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WHI TBY FRýEE PR.Ess; WEDNESDAY SEPTEMBER 1, 1982, PAGE 3 Dempster moody*and-dem' anding: ,-testimony Prior to his ' death, John Dempster was moody and was"exper- iencing periods of dis- orientation accordlng to a staff member of the Durham Centre for the Developmentally Han- dicapped. Mary Van Den Bogaard made the statement last week wbile- testifying at- an inquest called to investi- gate bis deatb. 1"John was a demand- ing resident," she said, "with good. and bad moods. When in a bad mood, he was very low and probably forgot where he was going to my knowledge. " Dempster, at 52-year- old >developmentally handicapped residenit of the Whitby facility was last seen at about 4 p.m. on April 1. His body was found 29 days later float- ing in the waters of the Whitby Harbor. Dudley Wilson of Whitby was, sailing bis boat on April 30 when he discovered'a decompos- ed body near the break- water of -the channel leading into the Witby Marina. During bis testimony at the inquest, called by coroner Dr. D.W. Con-, ley, Wilson said that he called the police who removed the body from the watéër using bis boat. Beëcause the body was decomposed beyond* re- cognition, identification had to be made tbrough the. use of dental rec- ords. %An autopsy per.- forrned atlîëhe time sb oWed drowning as 'thé cause of deatb., VanDen Bogaard said thatDemfpster was first n&t'iced as missing about 15 minutes- before supper. Earlier that af- ternoon, she* said she, was told that Dempster had soiled himself and was returninig to change into fresh clothes. Van Den, Bogaard added that wben he- did so, he put on clotbing belonging to- another resident. After this, she became «preoccupied with another resident' wbo bad to be quietened down. When Dempster was noticed as missing, she testified that another centre staff member took ber place at the cot- tage wbile she went out insearch of him. Crystal Cowan, the other residential coun- sellor' on duty in Demp- ster's cottage at the time of bis disappear- ance, testified that she also noticed him missing wben the resi- dents were called for supper. She then conducted a search of the house but was distracted by another resident who was having "a physical encounter" with Van Den Bogaard.. She went to get help. Cowan furtber testi- fied that Dempster bad a habit 'of walking around the' lakeshore, especially at the Whitby Yacht Club where he would look at the boats. Dempster, she said, was a "Irisk resident" somen>who might burt' tbemselves or others. Tbey were r e- quiredto be in the cot- tage by9ýp.m.and head counts were conducted at meal times and before they went to bed. Other than that, -tbey bad no restrictions' on téeM. P.C. Dan McMullen of the Durham -Regional- Police Force told the jury. that police were< told- of ýDeëmpster's -dig- appearance at -,about 7 p.rn.'on'April 1; Sgt. Eric Mayne said that a, search was con- ducted of -the groundsý and buildings at' the facility whicb is shared with t he Witby Psy- chiatric Hospital.' The searcb was gra- dually expanded later in the week to include the Whitby Yacht Club and other'facilities sucb as the Iroquois Park Com- plex wbich is néÏarby. The Wednesday after' Dempster went'missing, a helicopter- was FACULTY: GAIL DORFMAN - former teacher at the National Ballet Sochool HEATHER DAVIS - former teacher at the Vancouver Ballet and Hartford, Connecticut- Ballet Sohools HOLLY SMALL - modern dancer, teacher and choreographer brought in to furtber the search, Mayne said, ad- ding that they were also on the look-out for another missing person , a patient at the ýWbitby Psycbiatric Hospital. Mfter 'this, ,shoreline searches were carried, out from the. Ajax- Pickering' boundary to Heydenstore on a periodic basis until he was found on April 30. James 1Armes, psycbometrist of. the aduit unit of Durham Centre, told, the tbree- man,' two-woman jury that he, did not notice Dempster's disappear- ance "Ibecause it was not an unusual occ- urance." He said that the staff at the programming unit saw Dempster leave their building at about 4 p.m. He was headed in the opposite direction of the bouse where lie lived. Another staff mem- ber, Armes said, "point- ed bim in the rigbt direction and then wat- cbed, him enter bouse one. Arýmes added lie was not aware of Demp- ster's 'disappearance until the following day. BALLET MODERN DANCE DANCERCISE MOVEMENT, MONSTERS and GIGGLES CREATIVE DANCE D.W. Ferenc, senior programming director of the centre, said.that after be was reported missing a searcb was started and "ýcarri.ed out toits fullest. "1 He told the inquest that each. cottage, always bas a minimum of two staff members on duty at alI times. Eacb cottage bouses 20 resi- dents. He added that during tbe day, there are usually tbree staff members on duty. The centre is run o -an open concept basis so that residents have ac- cess to services and facilities shared witb tbeý Wbitby Psycbiatric Hospital. It is not the purpose of the centre, Ferenc testi- fied, "to confine resi- dents against their will." Testirnony Was also hea rd fromn Sam Demp- ster, brother of tbe de- ceased. He said that be had last seen bis brother on the Saturday prior to bis disappearance. Demp-' ster testified-tbat a male attendant told bim bis brother was " 1not fit. 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