However, he had been “all over the place” and not himself prior to his disappearance. A relationship break-up about 18 months previously had split him from his children, his routine had been broken, he missed his three kids and had been depressed, Milnes said. On February 24, he rang the police and they picked him up and took him to the mental health unit, as he had wanted the help, she said. However, about 10.30pm that night he wanted out of the unit, so used a chair to smash a window and go through it, she said. It is unclear why he smashed the window to leave, as the SDHB says the mental health unit is an “open ward and not secure.