Newly released court documents have provided some more details on the case of two young children who vanished from rural Nova Scotia nearly four months ago and how investigators have tackled their disappearance.
According to CBC, the records provided to them and other media outlets, say that as of July 16, police did not believe the case was criminal in nature.
The documents, court applications filed by investigators, are heavily redacted and reveal things like bank records, GPS information and phone data used on the children’s mother and stepfather leading up to their disappearance.
Jack and Lilly Sullivan, four and six years old, reportedly wandered away from their home on Gairloch Road near Lansdowne Station in Pictou County, May 2 at 10:01 a.m.
They have still not been found.
More than 60 people were formally interviewed, some with a polygraph test including those close to the children, such as grandparents, biological father, stepfather Daniel Martell and mother Malehya Brooks-Murray, all who passed the test.
The documents say Brooks-Murray refers to Martell as an “involved parent” who helped her.
Daniel Martell, step father to Lily and Jack Sullivan, says he’s holding onto hope they will be found. (Jacob Moore/Acadia Broadcasting)
The search
Their disappearance triggered a massive search that last six days until it was scaled back, with several targeted searches not long after.
The investigation has touched people not only across Nova Scotia, but the country and beyond.
Among items seized in the search, was a pink blanket that belonged to Lilly; however, a police dog was unable to pick up her scent where the blanket was found.
The documents say a piece of the blanket was found in a garbage bin at the end of the family’s driveway.
A helicopter flies over Lansdowne Station in Pictou County, N.S., as part of the search and rescue operation to find Lilly and Jack Sullivan, two children who went missing on May 2. (Jacob Moore/Acadia Broadcasting)
Surveillance footage
RCMP have received thousands of hours of surveillance footage and had requested video from the Cobequid Pass between May 1, 2025, at 2:25 p.m. to May 3, 2025, at 3 a.m.
The children were seen on footage out in public the day before they disappeared.
Descriptions
The province’s major crime unit is leading the investigation under the Missing Persons Act who are being assisted by RCMP units in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario along with other national, provincial and municipal police agencies.
Lilly is described as 4’0 tall, 60 lbs with light brown hair and hazel eyes.
She was believed to be wearing a pink Barbie top, pink rubber boots with rainbow print and carrying a cream-coloured backpack with strawberry print.
Jack is described as 3’6, 40 lbs, with dark blonde hair and hazel eyes.
He was believed to be wearing a pull-up, black Under Armour jogging pants and blue rubber boots with dinosaur print.
Photo: Nova Scotia Government
Anyone with information is asked to call the major crimes department at 1-888-710-9090 or Crime Stoppers 1-800-222-TIPS (8477).
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