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

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By Sean Boynton Global News May 7, 2025 rbbm

What to know about search for 2 missing siblings in rural Nova Scotia | Globalnews.ca

Around 150 people have been searching daily in Pictou County for Lily and Jack Sullivan since they disappeared nearly a week ago. The search has now been scaled back.

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''The siblings were reported missing at around 10 a.m. on May 2, and were last seen at their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, a rural community about 30 km southwest of New Glasgow.''

What to know about search for 2 missing siblings in rural Nova Scotia | Globalnews.ca
A screenshot of Google Maps shows the location of Lansdowne Station, N.S., in relation to New Glasgow and other surrounding communities. Two children, aged six and four, were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station on May 2, 2025. Google Maps
“They hate being wet and cold, so they immediately would have come back into the house. The only two (foot) prints are right beside the house facing the road and that’s it,” he said.''
''Martell said he had not seen Jack on Friday morning, but believed he was wearing a brown shirt and pants with a pull-up diaper underneath.''

Yet MacKinnon acknowledged cadaver dogs could be brought in as a “next step” as part of the scaled-back operation.
“If we thought they were alive right now, we’d still be out there,” he said.''

 

[ttjo]

I don't think we even know if he did or didn't see him. We probably won't know about the pull-up either unless someone can verify he wore them in the daytime. Some people even use nighttime pull-ups for the daytime cause they absorb more.
All these little things have so many possible explanations

 

[dotr]

Possible re-post..

May 7, 2025 #ctvnews #ctvnationalnews #canadiannews
The Nova Scotia RCMP says the search for two missing children in Pictou County will be scaled back. Here’s the full press conference from RCMP on May 7, 2025.

 

[FansBlowing]

I just checked the temperature for Nova Scotia at 10:00 am on May 2, 2025. It was 46 degrees and mostly cloudy. It rained for an hour starting at 2:30 pm. The coldest was 43 degrees that night.

Past Weather in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada — Yesterday or Further Back

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[CityKid]

Hard to understand how the stepdad had not seen Jack by 10 am that morning.

Same. At the link below, it says “The sun was already up and Lily came into the (bedroom),” said Martell. “She had a pink shirt on. We could hear Jackie in the kitchen. A few minutes later we didn’t hear them so I went out to check. The sliding door was closed. Their boots were gone.”

So he didn't see Jack, but whatever Jack was doing in the kitchen was louder than two children putting on their boots, and opening, then closing, a sliding door. Hmm. MOO. I'd love to see the sightlines in this home.

Search continues for two missing Pictou County children

On the fourth day of searching for Lily and Jack Sullivan, Amy Hansen could see the toll on her fellow volunteers.

www.saltwire.com

 

[Allabouttrial]

Also, the four year old could probably change his own pull ups. Or with help from his older sister. It would be helpful if we knew their regular morning routine. Seems like it is not unusual for these kids to get up in the morning, make their own breakfast, and then go into the fenced in backyard to play by themselves.

Yeah, my 3 yr. old grandson takes his pj bottoms off then flings his pull up across the room as soon as he wakes up .

 

[Ontario Mom]

I don't think we even know if he did or didn't see him. We probably won't know about the pull-up either unless someone can verify he wore them in the daytime. Some people even use nighttime pull-ups for the daytime cause they absorb more.
All these little things have so many possible explanations

Several of my kids used pull-ups at that age. My son wore them during the day as well, in case of accidents - but they knew how to take them off and/or change them if they needed to. To me, the pull-up is a complete non-issue.

 

[Fabled Automatic]

I don't think we even know if he did or didn't see him.

According to him, he heard, not saw, Jack.

Daniel Martell, the stepfather of the children, has said the last time he saw the children was Friday morning when he and their mother were in their bedroom with their one-year-old baby.

The 33-year-old man said Lily came into the bedroom several times and he could hear Jack in the kitchen. The children must have opened the sliding back door, which is almost silent, and left, he said.

'Nobody is giving up yet': N.S. crews spend 5th day searching for missing children

 

[Fabled Automatic]

Same. At the link below, it says “The sun was already up and Lily came into the (bedroom),” said Martell. “She had a pink shirt on. We could hear Jackie in the kitchen. A few minutes later we didn’t hear them so I went out to check. The sliding door was closed. Their boots were gone.”

So he didn't see Jack, but whatever Jack was doing in the kitchen was louder than two children putting on their boots, and opening, then closing, a sliding door. Hmm. MOO. I'd love to see the sightlines in this home.

Search continues for two missing Pictou County children

On the fourth day of searching for Lily and Jack Sullivan, Amy Hansen could see the toll on her fellow volunteers.

www.saltwire.com

I hadn't seen that part of the statement before.

