It’s been ten days since two young children went missing from rural Nova Scotia and RCMP are remaining tight lipped on the investigation.
RCMP tell our newsroom there are no new updates “at this time” and that “investigational efforts continue”.
According to police, Jack and Lilly Sullivan who are four and six-years-old, wandered away from home on Gairloch Road near Lansdown Station in Pictou County, May 2.
The property is about 20 km away from New Glasgow.
Photo: Google Maps
More than 160 volunteers scoured the area for six days, looking for the brother and sister until RCMP announced Wednesday, they were scaling the search back.
Staff Sergeant Curtis MacKinnon said they want to “circle back to increase the probability that all clues have been found.”
He added, the probability of survival is taken into consideration.
Tens of thousands of search hours had been dedicated to finding the two children who are six and four-years-old.
MacKinnon said, it was an “all hands-on deck effort, using every available resource and tool,” covering about four square kilometers of “heavy wooded rural terrain”.
Investigation
The major crimes unit has been involved since the children went missing.
Staff Srgt. Rob MacCamon, acting officer in charge of Major Crime and Behavioral Sciences Group left details few but did say some “specialized knowledge and skill sets” were brought in to help with decision making.
However, RCMP would not speculate on the investigation, which continues to be treated as a missing person’s case.
Spokesperson for the RCMP Corporal Carlie McCann said there is no evidence to suggest the children were abducted. Because of this, she explained, an Amber Alert was not issued.
However, a vulnerable person’s alert was issued Friday and again Saturday, in an expanded area including Antigonish County, Colchester County and Pictou County.
Descriptions
Lilly is described as having shoulder-length, light brown hair with bangs, possibly wearing a pink sweater, pink pants and pink boots.
She was carrying a white backpack with strawberries on it.
Jack has short, blond hair and was wearing blue dinosaur boots.
He was believed to be wearing a brown shirt and pants with a pull-up diaper underneath.
