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

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Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Nova Scotia

Pictou County District RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan. They were last seen this morning, May 2, on Gairloch Rd. in...

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Pictou County District RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan. They were last seen this morning, May 2, on Gairloch Rd. in #LansdownStation, #Pictou County.

Lily Sullivan has shoulder-length light brown hair with bangs. She might be wearing a pink sweater, pink pants, and pink boots.

Jack Sullivan has short blondish hair. He’s wearing blue dinosaur boots. No other clothing description is available.

We ask that people spread the word through social media respectfully.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lily Sullivan and Jack Sullivan is asked to contact Pictou County District RCMP at 902-485-4333. To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips app.

File #: 2025-580096


Update, 1:10 p.m. Search efforts continue for Lily and Jack Sullivan in #PictouCounty. A vulnerable missing person alert was issued for Pictou County this morning to help find the two who were last seen at about 10 a.m. today, May 2, at a home on Gairloch Rd. before they wandered.

Missing children: Help the RCMP find Lily Sullivan and Jack Sullivan | Royal Canadian Mounted Police

May 2, 2025
Landsdowne Station, Nova Scotia

UPDATE: The search for missing children Lily and Jack Sullivan is ongoing in Pictou County.

Since just after 10 a.m. this morning, May 2, a search has been underway for two children who are believed to have wandered from a home on Gairloch Rd. in Lansdowne Station, Pictou County.

There is a multi-agency response currently on the ground in Pictou County. It includes resources from ground search and rescue teams from around the province who are collaborating to ensure resources and teams are available on an ongoing basis. Other resources and teams include the Civil Air Search and Rescue Association (CASARA), Department of Natural Resources Air Services, and several RCMP units, including RCMP Police Dog Services, RCMP Remotely Piloted Aircraft Systems (drones) operators, and others. Additionally, the RCMP issued a vulnerable missing person alert for Pictou County.

Police and others involved in the search appreciate the ongoing community support across the province related to this missing person investigation. We ask, however, that the public avoid the search area to allow trained searchers to do their work. The child's family has been kept updated on the search efforts.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lily and Jack Sullivan is asked to contact Pictou County District RCMP at 902-485-4333. To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips app.

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Pictou County District RCMP is asking for the public's assistance in locating six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan. They were last seen this morning, May 2, on Gairloch Rd. in Lansdown Station, Pictou County.

Lily Sullivan has shoulder-length light brown hair with bangs. She might be wearing a pink sweater, pink pants, and pink boots.

Jack Sullivan has short blondish hair. He's wearing blue dinosaur boots. No other clothing description is available.

We ask that people spread the word through social media respectfully.

Anyone with information on the whereabouts of Lily Sullivan and Jack Sullivan is asked to contact Pictou County District RCMP at 902-485-4333. To remain anonymous, call Nova Scotia Crime Stoppers, toll-free, at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477), submit a secure web tip at www.crimestoppers.ns.ca, or use the P3 Tips app.

Contact information

Strategic Communications and Media Relations
Nova Scotia RCMP
rcmpns-grcne@rcmp-grc.gc.ca

File number: 2025-580096
Thread #1

 

[CityKid]

I want to know when and how they knew the kids were outside if the quiet patio door was shut. What made them realize that?

That's what I'm not understanding. Per MBM's early comments about hearing them play in the next room, "We always make sure that we’re out there with them, watching them, and they happen to just get out that sliding door, and we can’t hear it when it opens, and they were outside playing, but we weren’t aware of it at the time, and the next thing we knew it was quiet." MOO but my first reaction would be that they must be hiding in the house, playing a trick on the grown-ups, and I'd be tearing through cupboards, looking under beds etc. My first thought would not be that my kids who never go outside without parental supervision had opened one particular door, closed it behind them and were playing silently outside. MOO: It's possible the kids have been tiny escape artists in the past (like many children; I was one!), the silent sliding door was never locked in a way they couldn't open it, they have probably played outside unsupervised before without incident, and MBM, thinking this might make her look a bit lax in her parenting, went overboard in describing herself as keeping the children thoroughly supervised. IMO I hope MBM, apart from DM, has had a chance to clarify this with the authorities.

‘We just want them home’: Mother of missing children in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County pleads for safe return

The mother of two missing children in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County is pleading for their safe return.

www.ctvnews.ca

 

[ttjo]

Joe Warmington wrote some factually wrong things about the girlfriend of Gabriel Wortman and just shrugged when he was proven wrong.

