Overview

• RCMP administered at least four polygraphs; initial tests for the mother and stepfather indicated truthful answers, and the biological father later passed.
• Investigators recovered pieces of a pink blanket identified as Lilly’s—one in a tree about one kilometre from the home and another from a trash bag at the driveway—now undergoing forensic testing.
• Court orders sought cellphone, banking and highway surveillance, including Cobequid Pass footage of vehicles leaving Nova Scotia between May 1 and May 3.
• Investigators report reviewing more than 760 tips and 8,000 videos with no corroborated lead, noting the case was not believed criminal at one stage but all scenarios remain under review.
• A witness told police she saw two children on May 2 walking toward a tan or gold sedan with a woman waiting beside it, a sighting investigators are working to verify.