I don't mean to confuse things, but I'm confused myself. So, the mom said she fell asleep and woke up some time later to the children missing. The dad however, stated he was prompted by the silence to go and check on them "a few minutes" after he last heard them, and by then they were long gone.

Do I understand correctly?

 

[Ontario Mom]

I hadn't seen that part of the statement before.

I don't mean to confuse things, but I'm confused myself. So, the mom said she fell asleep and woke up some time later to the children missing. The dad however, stated he was prompted by the silence to go and check on them "a few minutes" after he last heard them, and by then they were long gone.

Do I understand correctly?

I've followed from the beginning and this is the way I understand it:

Mom & dad & baby were in their room. Lily came in at least once & she was told be quiet for the baby's sake. Stepdad said he saw Lily in the bedroom and heard Jackie in the kitchen, making noise.
Roughly 20 minutes later both mom & stepdad noticed they couldn't hear the kids & that was a red flag for them.
Stepdad got up, at some point noticed their rubber boots were gone & Lily's strawberry backpack was gone, and he went out looking for them and couldn't find them.
Mom calls 911.

 

[tlcya]

I hadn't seen that part of the statement before.

I don't mean to confuse things, but I'm confused myself. So, the mom said she fell asleep and woke up some time later to the children missing. The dad however, stated he was prompted by the silence to go and check on them "a few minutes" after he last heard them, and by then they were long gone.

Do I understand correctly?

mom "drifted off", stepdad was in the bedroom with her and baby "M". Mom states she told Daniel "do you hear the kids?" and they didn't so she instantly called 911. Per Daniel, it was about 20 minutes since last hearing the children that they realized it was too quiet and they couldn't hear the kids any longer. He states that they immediately started looking.

 

[CityKid]

I hadn't seen that part of the statement before.

I don't mean to confuse things, but I'm confused myself. So, the mom said she fell asleep and woke up some time later to the children missing. The dad however, stated he was prompted by the silence to go and check on them "a few minutes" after he last heard them, and by then they were long gone.

Do I understand correctly?

That's how I see it. MOO but hearing a 4-year-old (who most likely can reach knobs on the stove) making noise in the kitchen would prompt me to get out of bed and at least take a peek.

 

[FansBlowing]

“The sun was already up and Lily came into the (bedroom)"

Sunrise that day was 7:00 am. Is Martell inferring that it was approximately 7:00 am that morning when he last saw Lily?

 

[Fabled Automatic]

I've followed from the beginning and this is the way I understand it:

Mom & dad & baby were in their room. Lily came in at least once & she was told be quiet for the baby's sake. Stepdad said he saw Lily in the bedroom and heard Jackie in the kitchen, making noise.
Roughly 20 minutes later both mom & stepdad noticed they couldn't hear the kids & that was a red flag for them.
Stepdad got up, at some point noticed their rubber boots were gone & Lily's strawberry backpack was gone, and he went out looking for them and couldn't find them.
Mom calls 911.

Okay, thanks. That makes sense.

 

[Kittypoo]

According to him, he heard, not saw, Jack.


'Nobody is giving up yet': N.S. crews spend 5th day searching for missing children

If that’s the case there could have been an intruder in the kitchen and they’d be unaware

 

[Auntie Cipation]

“The sun was already up and Lily came into the (bedroom)"

Sunrise that day was 7:00 am. Is Martell inferring that it was approximately 7:00 am that morning when he last saw Lily?

I read that to potentially refer to anytime after sunrise. Could be 10am.

Also note the tall trees surrounding the house. Depending on the orientation of the house and if there is an open area with no trees or if it's forest in all directions, direct sunlight may not hit the house until the sun is above those trees. Long after sunrise.

 

[Fabled Automatic]

That's how I see it. MOO but hearing a 4-year-old (who most likely can reach knobs on the stove) making noise in the kitchen would prompt me to get out of bed and at least take a peek.

To play devil's advocate, I'd argue it depends on the child. At 4, I could pour my own cereal and showed a natural aversion to curiosity. My brother on the hand, once tried to fish his toast out of the toaster with a knife. Fortunately my folks caught him in time because he couldn't stop giggling about it.

Not every kid needs to touch the hot stove, is what I'm saying.

 

[Ontario Mom]

“The sun was already up and Lily came into the (bedroom)"

Sunrise that day was 7:00 am. Is Martell inferring that it was approximately 7:00 am that morning when he last saw Lily?

No, he never said that. He said the sun was already up.

 

[Notascreenname]

Children at 7 and 4 years old are capable of opening cereal boxes and pouring milk for their own breakfast.

Not necessarily if they have additional needs.

 

[tlcya]

“The sun was already up and Lily came into the (bedroom)"

Sunrise that day was 7:00 am. Is Martell inferring that it was approximately 7:00 am that morning when he last saw Lily?

I think he has no clue what time it was, just that the sun was up so it was morning. JMO