N.S. missing kids: Why policing expert believes case now a criminal investigation
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A former Nova Scotia police detective says he believes the search for two missing children in Pictou County that has lasted more than a month is now a criminal investigation.
A former Nova Scotia police detective says he believes the search for two missing children in Pictou County that has lasted more than a month is now a criminal investigation.
Siblings Lilly and Jack Sullivan, aged six and four, were reported missing on May 2 from their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station, N.S.
Jim Hoskins, a retired Halifax Regional Police officer and former major crimes staff sergeant who is not working on the case, says the actions from police and the agencies involved have led him to this conclusion.
“They’re looking at this with some criminal aspects as well. They just haven’t said so,” he said.
“In my personal experience, if this is not a criminal investigation now, I’d be totally surprised.”
In an update Wednesday, RCMP said finding out what happened to Lilly and Jack may take longer than they had “hoped.”
Police revealed that several national agencies, including the National Centre of Missing Persons and Canadian Centre for Child Protection, have joined the investigation.
“We’re accessing, evaluating and analyzing a significant volume of information from a variety of sources,” Cpl. Sandy Matharu, investigation lead, Northeast Nova RCMP major crime unit, said in a release.
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