PA PA - District Attorney Ray Gricar Mysteriously Disappeared - Bellefonte, 15 April 2005 *NamUs #MP1982* #18

[J. J. in Phila]

An article that is okay, but nothing new: https://medium.com/lessons-from-his...-disappeared-where-is-ray-gricar-60d15f528df2

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Another podcast: E276: Ray Gricar by @Allison Williams

She gets things wrong, but she plays Devil's Advocate quite well.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

21 years. I was 42. If alive, RFG will 81 in October.

 

[SeekingJana]

This is always a difficult day for some of us, the ones who were here from the beginning and have lost our own loved ones. The puppy in my signature photo is now 11 YEARS old and I posted it when the photo had just been snapped.
In 21 years, some of us have lost our parents, struggled mightily with illness and issues, but we have never stopped hoping for the best for a man who still seems to me to be or have been a very fine man worthy of at least a memorial in Centre County or Bellefonte for the work he did for all the people of Centre County who needed a prosecutorial advocate for his many years there.

Mr. Gricar, I hope you are still alive, truly a senior adult now. And if you are long gone through foul play, I hope you believed in eternal life and the end to this life was quick. God bless and keep you, wherever you are in body or on another plain.
Just to say, I am very ill, and this may be my last possible post on the case. IDK how to put " more heart" into a disappearance with so few facts, but I will always remember so so many of my fellow posters down through the years, and our fears, our tears, our hopes, and especially thanks to those gentlemen here who did the forensic financial investigation and possibly added one more piece to a likely complex puzzle.

21 years on, and I truly believe this case deserves to be solved because a servant of the public in the judiciary disappeared while in office and 5 months from his stated retirement date. Good to be back, if for another sad anniversary, but in a safe place to put my feelings and prayers for Mr. Gricar into words at least one more time. Thank you, WS!

 

[Sweetluv]

@J. J. in Phila...do you know the last time someone in LE put some fresh eyes on this case (if any) by re interviewing witnesses or even getting Ray's disappearance back out there in the spotlight to possibly generate new leads?

 

[J. J. in Phila]

@J. J. in Phila...do you know the last time someone in LE put some fresh eyes on this case (if any) by re interviewing witnesses or even getting Ray's disappearance back out there in the spotlight to possibly generate new leads?

2009 the then DA, Parks Miller did establish a group to look at the case again. It did re-interview people.

LE has looked at new leads when they came in.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

A few anniversary stories, one on the Altoona CBS affiliate, one on the Wilkes-Barre Fox affiliate. The Bucknell College newspaper reprinted a nice story from the Daily Item: The disappearance of Ray Gricar, 13 years later - The Bucknellian

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Another online story: Case for missing Centre County DA still open 21 years later

They are web based, but good.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Not a list anyone would wish to be on: 25 Famous Public Figures Who Vanished: History's Unsolved My

 

[J. J. in Phila]

The ABC affiliate in Scranton: Center County DA Ray Gricar's disappearance still unsolved after 21 years

 

[Betty P]

This is always a difficult day for some of us, the ones who were here from the beginning and have lost our own loved ones. The puppy in my signature photo is now 11 YEARS old and I posted it when the photo had just been snapped.
In 21 years, some of us have lost our parents, struggled mightily with illness and issues, but we have never stopped hoping for the best for a man who still seems to me to be or have been a very fine man worthy of at least a memorial in Centre County or Bellefonte for the work he did for all the people of Centre County who needed a prosecutorial advocate for his many years there.

Mr. Gricar, I hope you are still alive, truly a senior adult now. And if you are long gone through foul play, I hope you believed in eternal life and the end to this life was quick. God bless and keep you, wherever you are in body or on another plain.
Just to say, I am very ill, and this may be my last possible post on the case. IDK how to put " more heart" into a disappearance with so few facts, but I will always remember so so many of my fellow posters down through the years, and our fears, our tears, our hopes, and especially thanks to those gentlemen here who did the forensic financial investigation and possibly added one more piece to a likely complex puzzle.

