Declan McIntyre

**Declan Gulliver McIntyre** is a fictional character of the Gage Media daytime soap, Ducks in the Pond.

Declan McIntyre was portrayed by Daniel Higgins in 2014 to 2017. In 2015, Declan was portrayed by Brock Vega as he was impersonating Apollo Young.

Following the recasting news, Nicholas Pringle would take over Higgins’ DITP role after it was revealed that Declan was the Culver Vulture who planted a bomb for an attempt to seriously kill Mark Kepler at the Culver City Pier.

## Casting

The role of Declan McIntyre was originated by *Eternal Life* actor Daniel Higgins, who previously portrayed the role of Chase Whitlock from 2006 until Eternal Life’s finale episode in 2014. On September 2014, it was announced on Soap Central that Higgins would take over the role of Ducks in the Pond for a new addition to the cast and storyline.

On December 30, 2022, it was announced on Soap Central that Music Dancer actor Nicholas Pringle would recast Higgins after Higgins was on more than 5 years of hiatus from the DITP canvas and won’t be returning for focusing on his shooting for the upcoming episodes of Gage Media primetime Mermaid Beach Med. Higgins is known for the role of Dr. Charlie Beech on Mermaid Beach Med since season 8.

## Background

Since moving to Culver City in 2014, Declan had many schemes on becoming the serial killer in town and also had too much attempts.

On March 2015, although gave up for adoption, it was revealed by the DNA test results that Declan McIntyre became the biological son of Lawrence Weiss and Diane Carter. During his first years in Culver City, Declan did not become the vulture under Sandy Wilton’s orders and strictness, however, he still committed few crimes. Following the biological results, Declan became the legal cousin of Ian Thatcher due to his biological relationships with Lawrence’s brother, Jack Weiss. Declan couldn’t believe that both Jack and Sandy became Ian’s biological parents after Lawrence showed him the DNA results that was released in 2014.

Despite Lawrence and Diane being ex-lovers, Declan still met his stepfather, Eric King and stepmother Joyce Kepler.

On May 2015, Declan decided to impersonate Apollo Young and used the gun that Apollo used to shoot for threatening Sage Murray’s life. Declan eventually got unmasked by Macy Young for being in disguise as Apollo. The unmasking happened when Macy found out that Apollo was actually Declan.

## Storylines

* 2014-15
* 2016-17
* 2023-present

28-year-old Declan McIntyre moved to Culver City from Ireland after he bought a new residence. Declan was eventually hired as a bookkeeper of Cloudy Skies Cafe. He had a discussion about being a bookkeeper with Shaun Plum, who owns the cafe property. Shaun ordered Declan to take a whole tour of Cloudy Skies Cafe in prep for his shift as a bookkeeper. Declan already knew that a bookkeeper usually is in charge of financial salary charges for the cafe.

Declan’s life changed after he visited drug dealer Sandy Wilton. Declan asked Sandy if he could become a serial killer of the Culver City community. Sandy disagreed, after she learned that Declan recently moved to Culver City from Ireland.

On March 23, 2015, it was said that Declan was given up for adoption by Kenneth Lovett. But, the good news was when Declan learned that Ian Everett became the biological son of Sandy and her ex-husband, Jack Weiss. During that time the good news happened, Declan also became the biological son of Jack’s brother, Lawrence Weiss, and his ex-wife Diane Carter. The relationship between Declan and Ian resulted in being legal first cousins.

Meanwhile, Declan started to flirt with 17-year-old nurse Sage Murray. Sage didn’t want to fall in love with Declan because of her recent dating relationships with Micah Knight. Sage continued to refuse when she and Declan were about to make love. Declan sexually assaulted Sage during their one-night stand, only because Sage wanted to call Micah to save her from the fight.

Following Mark Kepler's presume death at the Culver City Pier back in December 2022, it was revealed that Declan was the killer who planted a bomb inside a boat before Mark entered the boat and was presumed dead eventually. No one in the community knew that Declan was revealed as the Culver Vulture, a serial killer and villain of Culver City during that day Mark was presumed dead at the scene.

On January 4, Mark’s father Jasper Kepler learned about the news about the boat explosion. Jasper found Declan at the Cloudy Skies Cafe. Declan was threatened by Jasper after he learned about Mark’s presume death that was caused by a bomb explosion planted by the previously unknown Culver Vulture. Jasper later made plans on calling the police on Declan following the Culver City Pier tragedy before the ferry service just started.
## Crimes Committed

* Badly punched MJ Wilmington on the face [2015]
* Sexually assaulted Sage Murray [April 23, 2015; arrested May 5, 2015]
* Impersonated Apollo Young and used Apollo’s gun to hold Sage hostage [May 28, 2015]
* Blackmailed Sage and threatened her life [2016]
* “Killed” Mark Kepler following a bomb explosion (Mark actually suffered from suffocation) [Dec 12, 2022; shown on Dec 13, 2022; as the unknown Culver Vulture]
* Became the Culver Vulture in the aftermath of Mark Kepler’s presume death at the Culver City Pier [revealed Jan 4, 2023]

## Health and Vitals

* Slapped by Sandy Wilton [December 2014]
* Shot by Sandy [August 10, 2015]
* Treated for his gunshot wounds [offscreen Aug 15, 2015]
* Slapped by Jane Weiss multiple times [Oct 27, 2015]
* Punched by MJ Wilmington [Nov 13, 2015]
* Beaten up and shot by MJ [Nov 27, 2015]
* Recovered from his severe injuries [Dec 3, 2015]
* Framed by Micah Knight (as a result after Sage hired Declan to become the vulture and serial killer and told Micah about Declan’s life as the evil vulture) [2016]
* Punched by Lawrence Weiss [Feb 17, 2017]
* Beaten up by his half-brother, Francis King [June 2017]
* Threatened and held at gunpoint by Jasper Kepler following Mark Kepler’s presume death (Jasper found out that Declan was the unknown Culver Vulture who “killed” Mark) [Jan 4, 2023]

## Victims

Any victims who are either dead or presumed dead are highlighted in bold.

* MJ Wilmington - Declan's "soon-to-be" stepbrother who was involved in an assault whilst in a confrontation [Jan 2015]
* Sage Murray - Raped during their one night stand affair [Apr 23, 2015]; Held hostage (impersonating Apollo Young as the devil) [May 28, 2015]
* **Mark Kepler** - Presumed dead in a bomb explosion whilst inside the boat at the Culver City Pier (it was revealed offscreen that the Culver Vulture planted a bomb which caused Mark to suffer from suffocation) [Dec 2022]

## See also

* The Culver Vulture
* Step siblings
* Half siblings

## External Links

* Who's Who in Culver City: Declan McIntyre