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While his identity was still being questioned, Nicholas refused to give blood samples or even have his fingerprints taken.ĭespite his wishes to stay out of the spotlight, news agencies would not leave his story alone, and eventually in February 1998, the TV show, Hard Copy won the story. He was enrolled him in school, and while things felt strange to him, for a while, he felt at home. It became second nature to him, after living in Europe for so long. He explained it away, claiming his abductors had chemically altered his eye and hair color, and forced him to speak differently. He spoke with a French accent, and European phrasing. Nicholas, who was once blonde with blue eyes, now had dark brown hair and brown eyes.
His uncle and many others were suspicious. Nicholas’ mother was beyond thrilled to have her son home, but not everyone was so accepting. He was healthy, but had forgotten almost everything about his past life. They told officials he had escaped from a child sex ring operation, and they believed he had been abused for years. They believed the man in their custody was Nicholas Barclay. Soon afterward, US law officials received a strange phone call. He was taken to a youth shelter where he refused to give authorities his identity. Three years later in October 1997, across the ocean in Linares, Spain, a young man was found huddling in a phone box. The family had given up on ever seeing Nicholas again. Both Nicholas’ mother and police fail to believe his brother had actually seen him. Police searched the neighborhood to no avail. The person fled when he was spotted, and his older brother could have sworn it was Nicholas. On September 25, 1994, just 3 months after his disappearance, Nicholas’ older brother called the police to report someone trying to break into the family garage. Nicholas was not found, and no body was ever recovered. His mother was convinced that her son had gotten into a car with a stranger. When they did finally begin to search, they found no sign of him. Because of this, the police were slow to respond. He had run away multiple times, but always came back within a day or so. It didn’t help that Nicholas had run away before. Is it a coincidence that Nicholas disappeared the day before that hearing was to take place? His sentencing hearing was actually set for June 14, 1994, and one suspected judgement was that he would be placed into a group home, which Nicholas was very opposed to.
He had a juvenile record for breaking into a convenience store, stealing a pair of shoes, and threatening a teacher. Nicholas was often truant and frequently got into trouble at school. His uncle had even moved into their home, in an attempt to keep Nicholas under control. They were called to the Barclay residence on more than one occasion in response to these arguments. Police reports stated that he occasionally hit and cursed at his mother.
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