'Everybody's pulling for the 1 goal': Search for missing Pictou County, N.S., children enters 3rd day

Richard Woodbury · CBC News

· Posted: May 04, 2025 9:12 AM EDT | Last Updated: 17 minutes ago

As the hunt for 2 missing Pictou County children enters its 3rd day, the RCMP serviceman overseeing the hunt efforts says foggy conditions Sunday some assistance and hinder their work.

Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were past seen Friday connected Gairloch Road successful Lansdowne Station, astir 20 kilometres southwest of New Glasgow, N.S.

RCMP Staff Sgt. Josh Wiese, who is starring the crushed hunt and rescue operations, says fog gets successful the mode of drones and helicopters, but the cooler conditions assistance the searchers, who already look challenging conditions.

"It's exhausting," helium said. "There's ticks, there's the blackflies are coming out. The somesthesia successful the greeting begins chill and past a partition of humidity conscionable moved successful [Saturday]. That takes a toll connected people.

"So there's vigor exhaustion radical are getting treated for, there's tick bites, there's bug bites, there's scratches and pokes from branches and twisted ankles, truthful connected apical of managing the search, you person to negociate the searchers arsenic well."

Wiese is hopeful the fog volition burn off.

Lily has shoulder-length airy brownish hairsbreadth with bangs. RCMP said she mightiness beryllium wearing a pinkish sweater, pinkish pants and pinkish boots. Jack has abbreviated blondish hair. He was wearing bluish dinosaur boots.

Wiese said astir 50 searchers, respective constabulary dogs and 8 drone units looked for the children done the night.

He said the hunt effort doesn't stop, with teams rotating successful and out. Wiese said determination volition beryllium astir 120 searchers Sunday, conscionable similar Saturday.

"There's nary cellular service, which adds to each of the issues and the information issues that we person for the searchers and everybody's pulling for the 1 goal: they privation to find these 2 small kids arsenic accelerated arsenic possible," said Wiese.

He said members of the nationalist tin assistance with the hunt effort by checking sheds, culverts and ditches connected their properties.

"That's the happening to check, but we conscionable don't person the capableness to judge walk-up volunteers," said Wiese. "This is simply a precise managed search."

Anyone with accusation astir the children is urged to telephone Pictou County District RCMP astatine 902-485-4333.