Mother of missing N.S. children complained of intimate partner violence to police, court documents show

The mother of Jack and Lilly Sullivan, the missing Nova Scotia children who disappeared more than eight months ago, told police in the early stages of the investigation that her common-law partner had, at times, been physically violent with her in the home, newly unsealed court documents show.

When RCMP major crime investigators asked the children’s mother, Malehya Brooks-Murray, whether her then common-law partner Daniel Martell was physically abusive, she alleged that “he would try to block her, hold her down and once he pushed her,” police wrote in an application to request records to help with their investigation into the missing children.