Are there any records or circumstantial indications that RG had an independent legal counsel on retainer or one he had used for divorce cases? If so, male or female?
I have heard that he did not handle his divorce. I'd assume it was Goodall.
I am pondering J.J.'s question about why RG felt the need to use deception about his whereabouts, both to his staff and this domestic partner.
I am thinking less a love interest and more someone either helping him arrange an exit or someone to quietly "look after things" after his exit (who would not raise any red flags) or if something happened to him.
There is some circumstantial evidence the trip was not a random trip. If RFG wasn't planning something voluntarily (suicide/walkaway), that limits the purposes of the trip.
How well did RG know the woodlands in and around Centre County? Since he he was not a "gun person", one would assume he did not hunt. If he was not a hiker, how would he know where to dump the computer where it might not be found or at least not for a long time?
He did hike, but I've never found any reference to
camping. This was more like going for a walk in the woods for an afternoon. I have never heard of him going for walks in the Lewisburg area.
The laptop and drive were in built up area. Here are some photos:
https://picasaweb.google.com/LookingforRay
I would have thought by now, hikers, hunters or kids would have found remains if he had wandered off into the woods and committed suicide.
There is a wetland area within a mile of a bridge on the opposite side of the river. I have never heard of a formalized search of it. You might find this interesting:
http://www.centredaily.com/2010/03/17/2397229/roads-not-taken-the-bridgehead.html
I would also think that if he had a great concern that he was a target, he would have discussed this with the State Police. I doubt RG was a willing lamb gone to slaughter.
Most of the above is an opinion based on years of searching for people in woodlands, either by choice, accident or suicide.
Several things that RFG did
strongly argue
against RFG feeling threatened.
1. There were no overt notes about where he would be going, and he didn't tell anyone who he would be meeting or where he would be.
2. He drove through an area with no cell coverage, despite a technically quicker route (I-80) that
did have cell coverage. The route was through a rural area, not regularly patrolled by police, where there would be little chance of getting help.
3. In Lewisburg, he did not seem to have turned his cell phone on, so that the towers could have registered where the phone was. Even though witnesses put him alive and well in the late afternoon, he didn't phone home from Lewisburg to say, **Patty, I'm out driving and enjoying myself, I won't be home for dinner.**
On those rare occasions when I travel, I
do keep my phone on and check in, just in case something does happen.
4. He traveled the day before, though he might have taken precautions. Some of that was through rural areas.