{"id":9704,"date":"2025-11-15T22:04:48","date_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:04:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/missing-children-i-hope-we-find-something-that-tells-us-were-on-the-right-path\/"},"modified":"2025-11-15T22:04:48","modified_gmt":"2025-11-16T01:04:48","slug":"missing-children-i-hope-we-find-something-that-tells-us-were-on-the-right-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/2025\/11\/15\/missing-children-i-hope-we-find-something-that-tells-us-were-on-the-right-path\/","title":{"rendered":"Missing children: I hope we find something that tells us were on the right path"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Article content\u201cI\u2019m hopeful we\u2019re going to locate something, whether it\u2019s a boot or a backpack. Just something. Of course, we want to locate the children first and foremost. But any evidence is helpful.\u201dArticle content Volunteer searcher Natalie Blanchard of Pictou. \u2013 GLENN MacDONALDArticle contentSince its founding in 2018, Please Bring Me Home has assisted in locating 50 missing people. Oldrieve said the not-for-profit mainly focuses on historical cases and, for weeks, didn\u2019t want to get involved in the Sullivan case.Article contentBut that changed after speaking to family members.Article content Volunteers leave Union Centre Community Hall before driving 15 kilometres down Highway 289 to begin their search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan on Saturday morning. \u2013 GLENN MacDONALDArticle content\u201cAfter they reached out to us, we could feel the anxiety from them that winter is approaching,\u201d Oldrieve said.Article content\u201cWe really felt that the RCMP and search and rescue were doing an incredible job, trying to locate these kids. And we felt that from a search perspective, there likely was\u2019\u2019t very much of a need, but we could certainly push out information on our platforms and people would come forward. But after talking to the family, we wanted to do more.\u201dArticle contentArticle content Map of the five-kilometre loop that the volunteers searched for the missing children on Saturday. \u2013 GLENN MacDONALDArticle contentThe young siblings\u2019 disappearance sparked extensive searches and a massive investigation led by RCMP major crimes that have so far turned up little evidence.Article contentIn September, two RCMP police dogs from Western Canada specifically trained in human remains detection were brought in to search the woods but did not find any remains.Article content Volunteers begin their search from Lansdowne Station Road on Saturday morning. \u2013 GLENN MacDONALDArticle contentNatalie Blanchard, a volunteer from Pictou, said it was time for \u201ca different perspective.\u201dArticle content\u201cThe RCMP did a fantastic job, the man hours and cadaver dogs and everything else that was involved,\u201d Blanchard said. \u201cAt the end of the day, they weren\u2019t able to find anything. This group does this for a living and they\u2019re working for the community and they want to help find these kids.Article content Water levels are high on the Middle River. \u2013 GLENN MacDONALDArticle content\u201cI noticed water levels have gone up. I thought it was interesting that their thought process was to check the rivers again because if something was submersed, maybe the water levels have brought that out. Maybe a mitten. We\u2019re looking for the children, but also any clues that might lead us in that direction.Article contentArticle content\u201cThis has been a long process of two children in Nova Scotia that have gone completely off the grid. No trace, no signs. So, anything anybody can do at this point is going to be helpful. I\u2019m glad to see that people are willing to do it, even after so much time has passed. A lot of people think it\u2019s futile at this point. But I\u2019d like to believe that there\u2019s hope.\u201dArticle content A group leader heads into the woods near the Middle River. \u2013 GLENN MacDONALDArticle contentGray refuses to lose hope but acknowledges that each day that has passed since her grandchildren\u2019s disappearance has been a struggle.Article content\u201cIt\u2019s been six months, it\u2019s tough,\u201d Gray said as she choked back tears. \u201cIt\u2019s something that just doesn\u2019t go away.Article content\u201cBut this is better than sitting at home doing nothing. I believe there\u2019s things out there that we can find. I would\u2019ve liked to see a whole lot more searches. But I\u2019m glad to see this one. I appreciate everybody coming out.\u201dArticle content A missing persons poster of Lilly and Jack Sullivan on a telephone pole near their home along Highway 289. \u2013 GLENN MacDONALDArticle content<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Missing children: I hope we find something that tells us were on the right path Article content\u201cI\u2019m hopeful we\u2019re going to locate something, whether it\u2019s a boot or a backpack. Just something. Of course, we want to locate the children first and foremost. But any evidence is helpful.\u201dArticle content Volunteer searcher Natalie Blanchard of Pictou. […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":135,"featured_media":9705,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[118,590,1],"tags":[116,589],"class_list":["post-9704","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-indigenous","category-newfoundland-and-labrador","category-uncategorized","tag-indigenous","tag-newfoundland-and-labrador"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/135"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=9704"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9704\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/9705"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=9704"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=9704"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/service.codeus.ca\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=9704"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}