Search for two missing children in rural northeast Nova Scotia enters sixth day
LANSDOWNE STATION – It has been six days since the search began for two young children who went missing from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia.
Police say ground teams have meticulously searched several kilometres in the area where six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan were last seen Friday morning in the community of Lansdowne Station.
The search has involved a helicopter, several drones and trained civilians from across the province combing a heavily wooded area around the children's family home. Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lily Sullivan, right, missing from their home in rural northeastern Nova Scotia, were last seen Friday morning in the community of Lansdowne Station. THE CANADIAN PRESS/HO-Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association *MANDATORY CREDIT*
The children's stepfather, Daniel Martell, said that on Monday night Mounties showed him shirts, a blanket and a water bottle found during the search near Gairloch Road, but he said none of the items belongs to either child.
Martell has said he's worried the children may have been abducted, but police have said there is no evidence the children were taken and that investigators are acting under the belief both kids wandered from their home.
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RCMP describe Lily Sullivan as having shoulder-length, light brown hair with bangs, and say she might be wearing a pink sweater, pink pants and pink boots; Jack Sullivan has short, blond hair and is wearing blue dinosaur boots.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 6, 2025.
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