Yes as far as I can see.I think the person in Lewisburg has remained there.
Yes as far as I can see.I think the person in Lewisburg has remained there.
regarding the PO Boxes.. maybe two people have a business together? two people one PO Box...hmmm.
or a shared hobby or something? an alias? maybe they split the cost of the box and receive private mail or checks there, a place to receive anonymous mail? inquiries in lieu of no office address.
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Good questions. It's possible that they both have an interest in the same business. I'm still lookin into it. Not to sound pessimistic but I'm sure it won't amount to anything either way.
Yes; you are correct, JJ. This was made into an episode of "The FBI Files"--season 2, episode 5 "A Stranger in Town." I rewatched it this morning and I see that I remembered a few of the details incorrectly. The fiance trucker was actually killed by a drug gang before the young lady was murdered, and, by all apparent accounts, these 2 murders were never connected to each other at all. However, I would like to approach this from an entirely different angle and take a fresh look at it. What are the odds that a DA from small town America would wind up missing 10 years after the sensational murder trial of J. R. Cruz in which he successfully convinced the jury to convict Cruz of murder? What is the possibility that Cruz (being a long haul trucker) was running drugs for a cartel? What if the 2 murders and the DA disappearance are all connected? I might be trying to see a pattern where there isn't any, but I'm trying to approach this from a different angle.I do not remember that case. There was "Spring Dawn" case, the murder of Dawn Birnbaum by a trucker in 1993. Here is a link to the case: James Robert Cruz | Murderpedia, the encyclopedia of murderers
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Yes; you are correct, JJ. This was made into an episode of "The FBI Files"--season 2, episode 5 "A Stranger in Town." I rewatched it this morning and I see that I remembered a few of the details incorrectly. The fiance trucker was actually killed by a drug gang before the young lady was murdered, and, by all apparent accounts, these 2 murders were never connected to each other at all. However, I would like to approach this from an entirely different angle and take a fresh look at it. What are the odds that a DA from small town America would wind up missing 10 years after the sensational murder trial of J. R. Cruz in which he successfully convinced the jury to convict Cruz of murder? What is the possibility that Cruz (being a long haul trucker) was running drugs for a cartel? What if the 2 murders and the DA disappearance are all connected? I might be trying to see a pattern where there isn't any, but I'm trying to approach this from a different angle.
Just a clarification: Dawn's boyfriend happened to be another long haul trucker who was killed by a drug gang. Dawn wasn't aware of it at the time and that's when she went looking for him because she hadn't heard from him. Police surmise that when she took off from the school she was attending to try and find him, that's when she hitched a ride with Cruz.Cruz was not killed nor was he engaged to Birnbaum. Gricar's disappearance actually played into Cruz not getting a new trial. https://www.pennlive.com/midstate/2015/03/da_ray_gricars_disappearance_p.html
Further, the conviction was 12 years prior to RFG's disappearance. His appeal was 8 years prior to the disappearance.
The more I ponder this case, the more I consider suicide the most likely solution. Even if it was suicide by drowning, maybe Ray wasn't found because he didn't go under by the bridge. Maybe he swam as far downstream as he could until he collapsed and then let the river claim him.Roy Gricar had a long history of bipolar disorder, and had retired on disability (I'm assuming for that).
He left to pickup his youngest son (I think from soccer practice) and the son phoned home some time later to ask where his father was. That is how the family knew that something was wrong.
Roy was "missing" to the extent that nobody knew where he was, but he had committed suicide that day. His body was discovered some day later in the Miami River; I believe his car was located before that. There was no known planning or a note (most suicide victims do not leave notes).
According to McKnight, RFG always question if this was suicide, though the rest of the family does not. RFG had a somewhat negative view of the psychiatric profession; that was seen in professional life. Despite having a long and documented history of bipolar disorder, RFG could not believe that Roy committed suicide.
We do know that both depression and a suicidal tenancies in depressed persons can be genetic; the latter was suspected but not determined in 2005.
I hope I have answered your question.
The more I ponder this case, the more I consider suicide the most likely solution. Even if it was suicide by drowning, maybe Ray wasn't found because he didn't go under by the bridge. Maybe he swam as far downstream as he could until he collapsed and then let the river claim him.
But how many early spring drownings do you have in that branch of the Suswuehanna?They searched the river down to Harrisburg. I do not have one account of body missing it that branch of the Susquehanna.
The water was quite cold so if he tried swimming, even walking into the water, hypothermia would have set in very quickly. RFG was not a strong swimmer.