CBC reporter a fort with sticks made by the children, close by in the woods. She claims she searched the entire area.

But iirc DM also mentioned checking some old cabins that were back in the woods.

 

[su5ie]

I recall DM mentioning in one media interview (IIRC, but can't find an MSM or RCMP source for this) that he said he first checked "the little fort of sticks Lilly and Jack would sometimes play in they had up there" near / above the trailer elevationwise perhaps.

However, I don't know if this should be treated as fact or would be moreso something he said.

Unless someone has a quote with a link to MSM source I missed about the existence of the fort with corroboration from a family member living there or nearby, TIA.

JMO

Janie mentions and shows the reporter the Fort in her interview video ,I don't have a link to that though as it was months ago

 

[su5ie]

Thanks misty , didnt scroll to your message when I replied to twistingthewind

 

[Twistinginthewind]

Thanks misty , didnt scroll to your message when I replied to twistingthewind

Yes, thank you @MistyWaters for responding so quickly and providing the link to the video of DM's mom who showed the CBC reporter the kid's fort. I missed it and hadn't watched this before.

 

[katydid23]

"We didn't see them anywhere. And Malehya said, should I call 911? And I said, well, just wait one second. I ran up in the woods to the kids. They have cabins up in the woods. It’s about, I don't know, 100 feet up in the woods. Ran up there, ran right back down, which only took me like 30 seconds." - Daniel Martell, transcribed quote

https://www.cbc.ca/radio/thecurrent/friday-july-18-2025-episode-transcript-1.7588759

Think about that.

-Should we call 911?

-No, wait. Let me go.... ???

Really?

Did it only take 30 seconds?

SHE made the 911 call. And did it in the moments he ran off. After telling her to wait. Her instinct knew the call needed to be made, despite his urge to wait. I think there may even have been an urgency to call while he wasn't right there.

Maybe that is why LE didn't find any drugs in the house that morning---he may have cleaned it out quickly before they arrived?

He can't deny what he's already publicly admitted to The Globe and Mail:



There's another "I do it a lot, but it's not a *problem*" type similar quote in some of the unmentionable sources and their loosely vetted screengrabs.