PLATTSBURGH -- Years ago, Malcolm Everett thought there was "something strange" about the teenage neighbor who used to play street hockey in their urban community in Nova Scotia.

Everett lived across the street from Glen Race, who is now accused of murdering Darcy Manor at a camp in Mooers.

"I hardly knew him, but there was something not quite right with him," Everett said of Race.

The Halifax man, also charged with the homicides of two men in Nova Scotia, moved to the quiet Dartmouth community as a young teen, Everett said.

He attended Dartmouth High School, according to Principal Phil Legere, where he played football with the Spartans and graduated "in the late '90s."

He moved from the Vanessa Drive home a few years ago, when his parents and younger brother, Douglas, relocated, Everett said. The house just recently sold.

According to Everett, the quiet teen showed signs of unusual behavior after high school and during his brief college experience at a Canadian university.

"Something dramatic must have happened to him or something. He went off his rocker a bit, and he was in the Nova Scotia hospital for mental reasons for awhile. I guess he got some kind of treatment or something," he said.

Everett was surprised when the Press-Republican informed him of the allegations against his former neighbor Wednesday morning.

"But I guess you just never know about these things. There's all kinds of strange people in the world, but with him, I could see this happening.

"He was strange," Everett said quietly as he recalled the man now accused of a triple international murdering rampage. "I just can't believe it."

Through the years, Race allegedly had a few "minor dealings" with Canadian authorities, but Halifax Regional Police spokesperson Constable Jeff Carr said the murder suspect "does not have any significant background with the police."

According to the Halifax Daily News, Race was accused of breaking into a private Canadian cottage about two years ago. When he was confronted by the homeowner shortly afterwards, he allegedly lashed out, punching the side of the man's truck and screaming at him.

The charges of illegal entry and resisting arrest were dismissed after the owner refused to testify against Race, and the prosecution dropped the case.

avanvalkenburg@pressrepublican.com