A pink blanket is among items seized as the intense investigation into the missing persons case of two young children in rural Nova Scotia continues, two and a half months after their disappearance.
Lilly and Jack Sullivan, six and four years old, reportedly wandered away from home on Gairloch Road in Pictou County near Lansdowne Station, May 2.
Since, RCMP said in a news release Wednesday, there are now more than 800 tasks that are part of the investigation.
“A tremendous amount of careful, deliberate investigative work is underway by people here at home and in other parts of Canada; our collective efforts will continue every day until we determine with certainty the circumstances surrounding Lilly and Jack’s disappearance,” says S/Sgt. Rob McCamon, Officer in Charge (acting), Major Crime and Behavioural Sciences.
They have also now received more than 5,000 videos, over 600 tips from the public, formally interviewed more than 60 people -some with a polygraph- and have seized items including the blanket, found on Lansdowne Road.
Days into the investigation, Daniel Martell, the children’s stepfather, told our newsroom there were several items’ police found that he did not believe belong to Lilly and Jack, including a blanket.
“Today, they provided me with a blanket, and a couple of shirts, and a water bottle. None of them were Lilly and Jacks …that those weren’t… those weren’t theirs,” said Martell.
However, it is unclear whether the blanket Martell was referring to was pink.
Searches
Jack and Lilly’s case has not only been felt in the community of Pictou County but the entire province and beyond.
Hundreds have been involved looking for the brother and sister.
It started with a very large six-day search with more than 160 volunteers, who spent tens of thousands of hours scouring 5.5 kilometers of rough terrain, until it was scaled back with several follow-up searches since.
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)
$150,000
The province’s major crime unit is leading the investigation under the Missing Persons Act.
They are being assisted by RCMP units in Nova Scotia, New Brunswick and Ontario along with other national, provincial and municipal police agencies.
It also part of the Nova Scotia’s major rewards program.
If you provide information on where Jack and Lilly are, you could receive up to $150,000 depending on how useful the information is to the case.
Nova Scotia Ground Search and Rescue Association/Facebook
Descriptions
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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