Stepdad of missing N.S. kids says he hopes 'something positive' will come from renewed search
CBC
The stepdad of two missing kids in rural Pictou County, N.S., says he hopes the ground search and rescue operation that resumed Saturday will bring Lilly and Jack Sullivan back home.
"I'm really hopeful that they find something," said Daniel Martell. "I'm grateful for each and everyone of them that take the time out here to go through black flies and go through … these forests are absolutely so dense."
The siblings went missing from their home in Lansdowne Station on May 2. On May 7, after an extensive effort to find the kids, RCMP announced they would be scaling back the search.
Ground search crews departed the community a day after the RCMP announcement.
More than 100 people from five different search and rescue teams were at work on Saturday.
"I'm just hoping for something positive, a positive outcome that's bringing the kids home," Martell said. "That's the main goal here. It's the main goal. It's just to find the truth."
Martell said rampant online speculation has been difficult for his family to deal with for the past two weeks.
"It's hard on everyone. It's hard on me, it's hard on Malehya [the children's mother], it's hard on the families," he said. "I mean, it's been hard on the search and rescue guys cause they don't want to feel like they're failing us for not finding anything."
Since the kids went missing, Martell has said he asked police to give him a polygraph test to clear up speculation.
Despite this, Martell said his family and community have been a constant source of support and hope.
Amy Hansen, one of the search managers, said the search resumed this weekend so the teams could "come back in with fresh people and cover more areas because we haven't resolved the situation yet."
"We just want to find these children and bring them home," said Hansen.
The searchers will be expanding into areas that haven't been searched. They will also be looking more deeply into areas already covered, including where children tend to go when missing in wooded areas.
Multiple drones in the air from different agencies are being used to help with the search.
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