On Friday a week of the disappearance of two Canadian children was completed, in a case that has caused shock in the North American country. The brothers Lily and Jack Sullivan, six and four years old, were last seen on May 2 in family property located in Lansdowne Station, a community belonging to the province of Nueva Scotia. Search works to find minors alive continue, although the scenario is becoming increasingly gloomy.
The Royal Police mounted from Canada (RCMP) reported having received a call from the mother and stepfather of the children on the morning of May 2 denouncing its disappearance. The house is located in a wooded area of this point of the Canadian geography, so the main hypothesis is that the brothers left the house through a rear door to enter between the trees. The Lansdowne Station community is 138 kilometers northeast of Halifax, the provincial capital.
About 160 people have participated in search operations, in which tracker dogs, drones and helicopters have been deployed. The area, in itself considered difficult to access, was fully hit by the hurricane Fiona In September 2022, leaving thousands of demolished trees. The tasks have concentrated on an area of four square kilometers near the family home.
On Thursday, the RCMP reported that it will continue to look for the Sullivan brothers, although more limited. “We are going from a large -scale investigation to another in more specific areas that have already been traveled by our teams,” said Sergeant Curtis Mackinnon. The police force indicated in the same way that the probability that children are found alive is “very weak” by taking into account their ages, the days elapsed and the weather conditions.
Mackinnon stressed that there is no evidence that it has been a kidnapping. However, he said that the investigations do not completely rule out that it is a criminal issue and that the RCMP’s serious crime unit participates in the investigation from the first day. “Our attention is still focused on finding Lily and Jack. Our best researchers are working on all aspects of this case, and our work will not stop until we know where they are and we can take them back home,” added Sergeant Mackinnon. The newspaper The Globe and mail He published that the children’s stepfather was interrogated last Tuesday for the forces of the order for four hours. The authorities continue to spread photographs of Lily and Jack Sullivan, as well as the description of the clothing they carried the day of their disappearance.
