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CBC
a day ago
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- CBC
No new evidence found during weekend search for missing N.S. children
Lilly and Jack Sullivan were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S. on May 2. A search held over the weekend did not uncover any more clues about their disappearance. Cassidy Chisholm has the story.
CBC
a day ago
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- CBC
Exhaustion sets in as search for N.S. kids hits one-month mark
A month into the search for two missing Pictou County children, searchers are beginning to wear out mentally and physically. Lilly Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were reported missing from their rural Lansdowne Station, N.S., home on May 2. About 80 searchers were out again on Sunday. They focused on a pipeline trail where a boot print was found during an earlier search. Amy Hansen of Colchester Ground Search and Rescue, who is this weekend's search co-ordinator, said there were no new finds over the weekend. It's never been established that the boot print is related to the missing kids, but Hansen said earlier this weekend it was all the searchers had to go on. She said morale was fairly good among those who turned out this weekend, but she conceded it has been hard on others. There have been two weekends of searching on top of the initial six-day search. "There are people that made the decision not to return to the search site this weekend because of either physical exhaustion or burnout or mental exhaustion," Hansen said, noting the challenging terrain where searchers have worked. She said that some people felt that they could not handle being in the situation again for another weekend. Hansen expected the search to be suspended on Sunday evening, barring new information. Still no sign of Lilly and Jack Sullivan after 4 weeks 3 days ago Duration 2:21 The sister and brother were reported missing from their home in Pictou County on May 2. Haley Ryan has the story. Hansen said the decision to resume the search would depend on the RCMP and their investigation. The benefit of sending searchers back out again would also need to be taken into account. "It's getting to the point where maybe they need a little bit of time to recover and deal with the stress and issues like that, and spend time with their own families that they're leaving behind to be out here," she said. Sunday's search also involved teams from Pictou, East Hants, Strait, Sheet Harbour, Eastern Shore, Halifax and Pugwash. RCMP said they have received more than 355 tips and have formally interviewed more than 50 people, with more interviews planned. The Mounties have said all missing persons cases "are treated as suspicious until our investigation leads us to determine otherwise." Members of the community have been showing their support for Lilly and Jack by placing flowers and stuffed animals on a post outside of the RCMP detachment in Stellarton.
CTV News
2 days ago
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- CTV News
Searcher says no sign of missing N.S. children as renewed search enters second day
Amy Hansen, Search Manager speaks to reporters about the search for six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan, two children missing since May 2, in Lansdowne Station, N.S., Wednesday, May 7, 2025. THE CANADIAN PRESS/Ron Ward LANSDOWNE STATION — The head of the search-and-rescue team looking for signs of two young children who went missing in rural Nova Scotia a month ago says searchers have not found any new evidence as of this afternoon. The search for four-year-old Jack Sullivan and his six-year-old sister Lilly Sullivan, who were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station on May 2, resumed this weekend for two days of targeted searching. Amy Hansen, Colchester County ground search-and-rescue manager, says this weekend's renewed search is focused on the Gairloch Road area — near where the children lived — and along a nearby 'pipeline trail,' where a small boot print was previously found. Hansen says the team of searchers are working hard to move through the rough and densely wooded terrain that's packed with thick brush and downed trees from post-tropical storm Fiona, which hit the region in 2022. The search manager says the challenging terrain means grid searching is time consuming, and as of about 2 p.m. Sunday, searchers had not found any signs of the children. The initial, large-scale search-and-rescue effort was scaled back May 7, and the search this weekend marks the second time ground search teams have been asked to return to focus on specific areas. When the first search ended on May 7, RCMP said they did not expect to find the children alive in the surrounding woods. But they said searching would resume if they received fresh information. This report by The Canadian Press was first published June 1, 2025. The Canadian Press
CBC
2 days ago
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Exhaustion sets in as search for N.S. kids approaches 1 month
