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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
National Post
07-05-2025
- General
- National Post
Searchers looking for two Nova Scotia children missing for six days are exhausted, but optimistic
Article content LANSDOWNE – The search continues for Lansdowne, Pictou County children Lily and Jack Sullivan. Incident commander, RCMP Staff Sgt. Josh Weiss said it's done with a combination of 'exhaustion' and 'optimism' by RCMP search teams. Article content Article content 'We want to bring these two children home to their parents,' Weiss said, as he and Cpl. Carlie McCann, public information officer for Nova Scotia RCMP, met with reporters on May 6 in Lansdowne Station. Article content 'We have people who have been here since day one, the first time the call came in. They're tired, but they remain optimistic. Article content Article content 'This is all search and rescue does, they try to bring people home safely,' he said. 'They're trying to stay on focus, on mission, and they're sacrificing their personal lives – a lot of time to be here – to try and help this family out and bring these children home.' Article content Lily and Jack went missing Friday morning from their Lansdowne home in a rural part of Pictou County, roughly 25 minutes southwest of New Glasgow. The search is through dense forest. Article content 'It's difficult,' Weiss said. 'You have blow-down (trees, vegetation) from the last few storms, from Fiona. You have bugs, heat exhaustion, it's cold at night, and water pouring down on your head. Article content 'And this terrain is not flat. It's uphill and downhill, there are holes, cervices, and bogs – it's a lot of work. It's physical exhaustion for these searchers when they're out there doing their thing.' Article content Weiss said the search area expands daily as searchers, RCMP, and ground search and rescue (GSAR) teams from around the province exclude an area. Article content Article content Article content With a few of the questions from reporters venturing into the ongoing investigation area, McCann emphasized the point that they can only answer questions pertaining to the search at this time. Article content 'This does remain a missing persons investigation,' McCann said. 'At this point, we're still treating it as missing people, and our goal is still, with the police and searchers on scene, the variety of GSAR teams, to locate Lily and Jack and bring them home safe. Article content 'I can't comment on the investigation, just the search.' Article content McCann talked about the use of drones, which include forward-looking infrared (FLIR) technology, which helps the search proceed throughout the night and early morning hours. Article content 'The goal of the drones with the FLIR technology is to locate differences in temperatures on the ground. When those spots are identified, searchers on the ground can then head to those areas to investigate. Night-time searches using these drones are an effective way to continue the search 24/7,' she said.
