GlenDouglasRace

On 2007-05-16, the 26-year-old, a former football all-star at Dartmouth High School, was arrested while trying to walk across the U.S.-Mexico border in Brownsville, Texas. He was charged in connection with the 2007-05 Murders. He was carrying documents and a .44 caliber rifle belonging to 35-yo Darcy Manor, who was found dead at his hunting camp in Mooers, New York.

See 2007-05 Murders for the timeline and current status of the case.

Glen Race was a skilled high school athlete whose behaviour became erratic as he grew older, according to various sources. He went on to play football for St. Francis Xavier University in Antigonish during the 2003 and ’04 seasons.

In April 2005, Mr. Race was charged with resisting arrest and unlawfully being in an isolated cabin in Loganville, Pictou County, where he was apparently seeking shelter.

A judge in New Glasgow provincial court ordered him on April 18 of that year to undergo a seven-day psychiatric assessment at the East Coast Forensic Hospital in Dartmouth. He was found fit to stand trial.

A report given to the court stated that Mr. Race had a serious psychiatric disorder, schizophrenia, and was “definitely quite psychotic” but didn’t meet the criteria for exemption from criminal responsibility.

He returned to court on April 25 and the Crown withdrew the charges, permitting Mr. Race to enter into a 12-month peace bond by promising to stay away from the cabin and its owner.

Sgt. Law Power of Pictou County District RCMP said officers had arrested Mr. Race on April 14, 2005, after receiving a complaint from someone who saw footprints in the snow leading to the cabin and investigated.

“The person who discovered the foot tracks found a male sleeping in the camp and spoke to him,” Sgt. Power said, adding that the suspect left and began walking down the road where police encountered him.

Sgt. Power said the man had no personal connection to the cabin’s owner and it wasn’t clear what he was doing in the area.

“It would appear he may have been a transient looking for some safe accommodations for the night,” Sgt. Power said.

The man entered the camp through an unlocked window so there was no damage and nothing stolen, he said.

“He did display some unusual behaviour that subsequently resulted in us asking that he be examined.”

A little over a year ago, Mr. Race’s parents moved to the Windsor area, where their troubled son apparently spent a lot of time with them.

Geraldine Caldwell, who lives next to the family in Three Mile Plains, said she often saw the three of them walking their dog together.

“They don’t seem to bother anybody,” she said.

Ms. Caldwell, like other neighbours, said she saw an RCMP car in the family’s driveway at least once.

Sgt. Tom Grant of Windsor RCMP said Mr. Race was known to police but he didn’t know if he had a criminal record.

Another neighbour said he saw the man running around his parents’ property naked on several occasions, most recently two or three weeks ago.

“He came out with a towel on, then took it off and dried himself,” said the neighbour, who spoke on condition of anonymity.

Mr. Race also lit several small fires in his parents’ yard, the neighbour said. Another man who lives near the parents said Mr. Race’s father retired early to look after his son.

“He was a troubled boy,” said the man, who didn’t want his name published.

Mr. Race would often sit and stare into space for extended periods, he said. The neighbour noticed him at the home last week.

Most recently to the murders, Race lived in an apartment on North St.

On May 22, Glen Race's family released the following statement to the media:

“No words can express the tremendous sorrow, the grief and the disbelief that has gripped our family as the terrible events of the past weeks have unfolded. Events that have taken the lives of three men and devastated their families and loved ones. Events for which our son has been charged. For the families of Paul Knott, Trevor Brewster and Darcy Manor, our hearts are filled with unspeakable sorrow and we extend our deepest sympathy and prayers in the loss of your loved ones.

“As a family we have lived with and witnessed Glen’s struggle with paranoid schizophrenia for six years. As a father, as a mother and as a brother we have tried every available means to help him, to keep him in treatment. Changes in treatment options that were put forward in 2005 with the passing of the Involuntary Psychiatric Treatment Act would have provided for community treatment orders, but those changes never came into effect for our family.

“We have done everything that we can to assist the police with their investigations here and we will continue to do so. We rely upon their updates concerning the status of Glen’s proceedings and there is nothing more we can add. We too, have lost a loved one — to a terrible illness that can be treated, but for which there are insufficient resources. We ask those who would do so to pray for the families of all who have been affected by these terrible tragedies, for all families coping with the mental illness of a loved one, and for Glen in his anguish.”

— Mark, Donna and Douglas Race