Lily & Jack Sullivan: The Family Secrets That Changed Everything
Did any of them ever make the statement that they wanted to look for the children, or did she make a fuss saying like, “I don’t want to leave until I find my kids?”

Really? No. So that’s what I stated as well. Because when I got there, I said, “Do you want me to stay with the baby? You can go look.” She goes, “I’m going to stay with the baby.” Okay, said whatever. So I went looking.

In Landsdown Station, Nova Scotia, a phone goes silent—but its secrets scream.

On May 2nd, 2025, 6-year-old Lily Sullivan and 4-year-old Jack vanish, tearing a family apart. Maley Brooks Murray, their mother, erases her life with stepfather Daniel Martell, guided by her mother Cindy’s iron grip. A cousin, Logan, steps into a TikTok livestream, her voice sharp: Cindy controls Maley’s every move.

Community accusations ignite. CPS severs bonds. And a trailer holds ghosts.

In true crime, control isn’t love—it’s a cage.

Who rewrote Lily and Jack’s story? What did Cindy hide?

So that was the next thing: when the baby was told she had to leave the residence. She was exactly told she did not have to leave the residence. They just wanted the baby off the property—away from the residence. That’s like, “This whole scenario isn’t something a kid should be a part of.”

So the baby was going to come to my house. She’s never been apart from the baby. Never. Like, she’s—Meadow, Meadow, Meadow. Meadow, Meadow, Meadow.

So I said, “You’re more than welcome to come too. If not, I’m comfortable—I have three kids of my own, Maley—I can take care of this kid. I can take care of the baby. No problem.”

So first it was just going to be the baby. And then she decided she was going to come with me. But then something changed.

We were at the briefing. Her mother said something to her. And then I had to take everything out of my car and put it in her mother’s car. And like I said, she had this whole plan—like she was going to drive her car to my house. Mhm. And then the plan changed. “Oh, I’m going to take the car to my mother’s. I’m going with my mother.”

Well, she didn’t even come back for the car. The search and rescue had her car towed to wherever she was, because they left the car. That’s how much of a hurry that was—to leave.

Maley stayed at the— They stayed at the residence Friday night.

And just out of curiosity, because I think you said something I wasn’t quite sure I understood: when did Maley’s mother arrive at the house?

No, she arrived Friday. She was there before I got there on Friday—when they went missing. I’m not sure the exact time. We all tried to figure that out. I’m not sure.

Okay. Did Maley’s mother stay overnight there?

I am unsure. But she was there in the morning when I got back, when I came back. So she could have stayed the night. I am—like I said—I am unsure, because I didn’t stay at the residence that night. I went home.

May 2, before dawn breaks. Cindy’s car hums into Landsdown.
Maley’s mother—a figure of toxic vibes, per Logan, Daniel’s cousin—is there before Lily and Jack vanish. Why so early? Logan recalls Cindy’s glare when she offered Maley her number.
“What are you doing with her phone?”

Maley, 27, an adult, cowers.

Days before, her Facebook glowed with love for Daniel.
By May 3rd, Cindy’s whispers shift her course.
Logan’s claim: “That woman never shed a tear.”

In forensic profiling, control leaves footprints.

What did Cindy shape that morning? Why did Maley turn?
May 3rd, Maley flees with 16-month-old Meadow. Her car—abandoned.

Hours earlier, she told Officer Mason:
“This is the safest I’ve ever been.”
Standing by Daniel.

What changed?

Logan says Cindy’s voice overpowered.

Maley’s phone—once open to Daniel—blocked him. Cindy answered, snapped,
“Hang up.”

Maley’s Facebook—a shrine to their love—purged Daniel by May 4th.

In statement analysis, sudden shifts signal external hands.
Was Maley escaping—or obeying?
In true crime, loyalty bends under pressure.

Who broke her trust? What sparked the community’s rage?

So, did it come as a shock to Daniel that she actually up and left him?
Yes. 100%.

Because at one moment, there was an altercation at the end of the driveway, which was me and one of Maley’s family members screaming at each other. And the cops were called down.

So when the cops came down, they took Maley aside. They took my mother aside, because my mother said she was part of the altercation—which she was. I was as well. And my aunt. We all got spoken to by the police.

Maley literally told the police officer right then and there:
“This is the happiest I’ve ever been. I feel the safest when I’m here.”

Even when she left, Officer Mason was dead shocked—as was Daniel—that she actually left, because she told the officer it was the safest she’s ever been.

So, that was before her mother got to her?
Yes.

And I just want to clarify—when you’re saying that she was saying this is the safest she’s ever felt—meaning in your company and your family’s company?
Correct. Absolutely, yes.

So, to know that he got home to go contact her, that he was blocked and deleted, was a complete and utter shock.

The children’s stepfather told CBC that after the disappearance, the children’s mother left the area to be with her family in another part of the province and blocked him on social media.

“My mother had to kick some people off the property because they were saying that I did it. I had something to do with it. And I’m the only one here fighting for them—which is sad.”

May 3rd. Landsdown’s trailer becomes a war zone.

Maley’s family accuses Daniel of hiding truths. His mother expels them—fists clenched. Logan in the fray, screams at Maley’s kin. Police separate them—but whispers spread:
“Daniel knows something.”

Daniel pleads:
“I’m the only one fighting.”

As neighbors turn, the Sullivan surname—Lily and Jack’s tie to an absent father—fuels talk of a broken home.

In true crime, communities don’t just grieve—they judge.

What fueled their fury? Why did CPS step in?

Daniel Martell can’t see Meadow, his daughter. Children’s Aid blocks him, citing unnamed concerns: abuse, neglect. Logan calls it unjust—but omits why.

The trailer—Daniel’s childhood home—once cradled a blended family: Lily, Jack, Meadow, under the Sullivan shadow. CPS’s silence speaks volumes.

In 2024, 65% of restrictions tied to domestic claims. Maley’s allegations—whispered to CPS—remain locked.

In true crime, barriers hide motives.
What did Daniel’s words reveal?

“Now, I know you can’t speak on Daniel’s behalf, but what does he really, truly believe happened to these kids?”

That’s something that he has stated all along—that it’s something that has to come from him. He is—he honestly—he wanted—he believes they were—I think he believes that they were picked up by now. Like, that they were abducted. Because there’s no sign of them in the woods. He doesn’t believe they’re in the woods.

May 6th. Daniel faces cameras, voice raw.

“Two kids are out there.”
No tears fall.

Logan swears he’s shattered. Blindsided by Maley’s exit. He insists: abduction—not wandering. Yet RCMP find no trace.

His phone—confiscated—holds secrets. A replacement buzzes.
At his childhood home, woods he carved as a sawmill worker, he waits.

In forensic profiling, emotion without tears raises flags.
Is Daniel a grieving stepfather—or playing a part?
In true crime, words betray intent.

What did he conceal? What did social media ignite?

Logan’s TikTok livestream lights a fuse. Her claims: Cindy’s control. Maley’s silence. They go viral—but unverified.

Reddit and TikTok erupt—accusing Daniel, Maley, even CPS.

Maley’s Facebook—once a love letter to Daniel—wipes him clean.

Leaked texts—allegedly Daniel’s—criticize Maley’s parenting, sparking backlash. Logan’s timing, post-leak, smells of damage control.

In 2025, 80% of true crime cases turn on social media’s pulse.

In true crime, voices amplify—or distort.
What did the internet bury?
Can the truth be found?

Lily and Jack Sullivan are gone.
Their family—a maze of secrets.
Cindy’s grip.
Maley’s silence.
Daniel’s pleas.
Community rage.

Truth slips through cracks.

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