Ray Gricar.

MUS-2026-0477

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Ray Frank Gricar, the Centre County district attorney, vanished on a day off on April 15, 2005. He called his girlfriend from the Brush Valley area that morning, and the next day his car was found in a Lewisburg antique mall parking lot with his cell phone inside. His laptop was found in the Susquehanna River in June 2005 and his hard drive separately on the riverbank, water damaged, with nothing recovered from it. There was no activity on his bank accounts, cards, or emails, and a Centre County court declared him legally dead on July 25, 2011. No trace of him was ever found.

1. 2005

   On April 15, 2005, about 11:30 a.m., Gricar calls his girlfriend from the Brush Valley area and says he is taking the day off.

2. 2005

   On April 16, 2005, his car is found in a Lewisburg antique mall parking lot with his cell phone inside.

3. 2005

   In June 2005 his laptop is found in the Susquehanna River by fishermen, and his hard drive is found separately on the riverbank later, water damaged, with nothing recovered from it.

4. 2011

   On July 25, 2011, a Centre County court declares Gricar legally dead after the case has gone cold.

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