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Vancouver Sun
14 hours ago
- Vancouver Sun
Stepfather of missing N.S. kids reportedly says mother's grief worsening due to online speculation
Daniel Martell, the stepfather of missing Nova Scotia children, four-year-old Jack and six-year-old Lilly Sullivan, says their mother's grief is worsening due to online speculation about the case, according to CTV News. Despite a methodical search over the last weekend, 'searchers haven't uncovered anything of significance to the investigation,' Corp. Guillaume Tremblay told National Post on Thursday. 'Any future searches will be determined based on the course of the investigation. RCMP officers from various teams are fully engaged in finding out what happened to Lilly and Jack and we're using all tools and resources to determine the circumstances of their disappearance,' he said. Start your day with a roundup of B.C.-focused news and opinion. By signing up you consent to receive the above newsletter from Postmedia Network Inc. A welcome email is on its way. If you don't see it, please check your junk folder. The next issue of Sunrise will soon be in your inbox. Please try again Interested in more newsletters? Browse here. The children were reported missing more than a month ago from their rural home in Pictou County, where they lived with Martell, their mother Malehya Brooks-Murray, and the couple's baby, Meadow. Even with ongoing searches and following up on 355 tips as of late May , authorities still have not found any concrete leads. The lack of evidence has led many people on social media to come up with conspiracy theories about how the children disappeared, which the stepfather says is making the situation worse. 'It doesn't get any easier. One month has passed,' Martell told CTV News . 'Don't attack Maleyha because her mental health is going to be reflected on our daughter, so I don't want anyone attacking Maleyha anymore.' Martell, who attended a vigil for the children held on June 2, said Brooks-Murray's grief was overwhelming and was made worse by speculation. The vigil was held in Stellarton, a town in Pictou County. A video of the solemn event posted on Facebook showed Martell lighting two paper lanterns and letting them float off into the sky. Candlelight vigil for Lilly and Jack Sullivan ❤️💙 'Let truth be revealed, let justice prevail, and let every child be returned safely to the earth and never stop loving them,' said Brenda MacPhee, who helped organize the vigil, Global News reported . Meanwhile, volunteer organization Halifax Search and Rescue said that scammers may be impersonating the group on fundraising site, GoFundMe. The fake campaign said it has a goal of reaching $100,000 to buy a drone to help with the search for the Sullivan siblings. However, Halifax Search and Rescue director Paul Service said his group doesn't normally request donations through GoFundMe and doesn't base its campaigns on particular searches. Service says a representative from GoFundMe contacted him to say it was taking down the site and investigating after the campaign was reported on CBC. He says that it is disheartening for his group to have to cope with scams, as it may discourage the public from donating to his group's legitimate fundraising efforts. The children were last seen in public with family on the afternoon of May 1, the day before they went missing. After ongoing searches, authorities decided to scale back in early May to focus on specific locations. They said teams of searchers had been struggling to get through thick wooded areas, some with damage leftover from Hurricane Fiona. However, they said the investigation would continue. On May 31, a search and rescue team on the ground combed through an area around Gairloch Rd., Lansdowne Station, where the children's home is located. They also searched through the nearby pipeline trail, where a boot print was previously discovered, the Nova Scotia RCMP said in a news release . The search continued on June 1 in a similar location near the home, the RCMP said in another news release . Searchers once again looked at the area where a boot print had been found and conducted a grid search of 8.5 square kilometres. Search and rescue volunteers have dedicated 'more than 10,000 hours of their time, searching in very challenging conditions' to try to find the Sullivan children, the RCMP said. With additional reporting by The Canadian Press Our website is the place for the latest breaking news, exclusive scoops, longreads and provocative commentary. Please bookmark and sign up for our daily newsletter, Posted, here .
Edmonton Journal
14 hours ago
- Edmonton Journal
Stepfather of missing N.S. kids reportedly says mother's grief worsening due to online speculation
Article content 'Any future searches will be determined based on the course of the investigation. RCMP officers from various teams are fully engaged in finding out what happened to Lilly and Jack and we're using all tools and resources to determine the circumstances of their disappearance,' he said. The children were reported missing more than a month ago from their rural home in Pictou County, where they lived with Martell, their mother Malehya Brooks-Murray, and the couple's baby, Meadow. Even with ongoing searches and following up on 355 tips as of late May, authorities still have not found any concrete leads. The lack of evidence has led many people on social media to come up with conspiracy theories about how the children disappeared, which the stepfather says is making the situation worse. 'It doesn't get any easier. One month has passed,' Martell told CTV News. 'Don't attack Maleyha because her mental health is going to be reflected on our daughter, so I don't want anyone attacking Maleyha anymore.' Martell, who attended a vigil for the children held on June 2, said Brooks-Murray's grief was overwhelming and was made worse by speculation. The vigil was held in Stellarton, a town in Pictou County. A video of the solemn event posted on Facebook showed Martell lighting two paper lanterns and letting them float off into the sky.