I know he doesn’t like the land acknowledgment, but there wasn’t urgency in this situation. Nobody is doing one when someone is bleeding out in surgery, or calling 911 to say that their house is on fire. He’s just preaching to his choir.

Its part of the truth and Reconciliation commission calls to action,
in a nutshell, a land acknowledgement Is about acknowledging the history of colonialism, past harms and reconciling relationships between non indigenous and indigenous people, by expressing good intentions. There is a lot more to it but that's a short explanation.

 

[AndrewM71]

Its part of the truth and Reconciliation commission calls to action,
in a nutshell, a land acknowledgement Is about acknowledging the history of colonialism, past harms and reconciling relationships between non indigenous and indigenous people, by expressing good intentions. There is a lot more to it but that's a short explanation. View attachment 584864

I have no problem with it.

He’s trying to make the point that it makes the missing children look unimportant, but in my opinion the press conference and the search are two different things.

 

[MistyWaters]

Well she could, for a while anyway. She could block him and not let him see the baby if she has concerns for the child's safety. I think he'd have to apply for a court order? If that's not how it works in Canada then someone please correct me.

It would become a matter for Child Protective Services to resolve. That she has concerns and intends to erase the father from this young child’s life is merely speculation at this point but even if she plans to go this route and her concerns are deemed to be legitimate, parental visits are often arranged under supervision to resolve those issues. Canada is known to be very considerate with granting both parents access to their children and so it’s very unlikely the father would be denied access to his child, regardless of what she might want.

I suspect there’s just too much going on right now to deal with visitation arrangements and the public would never know what they agree to as that’s a confidential matter.
JMO

 

[Tilly23]

I don't think the break up of the relationship between mom and step-dad would have to be inconsistent with the kids wandering off on their own and having a misadventure. I have no insight into their relationship, but I would not be surprised if they each feel guilty that they did not provide better supervision and that they may each also blame the other for the same.

The helpless anxiety of the moment - when the stakes are so high - could easily cause a person to lash out with blame (and maybe say some things that would be hard to unsay). The blow up between the two families on Saturday may have been this boiling over. Could it go as far as mom believing step-dad actually did something to the kids? I don't know, but a firm belief that "if only" step-dad had been a better parent and therefore is to blame, would be tough to get over. And so would the guilt that you would be holding - both for your own actions on the day and for having brought the step-dad into their lives.


All MOO.

 

[MissTikal22]

Daniel's story has definitely evolved. His first statements indicated upon finding out the children were no longer there he immediately jumped into his truck and drove off to check the backroads and culverts. In later interviews he says he ran outside, checked the backyard, they checked the residence, and then he took off to survey the roads and culverts. At some point he describes running through the brush ahead of the helicopters and drones and wading through high water etc. He doesn't clarify the when of that activity.

So perhaps all of these things are true and he is just elaborating with further detail as the days progress. Some describe it as his story changing, but I suppose it could be explained as him providing more detail as his press interactions continued.

<modsnip> He would have to run outside and check the yard and around the house in order to “discover they were gone” u think he meant he didn’t check any other room than the one they were last in, didn’t check the back yard or anywhere else and jumped in the car and took off? <modsnip>

 

[tlcya]

<modsnip> He would have to run outside and check the yard and around the house in order to “discover they were gone” u think he meant he didn’t check any other room than the one they were last in, didn’t check the back yard or anywhere else and jumped in the car and took off? <modsnip>

<modsnip>

Which is why the whole point of my post was to say that while he initially didn't mention searching the house the yard the general vicinity before jumping in his truck it doesn't mean his story has necessarily changed, it could just be that he is providing more detail of those moments as he progresses through the days and interviews.

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[MissTikal22]

What time was the 911 call made?

He did claim he was searching on his own before police arrived. Wouldn’t that be an expected course of action? IMO it wouldn’t sit right with me if he was sitting on the couch enjoying a cup of coffee while waiting for people to come and search.

I agree. Also you can’t really take that statement with a lot of weight. I would think in that situation 10 minutes would feel like an hr. So maybe he thought they took a long time to get there bc that’s what it felt like to him. I haven’t seen an exact call time and an exact arrival time. Correct me if I’m wrong there

 

[ttjo]

RCMP didn’t get their electronic devices until YESTERDAY???

sounds like it, but you know, it doesnt matter they know how to find what they want. Look at Stephan Sterns.

