"The rural Nova Scotia community is part of Pictou County, an area of dense forests and meandering rivers, where memories of recent tragedies in the province-a horrific mass killing in 2020 and a missing toddler that same year-remain vivid. Over four months after the siblings' disappearance, a sense of unease permeates the region, even as residents rally at vigils and in community Facebook groups to try to keep hope alive."
"In the days after the children were declared missing, hundreds of trained searchers spent long, arduous days scouring the almost impenetrable woods around the family's home, using drones, dogs, and an underwater recovery team, though in the end, these efforts yielded little more than a child's faint boot print and scraps of pink blanket. As of mid-July, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police team leading the investigation has assessed more than 760 tips from the public,"
"reviewed more than 8,000 video files obtained from the surrounding area, and interviewed at least sixty individuals, some of whom, including the children's stepfather, Daniel Martell, were given polygraph tests. While police have stated there is no evidence to suggest that the children were abducted, they have not ruled out the disappearance as suspicious. For now, the case remains an active investigation."
Six-year-old Lilly Sullivan and four-year-old Jack disappeared from their Lansdowne Station home on May 1. Hundreds of searchers used drones, dogs and underwater teams to comb dense local woods, yielding only a faint boot print and pieces of a pink blanket. By mid-July, the RCMP had assessed more than 760 tips, reviewed over 8,000 video files and interviewed at least sixty people, with some subjects, including stepfather Daniel Martell, taking polygraph tests. Police say there is no evidence of abduction but consider the case suspicious and continue to treat it as an active investigation. The community remains unsettled.
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