A councilor in the region of the rural area of Nueva Scotia, where two children have disappeared, says that the last four days have been “incredibly hard” throughout the community, since search engines continued to filter forested areas in Pictou County on Monday.
Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were last viewed Friday morning at her home at Gairloch Road at Lansdowne station, about 20 kilometers southwest of New Glasgow. RCMP says they received a call around 10 am
The police and the search and rescue agencies have been combing the area since then for the children, who believe they moved away from their home. They have asked the public to stay away while trained search engines do their job.
Donald Parker, a councilor of the Municipality of County of Pictou, said it has been difficult for many community members who just want to help. But it is important to listen to the authorities, he said.
“Everyone in the community is worried and worried, but we all expect the best here,” said Parker, who has been visiting the search sites every day. “It’s hard for the entire community … it’s incredibly difficult.”
Some 160 people were still doing their work on Sunday despite a rain forecast that made some challenging search conditions. RCMP has said that search engines located what could be a footprint on Saturday and expanded their search effort in that area.
On Monday, the RCMP CPL spokesman. Carlie McCann said the search continued overnight.
“Requesters carry out diligent of which specific sections of the soil have been covered, and are applying their specialized skills to allow search engines on the scene to stay safe,” McCann said in an email.
Meanwhile, the children’s stepfather said he wants the authorities to expand their search to monitor the New Brunswick border and nearby airports in case the children were kidnapped.
Daniel Martell, who has been in a relationship with the children’s mother for three years, said that the police response was not quick enough and that more resources should have been made available.
He said that the last time he saw the children that he and his mother were in his room with his baby on Friday morning.
He said Lily entered the bedroom several times and could listen to Jack in the kitchen.
Children must have opened the sliding back door, which is almost silent, and they have gone, he said.
“When we noticed that the children had left, I immediately jumped into the vehicle, I surveyed all the areas, [as] Many dirt roads, [as] Many sewers as I could and waited for the police to get there, “Martell told CBC News.
On Saturday, the mother of the children, Malehya Brooks-Murray, spoke with CTV News.
“I stay as hopeful as possible, I want them at home, I want to hold them and I love them home,” he said CTV.
She said she appreciates the great search effort, but said she has been pressing to send an amber alert.
“Not only could they be kidnapped, which is a possibility that may have been, but only an alert for everyone to know that they are missing.”
Police said Friday that there is no evidence that children were kidnapped, so an amber alert was not issued. But the RCMP issued an alert of vulnerable missing persons for Antigonivic, Colchester and Pictou County on Saturday afternoon.
Martell said that Jack is in preprimary and that Lily is in Primary. He said they were not at school on Friday because Lily had cough and neither she nor her brother went to school last week.
He said that Jack and Lily are not just brothers, “they are like best friends.” Jack loves insects and dinosaurs, and Lily loves “female things.”
“If someone has something, present now,” Martell said Monday in an interview outside the house where the children disappeared.
Martell said that two starting clues were found near his home, as well as another close, and that is the only evidence that the authorities have discovered so far.
A spokesman of the Central Central Center for Chignecto Education confirmed on Monday that children attend Salt Springs Elementary in Salt Springs, NS
“During this difficult time, the school has additional support personnel on the site ready to help staff and students with questions and provide quiet coping strategies,” wrote Jennifer Rodgers in an email.
“The school has also shared a message with their families that included a resource guide for parents.”
Major Daniel Roode, from the Salvation Army, said his organization has been providing breakfast, lunch and dinner to the various agencies involved in the search since Saturday.
“We are going to fill,” Roode said a kitchen in Westville, NS, adding that up to 150 search engines were receiving an abundant stew for lunch on Monday.
“We hope to see the seekers and the police and the well -fed responders … but we hope that everything that some answers are and, above all, that these children would be healthy and healthy.”
Anyone with information about children is urged to call the Pictou RCMP County district at 902-485-4333.