It would become a matter for Child Protective Services to resolve. That she has concerns and intends to erase the father from this young child’s life is merely speculation at this point but even if she plans to go this route and her concerns are deemed to be legitimate, parental visits are often arranged under supervision to resolve those issues. Canada is known to be very considerate with granting both parents access to their children and so it’s very unlikely the father would be denied access to his child, regardless of what she might want.

I suspect there’s just too much going on right now to deal with visitation arrangements and the public would never know what they agree to as that’s a confidential matter.
JMO

exactly because In my province anyway, "its not the parents right to see the child its the childs right to see the parent". Its supposed to help prevent parental alienation. Allegations can get used as weapons and aren't always 100% accurate.
They can work around how those visits happen dont even need social services, can do with lawyers and a court order.
agreed about too much going on to worry about visits,

 

[FansBlowing]

New article just dropped:

https://www.ckbw.ca/2025/05/09/117281/#

 

[TMich6811]

Search and rescue really do experience such trauma.

 

[tlcya]

New article just dropped:

https://www.ckbw.ca/2025/05/09/117281/#

Not only was the search emotionally draining, but it was also very physical.

It covered four square kilometers of rough terrain with hurricane Fiona damage, which Veinot says made it really difficult and there were some injuries.

“The terrain was very, very hard to get through. There are dead falls. Also, a lot of swampy areas,” adds Veinot.
[snip]
Not only was the case of Lily and Jack difficult, but the same volunteers helped search for the missing little boy in Guysborough and the lost kayaker who died in Pictou County Lake.
https://www.ckbw.ca/2025/05/09/117281/#

Bless the SARs who do these searches.

 

[tlcya]

Everything says reported missing at 10 that I can find. I guess that could mean different things

the only way to know for sure would be if the 911 call was released and the time confirmed. I don't believe it has been so for now all that we have is speculation. I imagine this question will eventually be cleared up so until then I am content to go with what is published about it.

 

[aggiekel2005]

This is a general statement and I am by no means claiming this is what is happening here.. but someone asked on the first thread why LE wouldn't advise someone to not speak to the public/media. In my opinion, sometimes LE lets individuals of interest to the situation carry on as normal in hopes that they will reveal information, incriminate themselves, or give them enough to move forward on naming them a POI, charges etc. Again, I'm not saying this is the reason stepdad is being able to speak. He's not a POI. It's just a general comment.

 

[Ontario Mom]

the only way to know for sure would be if the 911 call was released and the time confirmed. I don't believe it has been so for now all that we have is speculation. I imagine this question will eventually be cleared up so until then I an content to go with what is published about it.

While frustrating for sure for us here discussing it, the most important aspect is that LE know exactly what time the call came in and every action that was taken that morning as a result. I suspect eventually the time of the 911 call will be confirmed.

 

[Tricia]

Hey Everyone,
This thread is very active. Please remember, we do not report on rumors. Rumors become facts within seconds, and then the whole case discussion gets messed up.
If you have any questions, you can send Knitty, SillyBilly, MadMcGoo, or me (Tricia) a "direct message," formally called a private message. You can locate your direct messages by clicking the icon next to your user name in the upper right-hand corner.
Thank you,
Tricia

 

[agent902]

Has LE pursued the reported Honda CRV that was called in as a white male driver sitting at some closed down recreation facility earlier that morning?

The original source of this information is the scanner feed. I tried to reply to this post once, but it got deleted for including information from the scanner feed. So let me re-write a clearer reply that leaves out the direct source I observed it from, and filter it through journalists. (I'll figure this out eventually.)

It was subsequently mentioned by a journalist at the press conference, where the police confirmed they followed up on this tip. It was investigated, and confirmed to be unrelated. The police press conference is a legitimate source, yes?

I also cited the Nighttime Podcast in my deleted post. His podcast is from Nova Scotia, and verifies sources well. Would this fall into mainstream news? (Nova Scotia has almost no investigative journalism left, so his podcast has had legitimate scoops on serious cases.)

 

[tlcya]

@agent902 if you have any questions about whether a source is considered MSM you can ask any member of the moderation team (they are named above in Tricia's post). Welcome to Websleuths. Here is a handy quick link to the rules The Rules

 

[MistyWaters]

jillybean51 sorry I missed my opportunity to reply to what you wrote on the last thread -
“In my area of Nova Scotia, the school must be notified by 8 , by the parent, if a child will not be attending school that day.”

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So I wonder if and when the school was notified the children would be absent the Thursday
and Friday?

It strikes me that we likely don’t know even a quarter of investigative details that could potentially prove significant.