Reuters
28-05-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Pernod Ricard replaces head of cognac division amid industry troubles
PARIS, May 28 (Reuters) - Philippe Neusch, Pernod Ricard's vice president of cognac, has left his role, according to an internal memo seen by Reuters and confirmed by a group spokesperson on Wednesday. Neusch, who led cognac house Martell for fewer than two years as the industry grapples with weak demand and international trade tensions, will be replaced by Francois-Xavier Morizot, who already heads the group's champagne business. (This story has been refiled to correct the company's name in paragraph 1)
Yahoo
23-05-2025
- Yahoo
Scott signs bill adding felony charge for abuse of a corpse
Gov. Phil Scott signed a bill into law Thursday that would make it a felony to destroy or abuse a corpse, a measure created in the wake of the 2024 murder an Enosburg woman. Roberta Martin, 82, was reported missing on July 17, 2024. Her burned remains were found five days later in a wooded area not far from her home. On July 25, Vermont State Police arrested Darren Martell, 23, who was living in the camper near Martin's home. Court documents say a forensics examination 'preliminarily determined' that a DNA sample of sperm taken from Martin's remains were a match for Martell's DNA. Martell has been held without bail on a charge of aggravated murder since his arrest. Unauthorized removal or burial of corpse is already a felony in Vermont. House Bill 41 — which has been called 'Roberta's Law' — creates a new felony statute for anyone who destroys a corpse without legal authority. Doing so to conceal a crime would add additional felony penalties, according to the bill. Copyright 2025 Nexstar Media, Inc. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed.
Global News
20-05-2025
- Global News
Nova Scotia kids missing for 18 days ‘weighing heavy' on community: premier
After a weekend of renewed searching for a pair of missing children in Nova Scotia, the province's premier says the siblings' disappearance is 'weighing heavy' on the minds of people in Pictou County. Premier Tim Houston represents the riding of Pictou East, where six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan were reported missing more than two weeks ago. 'This is devastating,' Houston told reporters Tuesday. 'They were back out searching again this weekend and I know the authorities are running a professional, thorough search, but this is weighing heavy on the minds of certainly people in Pictou County, but well beyond as well.' The siblings were reported missing on May 2 from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S., about 140 kilometres northeast of Halifax. The original search began the day the children were reported missing, but was scaled back on May 7, with police saying there was little chance the siblings could have survived several days in the heavily-wooded area. Story continues below advertisement 0:39 Police say nearly 200 tips have come in for missing Nova Scotia children The RCMP also said it searched bodies of water around Lansdowne Station on May 8 and 9 but didn't find any trace of the children. Get daily National news Get the day's top news, political, economic, and current affairs headlines, delivered to your inbox once a day. Sign up for daily National newsletter Sign Up By providing your email address, you have read and agree to Global News' Terms and Conditions and Privacy Policy This past weekend, searchers were back out targeting specific areas around the road where the children's home is located, said RCMP. In a Sunday update, RCMP said 115 volunteers came out on May 18 for the renewed search on the ground and in the air. 'This weekend's search will be carefully reviewed and assessed by investigators and search managers to help in planning any further ground and air search efforts,' the force said. RCMP declined an interview Tuesday to update the case. Stepfather responds to social media speculation The children's stepfather, Daniel Martell, told Global News this weekend he's thankful for the efforts of authorities and volunteers who are searching for Lilly and Jack. Story continues below advertisement 'I don't know if they're out there in the woods, I mean, searchers are doing everything they can, but from the beginning I called for abduction,' he said. Martell said doesn't know if police are looking into that possibility, but RCMP have said publicly there is no evidence of abduction. Investigators have been following up on almost 200 tips and have identified 35 people for interviews. The disappearance has sparked rampant speculation on social media — much of it targeting Martell and the children's mother. Martell calls it all 'nonsense.' When asked if he had anything to do with the children's disappearance, he was adamant in his answer. 'I 100 per cent did not and I will hold that to my last day on this planet,' he said. — with files from Aaron D'Andrea and Heidi Petracek
