2nd round of polygraphs conducted in disappearance of N.S. children
CBC
Nova Scotia RCMP have conducted a second round of polygraph examinations in the disappearance of Jack and Lilly Sullivan, with two of those tests focused on one of the only pieces of physical evidence in the case: a light pink blanket found hanging in a tree.
Lilly, 6, and Jack, then 4, were reported missing on the morning of May 2, 2025, from Lansdowne, N.S., a sparsely populated area about 140 kilometres northeast of Halifax.
Their disappearance sparked a massive grid search of the thick woods surrounding their home, where they lived with their mother, Malehya Brooks-Murray; stepfather, Daniel Martell; and their younger sister.
A piece of Lilly’s blanket, found on the first day of the search tangled in a tree's twigs, has been the subject of much speculation, fuelled by a lack of answers in the case.
Family members on all sides have suggested online and in media interviews that it was planted.
Haley Ferdinand, Brooks-Murray’s stepsister, was one of the people who came upon the piece of tattered blanket off Lansdowne Station Road, a kilometre from the children’s home, as they scoured for Jack and Lilly alongside dozens of search and rescue members.
“We went down one side of the road and came back up the other,” said Ferdinand, adding that Brooks-Murray’s half-brother, Haiden Murray-Smith, was with her at the time.
“We came back up the other side and all of a sudden there was this pink thing in the tree.”
Ferdinand said it was intertwined in branches roughly a metre off the ground. She described its position as “odd.”
“Emotions were very high that day already... and sure enough, we sent the picture to Malehya and she ID’d it as being Lilly’s,” said Ferdinand in a recent interview at her home outside Truro, N.S.
“It was just very emotional to see.”
Ferdinand said she was asked four questions during a polygraph examination on Feb 20: “Did you plant the blanket in the tree? Did you place the blanket in the tree? Did you put the blanket in the tree? Did you leave the blanket in the tree?”
She said she responded “no” to each question, and at the end, she was told she passed the examination.
Haiden Murray-Smith confirmed to CBC News that he was asked the same four questions during a polygraph examination on Feb. 19. He said he responded “no” to each question, and was told by the examiner at the end that he passed.
Nova Scotia RCMP have conducted a second round of polygraph examinations in the disappearance of Jack and Lilly Sullivan, with two of those tests focused on one of the only pieces of physical evidence in the case: a light pink blanket found hanging in a tree.
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