The following account was written by our parents, Helen and Jim MacDonald, as they looked back on Reggie’s kidnapping. Unlike Jim’s statement to the RCMP, which was given the morning after the kidnapping, this was written later and reflects what they had learned and remembered about the events surrounding it.

February 2001 – Drug dealer from Moncton was calling demanding money – one day Reggie left here in a snowstorm, got stuck 2 or 3 times and had to come back.

Some men came here [to the house] late one night demanding money – they were banging on the door – we were pleading with Reggie to give them what they wanted so he threw the money out the window (bedroom at back door)!  But he held on to some of the money.

March 9 – Jim and I were gone to Montague, Reg got a call to meet someone at the Co-op, which he describes in his life story.  About 12:30 am, the phone rings – we are sleeping – Jim answers.  Reggie says, “I’ve been kidnapped and I’m at Summerside Hospital” … “They have taken your truck”.  Jim says, “What are you on now?” and hangs up.  Then he thought to look to see if the truck was there – it wasn’t.  Call display showed a call from the Summerside Hospital.  Jim starts trying to reach the RCMP and doesn’t get someone until after 2:00 am.  They said Reggie was in a motel, and we could come to the RCMP station.

He had two black eyes, cuts, bruises, blood on his clothes, etc and was trembling (probably in withdrawal by now).  Reggie stated that they had picked up the other young guy first – he was having supper with his parents, and they came in and took him out.  His father called the RCMP who set up a roadblock near Borden.  While they were beating up Reggie, they told the other guy that this was an example of what could happen to him.

The RCMP kept Jim’s truck for a week (fingerprinting) and when he went to pick it up – no keys.  The guys threw me out when they were stopped.

After the men came here looking for looking for money Reggie seemed very fearful.  He put black garbage bags over all the basement windows.

The men were charged and appeared in Summerside Court. Reggie went to Ontario.  There he had a call from a member of Hells Angels who suggested he have a loss of memory if he had to testify.

A Subpoena was delivered here for Reg & Jim to appear.  Reg came down from Toronto three times but did not testify.  The men eventually pleaded guilty in the end.  Reg describes some of this in his writing]