The days before the disappearance
On Dec. 1, 2005, Reg went to Charlottetown but this time it was different, he came back about 8 p and he was all doped up and was seeing things that were not there. Up until this, I thought Reg was doing very good, he would sometimes go down to the Bluefin Lounge and have a few beers, he had some home. He always seemed to me to be in good shape. He was normal on Friday, but we were having supper Saturday about 6:15 pm when Reg came up from the basement with three library books and he said to his mother, “I am taking these books back to the Library in Charlottetown”. Helen said, “this is Saturday, the library is closed!” He just looked at her and out the door he went. We assume he went to Charlottetown.
When he landed back home about 11:15 pm, he was a different Reggie. He was out of his mind. He was seeing, birds, animals, etc. He was saying that his teeth were splitting and turning crossways in his mouth and he had a wild look on his face. I asked him if he was on “crystal meth”, he said he had tried it a few years ago and did not like it.
He roamed around all night we did not get much sleep. Finally, about 8:30 am, we said that we were going to take him to Mt. Hebert Detox, as there was a bed for him there. Helen told him to go and change his clothes. Reggie and I were standing near the cellar steps and he said “Nobody is going to lock me up in a cement basement anymore” and he ran down the steps. Less than a minute later, I glanced out the back door and his car was heading out for Knights Lane, and that was the last we had seen of him. He had climbed out his window in his room. There was no way that he was going for treatment.