How old was Tony when his father Roy died? Did Roy have any other sons? Was he a man of means who would have left a sizable estate?
Tony has two brothers, one was under 18 at the time of the disappearance. As far as I know, not a gigantic one. He was a government employee.
Has Tony said what he believes happened to his Uncle Ray Gricar? How much input has he had in things such as interviews with media in the years since Ray has been missing?
He raised suicide a lot early on, but in his last interview, he backed away from it. Early on, Tony did a lot, though he pulled back in 2009. He had little contact with LE.
I would very much like to read a copy of Roy Cricar's autopsy report. Areas of interest include locations of any fractures or other antemortem trauma and the toxicology report. Ray had to have known this was a gruesome and painful way to die, with the water being shallow and cold. What ARE the chances that he would have chosen the same method in the same river? I think they are so slim as to be a fraction of 1 percent. IF he was even suicidal, which I also highly doubt.
These were two different, non-connected rivers in two different states. As far as know, and Tony read the report, and something on his father's mental state. He came out of it with suicide.
I also wonder how Ray Gricar, highly trained in matters related to death via his profession, accepted his brother's death as a suicide at face value.. or IF he did? I wonder how much conversation was generated by Ray regarding his brother's demise... if any.. Or who would have known about it due to their association with Ray at the time?
He never raised it with the family, according to Tony. RFG had a hard time understanding or accepting mental illness, in his professional life.
There are 4 possibilities: 1) Roy Gricar committed suicide in a probably very inept and painful way. 2) Roy Gricar was murdered and his body was found in the river.
There was no evidence that Roy's death was anything but suicide. Roy, I think, was bipolar.
3) Ray Gricar committed suicide in the same improbable manner as his brother, jumping in daylight hours from a high bridge into the shallow Susq. River
Roy died in the Miami River in Ohio. The Susquehanna was high on 4/15/05, swift and cold. It is possible for someone to jump into it and drown or die of exposure. It, however, usually yields a body.
or 4) Someone wanted the world at large to think Ray Gricar committed suicide via the above method.. dropping the PC and HD into the shallow river at another point in time where they were likely to be found, and were recovered...
RFG was known to have wanted get rid of the data on the laptop and he did the computer searches about destroying the drive. Tony said that, as soon as they heard the location of the Mini, on Water Street, both he and his brother said "Suicide." That is understandable when remembering what they went through with their own father.
Everyone was thinking suicide after the Mini was found, and the searches focused on the Susquehanna.
