Nearly one full year after two young children disappeared from their home in Pictou County, Nova Scotia, RCMP are still searching for more information.

In an update on Thursday, police outline their complete response to date, involving a sustained, wide range of efforts.

“Substantial RCMP and partner agency resources continue to be dedicated to this file, and they’ll remain in place until the circumstances surrounding Lilly and Jack’s disappearance are determined with certainty,” says Staff Sergeant Rob McCamon, the acting Officer in Charge of Major Crime and Behavioural Sciences, according to a news release.

It was about 10 a.m. on May 2, 2025, when the RCMP got the call. Six-year-old Lilly and four-year-old Jack walked away from their rural home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne, and they have not been seen since.

Dozens of search and rescue teams started scouring the area, with air support from helicopters, a water search team, and special RCMP teams.

On May 3, the case was handed over to the major crimes unit for Northeast Nova RCMP under the Missing Persons Act. Police from across Canada are involved, along with the National Centre for Missing Persons, the Canadian Centre for Child Protection.

To date, the case is still considered a missing persons investigation, and police have maintained they do not yet believe it is criminal. But they have also repeatedly said “all possible scenarios remain under consideration.”

Police are holding a press conference on the matter at their headquarters, Thursday morning.

More to come…