Posted on 08/01/2005 8:09:49 AM PDT by NormsRevenge
BELLEFONTE, Pa. - Two fishermen found a laptop computer at the bottom of a river that belonged to a county prosecutor who has been missing for 3 1/2 months, police said Monday.
The laptop, which was missing its hard drive, was found Saturday in the Susquehanna River under a bridge, Bellefonte police said. The fishermen turned it over to state police who determined it belonged to Centre County District Attorney Ray F. Gricar.
Authorities had searched the river several times already. Dive teams searched it again Saturday and Sunday but found nothing else.
The computer's hard drive had either fallen out or had been removed before it was thrown into the river, police said.
Gricar, 59, vanished on April 15 after going for a drive on his day off. His car was found the next day in a parking lot about 45 miles from his home in central Pennsylvania.
Police have said they have few credible leads and have not ruled out foul play. So far, the disappearance doesn't appear to be connected to any of his cases, authorities have said.
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On the Net:
Gricar family site: http://www.raygricar.com/
Sounds like somebody knew too much.
My bad; I didn't realize it went that far west.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/West_Branch_Susquehanna_River
See post #15; the computer was found in the river in Lewisburg.
There must be some nervous CIs out there.
It is a shame he's dead, but working in a corrupt system of paid snitches, no matter your personal integrity, is not a life I owuld lead.
Thanks. I sent a message to the webmaster to remove the post due to its incorrect geography lesson. Also, that was a good catch by you finding that the computer was tossed in the river near where his car was found in Lewisburg. There's a whole long thread on this site: http://www.lion-country.com/phpBB2/viewtopic.php?t=384&postdays=0&postorder=asc&start=30
It also contains some far out stuff from a local tinfoil hatter, Fenton.
jjmcgo..
That branch doesn't go through State College or Bellefonte.
It goes out to Lock Haven and then up Rt. 120 past Renovo and up towards Emporium.
It doesn't go that far west.. See post above.
Unless I'm thinking of something completely different?! I could be wrong, who knows.
I'm pretty sure it doesn't run through Bellefonte or State college though. I always thought it went up north of there through the mountains.
Thanks; my knowledge of PA Geography for any area west of Lewisburg is not that good. I remember now that it comes down from Lock Haven, and doesn't go to Bellefonte. I guess I was right the first time.
I think I heard on local radio that the bridge where the computer was found was not that far down river of Lewisburg.
It was found under a bridge in Lewisburg; see post 15.
Laptop found in West Branch of Susquehanna about 200 yards downstream from where his car was found. PA Rt. 45 bridge in the east end of the Boro of Lewisburg. I put out the BOLO to the PA Bureau of Forestry 4/16/05 10:30AM. We had a plane on fire patrol and checked Rts. 45 and 192 in the Bald Eagle State Forest. If Ray jumped (or was pushed, dead or alive) into the river his body would have been found within three months somewhere north of Three Mile Island.
Ray's brother committed suicide in Ohio by jumping in another river. Rays girlfriend Patty Fornicola saw no sign of suicidal tendencies.
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