Delairo Koonce had been working 12-hour days for Airlite Plastics, his father said. The company, located a mile north of the Eppley terminal, wanted to hire Koonce after he finished working there under a temporary contract, Brian Koonce said, but Delairo Koonce’s therapist said it would be too much for him.

An Airlite Plastics spokeswoman said she could not confirm whether Koonce had worked there. She said she would need an employee’s approval before releasing the person’s work history.

On Wednesday, Delairo Koonce told his father that he needed inpatient treatment.

“ ‘Pops, if something happens to me, tell my kids I love them,’ ” he said, according to his father.

Delairo Koonce was unable to get into a treatment program, his father said.

“Nebraska is falling down on the people,” Brian Koonce said. “They just want to lock him up and not give him any help.

“It’s messing me up. I know he’s crying for help.”

Brian Koonce said his son’s addiction to methamphetamine was connected to his mental health problems and started when he was a young adult and lived in the family home.