21 years on, and I truly believe this case deserves to be solved because a servant of the public in the judiciary disappeared while in office and 5 months from his stated retirement date. Good to be back, if for another sad anniversary, but in a safe place to put my feelings and prayers for Mr. Gricar into words at least one more time. Thank you, WS!

Thank you, @SeekingJana. You’ve been a wonderful contributor here.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Basically a summary of the news story from WNEP: Decades-Long Mystery: Former DA's Disappearance Remains Unsolved - Lewisburg Today

 

[J. J. in Phila]

I have heard about a possible program on RFG next week.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Harrisburg ABC affiliate ran the WTAJ (Altoona) story: https://www.abc27.com/news/pennsylv...red-21-years-ago-can-you-help-solve-the-case/

 

[Sleuth2010]

This is always a difficult day for some of us, the ones who were here from the beginning and have lost our own loved ones. The puppy in my signature photo is now 11 YEARS old and I posted it when the photo had just been snapped.
In 21 years, some of us have lost our parents, struggled mightily with illness and issues, but we have never stopped hoping for the best for a man who still seems to me to be or have been a very fine man worthy of at least a memorial in Centre County or Bellefonte for the work he did for all the people of Centre County who needed a prosecutorial advocate for his many years there.

Mr. Gricar, I hope you are still alive, truly a senior adult now. And if you are long gone through foul play, I hope you believed in eternal life and the end to this life was quick. God bless and keep you, wherever you are in body or on another plain.
Just to say, I am very ill, and this may be my last possible post on the case. IDK how to put " more heart" into a disappearance with so few facts, but I will always remember so so many of my fellow posters down through the years, and our fears, our tears, our hopes, and especially thanks to those gentlemen here who did the forensic financial investigation and possibly added one more piece to a likely complex puzzle.

21 years on, and I truly believe this case deserves to be solved because a servant of the public in the judiciary disappeared while in office and 5 months from his stated retirement date. Good to be back, if for another sad anniversary, but in a safe place to put my feelings and prayers for Mr. Gricar into words at least one more time. Thank you, WS!

We contacted public/political administration to ask about a memorial, as you suggest. Both Centre County and Bellefonte both !
Will keep you posted. Something beautiful, respectful and loving of his job for justice. He came too far, not to cross the finish line -

R.I.P

 

[J. J. in Phila]

We contacted public/political administration to ask about a memorial, as you suggest. Both Centre County and Bellefonte both !
Will keep you posted. Something beautiful, respectful and loving of his job for justice. He came too far, not to cross the finish line -

R.I.P

When RFG was declared dead, the family, through TG, said, "“We view this as an administrative declaration," and "We don't look at it and say, 'We have to have a funeral,' or, 'We have this kind of closure.'" That was 15 years ago, but at least at that point, the family was not looking for anything like this.

 

[Sleuth2010]

When RFG was declared dead, the family, through TG, said, "“We view this as an administrative declaration," and "We don't look at it and say, 'We have to have a funeral,' or, 'We have this kind of closure.'" That was 15 years ago, but at least at that point, the family was not looking for anything like this.

Respectfully and for clarity: not for a funeral or public-gathering memorial.

Just a beautiful park bench, perhaps somewhere near his office, or the antique shops,even. And a plaque in a children’s hospital that does memorialize his life.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Respectfully and for clarity: not for a funeral or public-gathering memorial.

Just a beautiful park bench, perhaps somewhere near his office, or the antique shops,even. And a plaque in a children’s hospital that does memorialize his life.

I am not sure how that would go over after the revelation RFG twice suppressed exculpatory evidence in the Subu Vedam case.

 

[J. J. in Phila]

Here is a podcast with a lot of problems:

Some notable problems:

1. No mention of Sandusky.

2. No mention of his second marriage to EG. (also indicated that PEF was with him a lot longer),

3. Said that Roy Gricar's children were in grade school when Roy died. Chris Gricar, who is the middle child, was completing his junior year at Penn State when that happened.

I will say that it is better than the one that talked about them finding RFG's body.