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

[Warwick7]

I find that quote from their mother devastating. If there were tracks heading towards the road and there has been such a thorough search, that brings up even more unanswered questions. It is almost incomprehensible to think how Jack and Lily could still be missing if they were around. Waiting for answers and hoping for a safe resolution soon.

Oh man this is awful.
I hope they find them soon.

 

[Hexe]

Who's to say the parents hadn't fed and dressed the kids before 10:00?

Wouldn't they know then what the children were wearing?

 

[MollyHarps]

Since the 2nd child was only 4, there's no harm in him missing school. Might as well keep him home in case he is going down with something too?

But if he were actually in real school, I agree it's problematic to keep a child home just because a sibling has a cough. Kids get behind in class that way.

But I am uncomfortable at this point---something seems off.

I’m not sure of the Canadian school system but over here in the UK

A 4 year old would be in Nursery - they are only entitled to 15 free hours per week (unless both parents work then they get 30 hours) so if the system is similar to here it could just be that he wasn’t due in that day.

I’m also very uncomfortable at this point

 

[katydid23]

"...with his brother and mother, who also lives on the property in a trailer…"
it's unclear, both brother and mother or just mother?

If the kids were outside and bored, I would think they'd have gone to see what Grandma or Uncle were doing....Have they mentioned seeing or hearing them outside playing.

If I heard my very young grandkids outside playing and I didnt see an adult with them, I'd have gone and brought them in or something. I wonder if she ever heard them outside that day?

 

[katydid23]

They weren't sleeping. They were feeding the baby. It's tough being a parent of three little ones.

Two people don't need to feed a baby though. Especially when there are 2 young kids alone outside. That's the problem.

And I thought mom said they 'drifted off to sleep' after they heard the kids playing in the next room?

I've done that before myself---One time I woke up on our big bed and my one yr old and 4 yr old were quietly playing, sitting up on the bed, wide awake...so I know it happens....but it can be dangerous.

 

[Kittypoo]

Two people don't need to feed a baby though. Especially when there are 2 young kids alone outside. That's the problem.

And I though mom said they 'drifted off to sleep' after they heard the kids playing in the next room?

I've done that before myself---One time I woke up on our big bed and my one yr old and 4 yr old were quietly playing, sitting up on the bed, wide awake...so I know it happens....but it can be dangerous.

I wouldn’t class a 16 month old as a baby either. They could all have been having breakfast or playing together. It doesn’t make any sense especially as at least one of the children was unwell.

 

[Catcity]

"They'll talk to anyone. They're just looking to have as much fun as they can .... Jack just absolutely loves bugs, dinosaurs and anything like that," he said, his voice cracking with emotion.


"But Lily loves girlie things, but she also loved doing everything with Jack. They're like best friends, not just brother and sister."

Martell said that since the disappearance, the children's mother has left to be with her family in another part of the province and has blocked him on social media.


"I'm feeling terrible, just like the last few days," he said. "It's just me on my own with my family out here…... I don't know why she left."


Step dad uses past tense to describe Lilly.

 

[MrsWatson]

Interesting that now we know that at least one other person (his mom) and possibly another (his brother) also live on the property.

They seem to live in a very sparsely populated area with some unforgiving terrain. I think a child predator just happening by would be very unlikely.

moo

 

[Snoop Sister]

I’m not sure of the Canadian school system but over here in the UK

A 4 year old would be in Nursery - they are only entitled to 15 free hours per week (unless both parents work then they get 30 hours) so if the system is similar to here it could just be that he wasn’t due in that day.

I’m also very uncomfortable at this point

A lot of pre kindergarten programs in Canada don’t have school on Fridays. I am not sure about in Nova Scotia though…but, definitely only so many hours per week usually.

 

[Snoop Sister]

Day 5 - Nobody giving up yet..

'Nobody is giving up yet': Search for missing N.S. children enters 5th day

Searchers continued to scour a rural Nova Scotia community overnight Monday for two children who are believed to have wandered away from their home in Pictou County nearly five days ago.Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were last seen Friday morning at their home on Gairloch Road in...

ca.news.yahoo.com

 

[Mauig’ma]

She has a 16 month old child to look after, and she's probably not sleeping due to worry. She most likely needs someone to look after her at this time.

Their family should be coming to their house not leaving imo. Support will come to the parents without one of them leaving to be by family. Moo

 

[AcerPacer]

Their family should be coming to their house not leaving imo. Support will come to the parents without one of them leaving to be by family. Moo

Exactly.. for some reason SHE needed to be away from there!
My child was missing, my family would come HERE so we were supporting each other but we are still where the children were last seen!

 

[Knitty]

MOD NOTE:

Closed for cleanup.

NO SOURCE has been posted by any of the people that are posting that the children were out of school for the entire week before they went missing. It's a RUMOR that was posted here by someone that didn't realize that a link was needed, and repeated by people who know better.

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[Knitty]

MOD NOTE: Thread is open.

Again, children weren't in school Friday. If you think they were out of school longer than that, find a source.

Again, no POI has been named, no matter that some things seem weird right now.

Review the social media rules linked below this post. Sleuthing the mother or stepfather's or bio family's FB accounts is not allowed. You may discuss what is in MSM only.

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[Panniniclaus]

Interesting that now we know that at least one other person (his mom) and possibly another (his brother) also live on the property.

They seem to live in a very sparsely populated area with some unforgiving terrain. I think a child predator just happening by would be very unlikely.

moo

Chances are virtually none...

 

[dotr]

‘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

'The children’s mother, Malehya Brooks-Murray, spoke with CTV Atlantic over the weekend and pleaded for their safe return'.

'Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan are pictured. (Source: N.S. RCMP)
She said they’re not typically the type of children who would go outside on their own.

“I just want to remain hopeful, but there’s always in a mother’s mind, you’re always thinking the worst,” said Malehya Brooks-Murray.'

 

[Ontario Mom]

Chances are virtually none...

"Police believe the siblings wandered away from their home and say there is no information to suggest they were abducted."

‘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

 

[Deleted member 306806]

Two young Nova Scotia children still missing from remote wooded community in Pictou County

Siblings, aged 4 and 6, believe to have wandered away from family home on Friday morning

www.theglobeandmail.com

He = stepfather.
"He said the children had stayed home from school that day because Lily had a cough. Mr. Martell said he was home that day because he’s only getting one shift a week at a local sawmill and Ms. Brooks-Murray is an at-home mom."

 

[iveyguy]

A small update from today's CBC article: The kids were home from school both Thursday and Friday.

"Martell said Jack is in pre-primary and Lily is in primary. He said they were not at school on Friday because Lily had a cough, and they were also home sick from school on Thursday."

https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/pictou-county-missing-children-lily-jack-sullivan-may-6-1.7527394

 

[tlcya]

Martell said Jack is in pre-primary and Lily is in primary. He said they were not at school on Friday because Lily had a cough, and they were also home sick from school on Thursday.
[snip]
A spokesperson for the Chignecto Central Regional Centre for Education confirmed on Monday that the children attend Salt Springs Elementary in Salt Springs.
https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova...g-children-lily-jack-sullivan-may-6-1.7527394

catching up with news since I went afk yesterday. I hadn't read that both children were out sick on Thursday. I had only heard that Lily had a cough on Friday.

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