Nova Scotia RCMP says it’s ‘working tirelessly’ on case of missing children

Lilly and Jack Sullivan are pictured in this photo. The siblings were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station, N.S., on May 2, 2025. (Submitted: Belynda Gray)

As Canada marks National Missing Persons Day on Tuesday, the Nova Scotia RCMP says it is still actively investigating the disappearance of two children in Pictou County.

Lilly Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were reported missing from their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, N.S., on May 2, 2025. Jack would now be five years old.

According to court documents released in late August, the children were captured on video surveillance at a local Dollarama store with their mother and stepfather the day before they were reported missing.

Police are continuing to investigate the children’s disappearance as a missing persons case.

“Our team remains fully committed to establishing the circumstances of what happened to Lilly and Jack,” said RCMP Staff Sgt. Rob McCamon, officer in charge of major crime and behavioural sciences, in a news release Tuesday.

“We’re pursuing every lead, applying every resource, and still working tirelessly to move this file forward.”

The RCMP says, to date, investigators have received 1,111 tips and are “actively engaged in more than 1,400 investigative tasks as part of their ongoing efforts.”

Numerous searches involving police, search and rescue crews, and volunteers, have taken place since the children were reported missing. The RCMP also brought in cadaver dogs in late September, but they found no remains after covering an area of 40 kilometres.

Lilly is described as four-feet-tall and 60 pounds. She has light brown hair and hazel eyes. It is believed she was wearing a pink Barbie top, pink rubber boots with a rainbow print, and carrying a cream-coloured backpack with a strawberry print.

Jack is described as three-foot-six and 40 pounds. He has dark blond hair and hazel eyes. It is believed he was wearing a pull-up diaper, black Under Armour jogging pants, and blue rubber boots with a dinosaur print.

Investigators continue to ask anyone with “specific, fact-based information” on the whereabouts of Lilly and Jack Sullivan to contact the Northeast Nova RCMP Major Crime Unit at 902 896 5060 or Crime Stoppers at 1-800-222-TIPS (8477.

The Nova Scotia Justice Department is also offering a cash reward of up to $150,000 for information about the case under its Rewards for Major Unsolved Crimes program.

Stepfather charged with sexual assault

Last week, the children’s stepfather was arrested on Jan. 26 and charged with assault, forcible confinement and sexual assault.

According to court documents, the victim was an adult female and the alleged incidents occurred on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne on Dec. 1, 2024.

The charges are not related to the disappearance of Lilly and Jack Sullivan.

Daniel Martell, 34, is due in Pictou provincial court on March 2. None of the charges against him have been proven in court.

With files from CTV News Atlantic’s Sean Mott

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