Overview
- About 40 people gathered outside the RCMP detachment in Stellarton, N.S., for a candlelight vigil nearly six months after Jack, 5, and Lilly, 6, disappeared.
- Stepfather Daniel Martell said he does not believe the children are in the woods and stated he is working closely with RCMP major-crimes investigators.
- Martell said he previously took a polygraph and passed, a claim RCMP have not confirmed, and he walked back earlier comments suggesting the children’s mother was involved.
- RCMP officials reiterated the case has not gone cold, citing ongoing work that includes more than 860 tips, 8,060 video files and continuing forensic follow-up.
- Two human-remains-detection dogs searched a 40-kilometre area in September without finding remains, and neighbour reports of a vehicle early on May 2 remain disputed by police.