NEW POLICE UPDATE | LILLY AND JACK SULLIVANJack and Lily Sullivan are still missing, and we are aware that police have been scouring the area for footage to determine when the children were last seen. They are considering all possibilities, including foul play as well as the chance that the children may have wandered into the woods.

This is a significant update, as we now have more information on when the children were last seen. The statement reads:

“As the missing persons investigation into the disappearance of Lily and Jack Sullivan continues, the RCMP is appealing to the public for additional video footage. Investigators have collected hours of video from the area surrounding Lansston Station. Based on the details we’ve gathered so far, we can confirm that Lily and Jack were seen in public with family members on the afternoon of May 1st. We are now asking anyone who has dash cam footage or video along Gerich Road between 12:00 p.m. on April 28th and 12:00 p.m. on May 2nd to contact us.”

Investigators remain committed to exploring all possibilities surrounding the children’s disappearance. To date, more than 355 tips have been received and are being followed up on. RCMP officers have also formally interviewed over 50 people, with more interviews planned in the coming days.

Investigative work is ongoing following a large-scale ground and air search that began immediately after the children were reported missing on May 2nd. Hundreds of searchers, multiple dogs, various drones, an underwater recovery team, and several aircraft scoured a heavily wooded 5.5-kilometer area before search efforts were scaled back on May 7th. Additional searches took place on May 8th, May 9th, May 17th, and May 18th. Any future searches will be determined based on the course of the investigation.

This is a major development, as we now know the children were definitely seen on May 1st. But why are police asking for footage going all the way back to April 28th? It feels like we’re only scratching the surface of this case — and much more information may be about to emerge. 

The search for Jack and Lily Sullivan continues to weigh heavily on the public’s mind, and now a new police update has added both clarity and complexity to the case. For weeks, speculation has grown over when the children were truly last seen and whether foul play may be involved. This latest development from the RCMP confirms a crucial detail in the investigation: Jack and Lily were last seen in public with family members on the afternoon of May 1st.

This single confirmation helps narrow the window of their disappearance, but it also raises even more questions. If the children were alive and seen in public on May 1st, what happened in the hours that followed? Why, if they vanished on May 2nd as previously believed, are police now asking for video footage that stretches as far back as April 28th? These questions point to the RCMP’s widening investigation and hint at deeper concerns behind the scenes.

According to the official statement, the RCMP is now appealing to anyone who may have dash cam or surveillance footage along Gerich Road between 12:00 p.m. on April 28th and 12:00 p.m. on May 2nd. The specificity of that timeline is significant. It suggests that investigators are tracking movements not just from the day of the disappearance, but from a period that could show lead-up behavior, unusual travel patterns, or perhaps even a prelude to a crime. Law enforcement is clearly attempting to map a broader timeline—one that may uncover inconsistencies or reinforce suspicions about what was happening in and around the Sullivan household before the children were officially reported missing.

What stands out about the statement is the emphasis on video collection. Investigators have already gathered hours of footage from the Lansston Station area, but are still asking for more. This is a classic law enforcement tactic used when building a visual timeline—especially when they’re trying to verify or disprove what witnesses, or in some cases suspects, have told them. If someone close to the children gave a version of events that doesn’t line up with the movement captured on video, it could be the break police are looking for.

Alongside this public appeal, RCMP officers have confirmed that they’ve conducted more than 50 formal interviews. That’s a significant number and underscores how seriously this case is being treated. Importantly, they’ve also received over 355 tips. While many tips in high-profile cases turn out to be unrelated, they often help establish behavioral patterns or lead to small, seemingly insignificant clues that can become game-changers when combined with hard evidence.

The magnitude of the search effort launched after the children were reported missing on May 2nd speaks volumes about the seriousness of the case. In the first five days alone, hundreds of trained searchers combed a 5.5-kilometer wooded area using ground crews, search dogs, drones, an underwater recovery team, and multiple aircraft. These weren’t symbolic searches—they were coordinated, exhaustive operations, designed to either find the children or rule out the possibility that they were still in the area.

Yet, despite all of that effort, no physical trace of Jack or Lily was found. Not a shoe. Not a toy. Not even a piece of clothing. That absence is troubling. Typically, when children wander off, they leave some kind of trail. The lack of any physical evidence leads many to believe that the children may have never been in the woods at all—or that they were moved far away very quickly. Additional searches were carried out on May 8th, 9th, 17th, and 18th, suggesting that investigators may have been chasing down specific leads or areas of interest. Still, nothing definitive has turned up.

With the confirmation of a May 1st sighting, the RCMP now has a fixed point in time to work from. The focus shifts from speculation to a very real 24- to 48-hour window between the last known sighting and the official report. What’s still unclear is what kind of “public sighting” occurred. Was it caught on security footage? Witnessed in a store? Captured by a dashboard camera? The RCMP hasn’t said, and that silence may be strategic. Keeping the nature of that sighting under wraps allows investigators to test the credibility of those close to the case without tipping their hand.

One detail that has fueled public suspicion from the beginning is the behavior of the family. The children’s mother, Mallaya, has remained largely silent since her first media interview. Her social media, while reactivated, hasn’t been used to post updates, pleas for help, or even photos of the children. At a time when many parents in similar situations turn to the public for assistance, her silence has been perceived by some as strange, if not troubling. Daniel, her ex-partner or current partner (the exact status remains unclear), has spoken out more regularly, but questions about his timeline and his extended family members—particularly those living on the property in a trailer—still linger. None of them have come forward to speak publicly about what they saw or heard in the days before the disappearance.

The broader community has also been active in dissecting the case. Online discussions and amateur sleuthing efforts have highlighted several strange details about the property, including its unsafe outdoor conditions, a suspiciously clean ATV seen in photos, and the fact that search dogs lost the children’s scent at the end of the driveway—possibly indicating that they left the area by vehicle, not on foot. While none of these details confirm guilt, they continue to add weight to the growing belief that foul play cannot be ruled out.

The RCMP’s latest public update doesn’t just update the timeline—it subtly shifts the narrative. The initial framing of the case leaned heavily toward the possibility of a wilderness accident. Now, with a verified sighting on May 1st, the investigation is increasingly about what happened next, not just where the children might have gone.

If there’s a reason for cautious optimism, it’s that the investigation is clearly active and evolving. The police are still collecting evidence, expanding interviews, and seeking out video that could hold critical answers. The deliberate way they are handling this—avoiding leaks, offering just enough information to assist without compromising the case—suggests that they’re carefully building a picture of the truth.

The next major breakthrough may come from something small: a frame of video, a timeline inconsistency, or a witness who changes their story. But make no mistake—this investigation is still very much alive. The public may not know everything the RCMP knows yet, but with the confirmation of May 1st as the last sighting, the clock has started ticking on what comes next.