Ground and air search efforts to renew for missing N.S. kids

There will be renewed ground and air search efforts for Jack and Lilly Sullivan in Lansdowne Station, N.S., this weekend.

Renewed ground and air search efforts for Lilly and Jack Sullivan are planned in Lansdowne Station, N.S., this weekend.

Lilly, six, and Jack, four, were last seen at their Gairloch Road home on May 2. They are believed to have wandered away from their rural residence.

An extensive search for the siblings that involved 160 volunteers and covered 5.5 square kilometres turned up no sign of the children.

Last week police scaled back search efforts, saying their was little chance the siblings were still alive.

According to an RCMP news release, ground and air search efforts are planned for Saturday. Searchers will focus on specific areas around Gairloch Road.

The public is asked to avoid the search area.

The RCMP’s underwater recovery team looked in bodies of water around Lansdowne Station on May 8 and 9, but did not uncover any evidence.

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