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George,Brian May 12,2001; Halifax, Nova Scotia Canada
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DARRYL FERNEYHOUGH

Father fears serial killer targeting gays 2
Son vanished in May 2001; police won't rule out link

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BETH JOHNSTON
The Daily News

The hair on the back of Sheldon Ferneyhough's neck stood up when he read that police were warning Halifax's gay men to avoid cruising areas after two men were murdered last week. Ferneyhough, a Sydney Mines resident whose 29-year-old son Darryl Ferneyhough vanished after leaving a Gottingen Street gay bar on Mother's Day 2001, thinks someone murdered his son.

"Right off the bat, you know what I thought? There is a serial killer, I'm telling you right now," he said. "Look at all the missing people down there, like they've fallen off the face of the Earth, and most of them are gay. There's something wrong."

Halifax Regional Police spokeswoman Theresa Brien said anyone who sees any similarities in missing persons files should contact the investigators at 490-5061 or anonymously at Crimestoppers.

"We won't rule out that possibility, and we'll explore every investigative avenue," she said.

Sheldon and Evelyn Ferneyhough have talked to psychics, distributed flyers and posted posters, but haven't had any leads. Their son was a happy, healthy, drug-free man who had never suffered from depression. Ferneyhough didn't learn his son's sexual orientation until after his disappearance.

"He did not commit suicide," Sheldon Ferneyhough said, adding Darryl had recently been promoted at his job as a butcher at the Queen Street Sobeys. "Nobody just disappears. I'm looking for a ghost."

In the early morning hours of May 12, 2001 the night before Ferneyhough's disappearance, another gay man, 19-year-old Brian George, vanished without a trace after arguing with a friend at Reflections Cabaret, a gay bar on Sackville Street. Neither of the men's bank accounts have been touched since. At the time, police said there was no indication of foul play, but wouldn't rule it out.

It was a misty spring evening when Ferneyhough spent the evening at his cousin's Gottingen Street apartment. He borrowed a few dollars so he could head down to Club NRG for a beer, taking her apartment key so he could come back and crash later.

His cousin saw him running down Gottingen Street just before 4 a.m. Evelyn Ferneyhough is confident her son didn't take his own life.

"No, definitely not. You would have to know Darryl," she said, adding she holds out hope he'll be home someday.

"As far as I am concerned, no news is good news."

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http://www.cbc.ca/news/story/2001/06/05/ns...smen010605.html

Police stumped in case of two missing men
Last Updated: Tuesday, June 5, 2001 | 5:23 PM ET
CBC News

Two men, Darryl Ferneyhough and Brian George, vanished without a trace, and several weeks later, Halifax police say there are still no leads.
On May 13, 29-year-old Darryl Ferneyhough was seen at Club NRG, a gay club on Gottingen Street at about 1:30 a.m., and then a couple of hours later farther down the street near the Marquee Club.

"The thing that really boggles my mind is, where was he at those two hours," says Jamie MacKeigan, a cousin to Ferneyhough. "He had to be talking to somebody. He had to be with somebody. Somebody had to see him."

MacKeigan says Ferneyhough has no history of depression, no involvement with drugs, and no history of leaving without telling people.

During the same 24-hour period, another man, 21-year-old Brian George, disappeared. He was last seen leaving the Reflections gay bar after arguing with a friend.

Neither George nor Ferneyhough has touched his bank account since.

Police believe the two men didn't know each other.

"The only connection between the two is that they went missing within 24 hours of each other, and that they may have frequented the same type of bars," says police spokeswoman Sgt. Brenda Zima. "Other than that, there doesn't appear to be any connection between the two disappearances."

Police say there's no indication of foul play in either case, but still are not ready to rule it out
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