All scenarios being considered, RCMP say 5 weeks after N.S. children disappeared [Video]

A member of the RCMP’s major crime unit says it’s taking “longer than we hoped” to advance the investigation into two missing Nova Scotia children who vanished from a rural community more than five weeks ago.

In a news release Wednesday, RCMP provided an update into the case, detailing the investigative tools that have been employed, the areas that have been searched and the various units and agencies now involved in the case.

Lilly Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, were reported missing from their home in Lansdowne Station on May 2, sparking an extensive six-day search through dense woods that included up to 160 search and rescue officials, dogs, helicopters and drones.

The Mounties say more than 11 units are working on the investigation, including the major crime unit, digital forensic services, police dog services and its behavioural sciences group, criminal analysis service and truth verification section, which works …