‘It’s just really strange’ two missing Nova Scotia children have not been found
So, CBC just posted a new article about the two missing children from Nova Scotia — Lily Sullivan and Jack Sullivan. Lily is 6 years old and Jack is 4. They went missing on May 2nd, 2025. Today is May 22nd, 2025, which means they have now been missing for 20 days without a single trace of where they could be.

They seemingly just walked out of their house and poof — vanished into thin air.

RCMP, searchers, police, dogs — you name it. There have been extensive searches in the area, but they’ve come back with absolutely nothing. No evidence. No clues. Nothing that could help figure out what happened to these two young children.

It’s absolutely terrifying that something like this could happen — anywhere in the world. But when it happens close to home, it hits differently. One of my friends lives in Pictou County with two children, and it fills your mind with so many possibilities — none of them good. The fear becomes so real when it’s right in your backyard.

The new CBC article includes interviews with some experts — including Glenn Brown, a former operational dog handler with the RCMP for 26 years. He said the fact that the Sullivan children still haven’t been found is really strange.

“I find it hard to believe that a six- and four-year-old would just disappear like that. I can guarantee you, if I was still working today, it would be the thing racing around in my mind all the time: Where would they have gone? We’ve done everything.”

Robert Koester, a search mission coordinator with the Virginia Beach Department of Emergency Management in the U.S., also commented. He said it’s very rare to never find the subject of a search — it only happens in about 5% of cases. That stat comes from a database he compiled from over half a million search and rescue incidents around the world.

He also created an app called Lost Person Behavior, which was used in this particular search. Koester explained that there are a few possible reasons someone might not be found:

The search area wasn’t large enough.

A team was assigned an area but never made it there.

Or sometimes, it’s just really hard to spot people in the woods.

“All it can take is a second or two of looking to your left when you needed to be looking to your right,” he said. “Especially with children — they can crawl into small, tight spaces that are completely obstructed from view.”

While the RCMP has not said why they returned to the search area this past weekend, Brown said it’s not uncommon to bring searchers back in these investigations.

In general, there are several factors that may prompt police to restart a missing person’s search. Brown said it’s possible the police received a tip or new evidence that wasn’t known to officers on the ground. And since the RCMP’s Major Crime Unit has been involved from the day after the disappearance, it suggests this is being taken very seriously.

“They may tell searchers, ‘We got a tip. We just want you to go in that area and see if you find anything.’ Even the officers themselves might not know what triggered it, unless they’re part of the inner circle.”

Brown added that it’s entirely possible evidence has been found during the course of the investigation, but the RCMP is not releasing that information publicly — which, honestly, we kind of hope is the case. Maybe they’re keeping it under wraps to protect the integrity of the investigation.

Right now, there’s no public information that gives anyone a solid idea of what happened to Lily and Jack.

Brown said that investigators may have reviewed old information that warranted re-examining certain areas. Or maybe poor weather or wildfire conditions earlier on prevented a proper search.

Regardless of the reason, Brown said he knows — from experience — that every single officer and searcher out there is carrying Lily and Jack with them every step of the way.

“They look at their own kids. Their grandchildren. Their nieces and nephews. And they’re probably thinking the same thing: ‘We need to go back and keep looking.’”

It’s such a heartbreaking situation.

The RCMP said they have not ruled out that the case is suspicious. The Major Crime Unit has been involved from the very beginning. But they would not answer any specific questions about the latest search, and they declined a request for an interview.

So, that’s where we are right now with the case of these two missing children in Nova Scotia.

If you don’t know where Nova Scotia is — it’s on the east coast of Canada. Pictou County is a pretty rural area. Lots of dense woods, heavy forest. But according to what we know, there’s been no evidence found. No clues. No footprints. Nothing.

One of the children, Jack, was reportedly wearing only a pair of boots and a pull-up diaper. And then… just gone.

It’s unbelievable to think this can happen. But when it happens this close to home… man. It’s absolutely terrifying.

At the end of the day, I just hope that someone out there saw something — or knows something — that could help bring Lily and Jack Sullivan home to their family and loved ones.