Two children missing in rural northeastern Nova Scotia have yet to be found.
Six-year-old Lily Sullivan and four-year-old Jack Sullivan were reported missing around 10 a.m. Friday. They were last seen on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station.
The RCMP describes Lily as having shoulder-length light brown hair with bangs. The force said she might be wearing a pink sweater, pink pants, and pink boots.
Jack has short blondish hair and was wearing blue dinosaur boots. Police have said no other clothing description is available.
Search efforts continued in Pictou County Sunday. Police said the searches went on through Saturday night, as they had on Friday.
‘A lot of people on edge’
Pictou County Warden Robert Parker says he hasn’t seen anything impact the area as much as the Westray mine disaster in 1992.
“This has a lot of people on edge, a lot of people concerned. There’s high tension in the community. I’ve seen some of the most stoic people I know that usually show no emotion very upset about this issue, wish they could do something, wish they could do more. But we’re all sitting and hoping and praying right now,” he told CTV News Sunday night.
Police sent out two vulnerable person alerts for the missing children; one on Friday for the immediate area, and another for a wider area on Saturday.
RCMP Cpl. Sally Rice said Saturday there is no information to suggest they were abducted and it appears they wandered away from a home.
‘Staying as hopeful as possible’
The children’s mother Malehya Brooks-Murray has pleaded for their safe return.
“I’m just staying as hopeful as possible. I want them home. I want to hold them, and I want them home,” she told CTV News Saturday. “When they’re found it will be the biggest relief to hug them.”
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