🚨 BOMBSHELL LEAK in Lilly & Jack Sullivan Case: Mom’s Chilling Words – “He Held Me Down And HURT Me” 😱💔

Over 9 months since tiny Lilly (6) and Jack (4) vanished from their Nova Scotia home… and now unsealed court docs drop a gut-punch: Their mom, Malehya Brooks-Murray, told RCMP her then-partner Daniel Martell (the stepdad) was physically abusive.

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Lansdowne Station, Nova Scotia – New details from unsealed court documents have cast fresh light on the strained relationship between the mother and stepfather of Lilly Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4 (sometimes reported as 5), who vanished from their rural Pictou County home more than nine months ago.

The siblings were reported missing on May 2, 2025, when their mother, Malehya Brooks-Murray, called 911 at 10:01 a.m. to say the children had wandered away from the family residence on Gairloch Road in the remote Lansdowne Station area, about 140 kilometers northeast of Halifax. Despite one of the province’s largest search operations—involving hundreds of volunteers, sniffer dogs, drones, helicopters, and repeated sweeps of dense woods—no significant breakthroughs have emerged. Evidence remains limited: child-sized boot prints matching Lilly’s footwear, fragments of a pink blanket (one piece in a tree 1 km away, another in a driveway trash bag), a sock, purple fabric, and scat samples.

In January 2026, partially unsealed search warrant documents—released following media applications to lift redactions—include excerpts from a May 9, 2025, police interview with Brooks-Murray. Investigators asked if her then-common-law partner, Daniel Martell, had been physically abusive during their roughly three-year relationship. According to the filings, Brooks-Murray alleged that Martell “would try to block her, hold her down and once he pushed her.” She added that he would take her phone when she attempted to call her mother, and that these incidents “would sometimes be physical and hurt.”

The allegations describe domestic control and physical confrontations but do not involve the children or suggest any direct link to their disappearance. They remain unproven and have not been tested in court. Martell, who lived with Brooks-Murray, the children, and the couple’s infant daughter at the time, has denied the claims. In responses to media outlets like Global News, he characterized them as part of a “narrative” designed to cast him in a negative light.

The timing of the revelations adds intrigue: They surfaced publicly shortly before Martell’s unrelated arrest on January 26, 2026. Pictou County RCMP confirmed the 34-year-old was charged with assault, sexual assault, and forcible confinement involving an adult female complainant. The alleged incidents occurred between September 1, 2024, and March 30, 2025—on Gairloch Road, the same address as the family home—and predate the children’s disappearance. Martell was released with conditions and is scheduled to appear in Pictou provincial court on March 2, 2026. Authorities have repeatedly stated these charges are separate from the missing persons investigation.

RCMP documents from the early probe show both Brooks-Murray and Martell cooperated extensively. Both underwent polygraph examinations related to the disappearance, with Martell passing his. Investigators reviewed bank records, cellphone data, GPS logs, search histories, and thousands of videos from nearby tolls, businesses, and private cameras. Septic systems were searched, and over 670 tips were pursued, alongside dozens of interviews.

Brooks-Murray has spoken little publicly since the initial days, deferring to police guidance. Martell has maintained his innocence regarding the children’s case, describing himself as forthcoming. The couple became estranged the day after the disappearance, according to reports.

The case continues under the provincial Missing Persons Act, with no indication of criminal activity tied to the vanishing. A $150,000 provincial reward remains active for information leading to resolution. Cadaver dogs deployed in late 2025 found nothing, and searches have tapered amid harsh weather and lack of new leads.

Online speculation has surged, with true crime forums, YouTube channels, and social media groups dissecting every detail—from the blanket fragments to the boot prints and now these domestic allegations. Some wonder if family tensions played a role; others caution against conflating unrelated adult matters with the children’s fate.

RCMP Northeast Nova Major Crime Unit continues to urge tips via local detachments or Crime Stoppers. As another spring approaches without answers, the unsealed documents serve as a reminder of the complex personal backdrop to a mystery that has gripped Nova Scotia: two small children who seemingly vanished into the woods, leaving behind fragments, questions, and a family’s unresolved pain.