RCMP scaling back search for missing N.S. children [Video]

Six days after two children were reported missing from a rural home in Nova Scotia’s Pictou County, RCMP say they are scaling back the search and have not ruled out that the case is suspicious.

Crews have been searching for Lily Sullivan, 6, and Jack Sullivan, 4, since May 2, when police received a 911 call reporting that they had wandered away from their home on Gairloch Road in Lansdowne Station.

Staff Sgt. Curtis MacKinnon confirmed during a news conference Wednesday that the RCMP’s major crime unit has been involved in the investigation since May 3.

MacKinnon said all missing persons files “are treated as suspicious until our investigation leads …