Almost a month into the search for two missing Pictou County children, searchers are beginning to wear out mentally and physically. Lilly Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were reported missing from their rural Lansdowne Station, N.S., home on May 2. About 80 searchers were out again on Sunday. They focused on a pipeline trail where a boot print was found during an earlier search. Amy Hansen of Colchester Ground Search and Rescue, who is this weekend's search co-ordinator, said there were no new finds over the weekend. It's never been established that the boot print is related to the missing kids, but Hansen said earlier this weekend it was all the searchers had to go on. She said morale was fairly good among those who turned out this weekend, but she conceded it has been hard on others. There have been two weekends of searching on top of the initial search. "There are people that made the decision not to return to the search site this weekend because of either physical exhaustion or burnout or mental exhaustion," Hansen said, noting the challenging terrain where searchers have worked. She said that some people felt that they could not handle being in the situation again for another weekend. Hansen expected the search to be suspended on Sunday evening, barring new information. Hansen said the decision to resume the search would depend on the RCMP and their investigation. The benefit of sending searchers back out again would also need to be taken into account. "It's getting to the point where maybe they need a little bit of time to recover and deal with the stress and issues like that, and spend time with their own families that they're leaving behind to be out here," she said. Sunday's search also involved teams from Pictou, East Hants, Strait, Sheet Harbour, Eastern Shore, Halifax and Pugwash. RCMP said they have received more than 355 tips and have formally interviewed more than 50 people, with more interviews planned. The Mounties have said all missing persons cases "are treated as suspicious until our investigation leads us to determine otherwise." Members of the community have been showing their support for Lilly and Jack by placing flowers and stuffed animals on a post outside of the RCMP detachment in Stellarton.
CTV News
3 days ago
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- CTV News
Search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan continues into fourth week in Pictou County, N.S.
Search manager Amy Hansen is pictured studying a map with Colchester Ground Search and Rescue personnel during the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan on May 31, 2025. (Jesse Thomas/CTV Atlantic) One month after their disappearance, the search for six-year-old Lily and four-year-old Jack Sullivan continues this weekend. Ground search and rescue teams are expanding their efforts beyond the initial search area near the children's home in Lansdowne Station, N.S. The siblings were reported missing from their home on Gairloch Road on May 2 around 10 a.m. RCMP said the family believes Lily and Jack may have wandered off. Search manager Amy Hansen with the Colchester Ground Search and Rescue team said volunteer crews are focusing on a wider area, including a near nearby pipeline corridor and an area near Lake Lansdowne. Amy Hansen Search Manager Amy Hansen is pictured in Pictou County, N.S., during the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan on May 31. 2025. (Jesse Thomas/CTV Atlantic) 'There's not really any updates,' said Hansen. 'We came back in to cover off some more areas that we deemed were crucial to search.' Although there's no new evidence, search and rescue teams discovered a boot print in the area during a previous weekend. Volunteers want to follow up with a deeper search in that area. 'We don't know for sure it (the boot print) was from the children,' said Hansen. 'But it's the only real thing we've had to go on thus far and so we're just investigating that further.' Approximately 75 volunteers from different search and rescue teams are participating on Saturday along with three drones, said Hansen. She said there are no helicopter or canine units assisting this time. RCMP and hundreds of volunteers executed a large-scale coordinated search that spanned 5.5 square kilometres around the children's home following their disappearance a month ago. Efforts were scaled back on May 7th after the extensive search, which included aircraft, drones, search dogs, a dive team and hundreds of rescue personnel. Additional searches were conducted on May 8th and 9th and again on May 17th and 18th. missing children A missing children flyer for Lilly and Jack Sullivan is pictured attached to a telephone pole. (Jesse Thomas/CTV Atlantic) Hansen confirmed volunteers will be back Sunday but said the extensive search through dense forest is exhausting and their numbers are dropping. 'These people have been out weekend after weekend,' said Hansen. 'But we are starting to see some people who physically and emotionally can't return to the search. At this point, it's very taxing on the members.' RCMP said the investigation remains open and anyone with information is encouraged to contact them. search and rescue Search and Rescue personnel are pictured during the search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan in Pictou County, N.S., on May 31, 2025. (Jesse Thomas/CTV Atlantic) For more Nova Scotia news, visit our dedicated provincial page
