A search is into its fourth day in rural northeastern Nova Scotia for two young children believed to have wandered away from their home. Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lily Sullivan, right, were last seen around 10 a.m. Friday in the community of Lansdowne Station.Â
The Canadian Press/HO-Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association
A search is into its fourth day in rural northeastern Nova Scotia for two young children believed to have wandered away from their home. Four-year-old Jack Sullivan, left, and six-year-old Lily Sullivan, right, were last seen around 10 a.m. Friday in the community of Lansdowne Station.Â
The Canadian Press/HO-Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association
LANSDOWNE STATION - Police are scaling back their search for two children who were reported missing from their home in northeastern Nova Scotia last week, saying there’s little chance they’re alive.
An RCMP spokesman says the active search will be reduced to concentrate on more specific areas, including places that have already been looked at.
Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan were reported missing as of 10 a.m. Friday.
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Their stepfather, Daniel Martell, says he believes the siblings slipped out the back door of the family’s home in Lansdowne Station, N.S., as he and the children’s mother were still in bed with their 16-month-old baby.
Earlier this week, Martell said he was worried the siblings may have been abducted, but the RCMP have said there is no evidence to suggest the kids had been taken.
Up to 140 trained searchers at a time have been looking for the children, with the help of police dogs and heat-seeking drones.
This report by The Canadian Press was first published May 7, 2025.Â
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