Bolded by me
This kind of makes sense to me, if not alcohol, maybe RX drugs for his pain? Like this blurb from the Orlando Sentinel "He has worked intermittently as a security guard, but
injuries prevented him from working steadily, according to court records".
Strictly just thinking out loud but being local another thing that crossed my mind when I thought
why Daytona is that there is the new Vegas style DB Kennel Club (Dog Track)/Poker Room here in Daytona. I have read of his
supposed gambling problem and thought well, maybe to get away he gambled and lost some bucks wagering there, and then was disgusted with himself?
http://www.daytonagreyhound.com/racing/
Maybe he fell off one of those wagons and it was just the final straw?
I guess I could (slightly) better understand the way the family treats him if he has put them through some problems like one of those, in the past.
I emailed the DB NJ reporter and asked if anyone there was doing a followup as to what he had been doing that day.
He left home that morning, but where was he all day?
I know he mentioned getting a pizza later when he checked in the hotel "Hotel owners told Eyewitness News that Anthony checked in and said he was just tired of driving for the night. He asked about getting a pizza, paid $35 and went to his room."
Tired of driving for the night? Was he driving around Daytona, or
had he been somewhere else? The Bethune Point park ping - was he there and
why?
If anyone from the paper answers me, or publishes anything, I'll link it.