[E. Pluribus Unum]

Most of the time I have heard of these kinds of disappearances they eventually find the car and driver underwater where the car landed after the driver lost control.

Just a guess.

[CGASMIA68]

musta droped out of the "bit stream"

[smartin]

Good theory.

[Kay Ludlow]

Actually, they found the car real soon after he was reported missing. It was parked in Lewistown (I think). There was a bridge nearby for flinging things (or people) into the river, which I'm beginning to think is what happened. When the laptop was found but the drive was missing, I thought he took off (months before retirement, soon after indictments in a major drug case), because it would make sense to take data with you when you run, but not the county-owned computer. Now, though, I'm thinking he wanted to go, but didn't want people to see what data he had so he threw the laptop and drive into the river separately, then possibly himself. The river was running quite high at that time...