Cadaver dogs did not find any human remains more than five months into a search for two young missing children in rural Nova Scotia.
Jack and Lilly Sullivan, reportedly wandered from their home on Gairloch Road in Pictou County, May 2; they were four and six years old at the time.
They have not been seen since.
In a news release, Wednesday, RCMP say late September, two inspectors alongside their police dogs, Narc and Kitt, searched a total area of 40 kilometers in Landsdowne Sation.
The area covered included the property from where Jack and Lilly went missing, along the pipeline and intersecting trails and an area where a pink blanket was previously found.
“All locations where there was the highest probability of finding the children. However, the teams did not locate any remains,” says RCMP.
S/Sgt. Stephen Pike with the dog services training centre says not detecting an odour of human remains at this time still does not definitively rule out remains being in the area.
“It means either the odour is there and couldn’t be detected or the odour isn’t there,” says Pike.
The investigation into Jack and Lilly’s disappearance has not only weighed heavy on the province but the country and beyond.
It involves agencies from across Canada with more than 860 tips received, 8060 video files reviewed, and forensic testing continues.
Investigators continue to urge anyone with information to the Northeast Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit at 902-896-5060 or call Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-8477.
“Sometimes, the smallest detail holds the biggest answers. One piece of information may help reveal a key piece in the investigation that leads to finding Lilly and Jack,” says S/Sgt. McCamon.
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