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By Frank Matys, April 4, 2019 rbbm
'Robin Kenneth Windross disappeared from the Huronia Regional Centre on Nov. 15, 1977, at age 21.
The ensuing police search failed to locate the longtime centre resident, who was said to have the intellectual capacity of a six-year-old.
Now, his parents Betty and Allan Bellchambers are seeking an answer to the mystery that has haunted the family for more than 40 years: What happened to Robin?
“I still feel he is alive,” said Betty, who turns 81 in May. “He could be gone and he could still be alive. We don’t know that.”
Windross was placed at HRC at age five on the recommendation of specialists at Toronto’s Hospital For Sick Children.''
''Whenever Windross came home for visits, he did not want to return to the facility, telling Betty “they are mean,” she said.
“They hit me,” she remembers him saying. “At that time, I didn’t know what to do.
Prior to his disappearance, Windross had been transferred from a children’s ward at HRC to one of its adult units.''
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Robin Windross disappeared from the Huronia Regional Centre in 1977. His parents remain haunted by questions
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Family searching for answers since Orillia’s Robin Windross disappeared in 1977
Former Huronia Regional Centre resident went missing more than 40 years ago.
'Robin Kenneth Windross disappeared from the Huronia Regional Centre on Nov. 15, 1977, at age 21.
The ensuing police search failed to locate the longtime centre resident, who was said to have the intellectual capacity of a six-year-old.
Now, his parents Betty and Allan Bellchambers are seeking an answer to the mystery that has haunted the family for more than 40 years: What happened to Robin?
“I still feel he is alive,” said Betty, who turns 81 in May. “He could be gone and he could still be alive. We don’t know that.”
Windross was placed at HRC at age five on the recommendation of specialists at Toronto’s Hospital For Sick Children.''
''Whenever Windross came home for visits, he did not want to return to the facility, telling Betty “they are mean,” she said.
“They hit me,” she remembers him saying. “At that time, I didn’t know what to do.
Prior to his disappearance, Windross had been transferred from a children’s ward at HRC to one of its adult units.''
Family searching for answers since Orillia's Robin Windross disappeared in 1977
