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It is possible, but there are several arguments against it:
1. The area is not known for foot traffic, so it would be more likely for him to have been seen, and remembered.
2. If at night, there is no artificial lighting, except "porch light" types of stuff. I'd expect a trail of some sort. Torn clothing, broken or pushed down vegetation; it would also be harder to obscure his remains.
3. RFG was reported wearing some type of tennis shoe. Not have boots would limit the amount he could travel on rough terrain.
Remember, as well, that we are talking about 2-3 hours of daylight on Friday, from the last sightings.
Also, beyond that wooded area is the small village of Montandon. There isn't too much there, post office, school, a couple of banks, but a body would be spotted if it was outside. Beyond that are fields in cultivation. The farmer would notice something, at least by harvest.
In all of this, I'm assuming that the body was not deliberately hidden. I'm also considering that some of this area would be traversed by fishermen, fishing season started on 4/16/05, and eventually hunters. There is also children, from local homes and farms, playing in the woods.
On a map, I'd basically say anyplace between Housels Road and the east bank of the Susquehanna.
In terms of looking for a body that wasn't hidden postmortem, the woods would be the most likely choice.
Such a tough case in terms of coming to a particular conclusion.
If he didn't commit suicide, he couldn't have hidden his body post mortem, but could he have done anything to conceal his body beforehand? Maybe he swallowed a bottle of sleeping pills and then crawled into a culvert or into an abandoned mine shaft.
I thought this site had some interesting information related to deaths by suicide.
https://sites.google.com/site/dashdvservices//missing-personss/adult-male-suicidal
It doesn't say anything about people in Ray's situation hiding themselves, but it does say that people who commit suicide at home or at work sometimes try to conceal themselves.