Neil McDougall left Three-Way Demolition in Durham on Friday, October 11, 1985 with a co-worker and went home. He had an argument with his wife and the friend left. After supper Mr. McDougall went to Ayton, to the Commercial Hotel. He left the hotel with someone else and they met up elsewhere with the co-worker. Mr. McDougall returned to the hotel and left at closing time, between 1:30 – 1:40 am. He was last reported leaving a residence on Edmund Street, Ayton at 2 a.m. October 12, 1985. His pickup truck was discovered near Ayton later that day. The ashtray was filled with different brands of cigarette butts. He has been described as meticulous, habitual, responsible and hardworking. When he went missing, Neil was planning to adopt his wife’s children. Foul play is suspected. Mr. McDougall was declared legally dead in 1996. In 2007, the case was reopened and OPP Det.-Const. Dan Linkenheld told the media that police believe they knew what happened and they needed someone to finally talk about what they would only call “an event” attended by “many people” after bar-closing time the night McDougall disappeared.