First I would like to thank everyone for the posted links and the discussion that has brought up some interesting opinions and clarified some misconceptions on my part having been somewhat new to this case.
Now knowing the topography and the location of the SOS, bridges and the location of the laptop and drive, coupled with his phone call to PEF, I am about 65% walk away and 35% suicide.
After doing some on line searches, it appears to me that the Sandusky case with it's complexity is one of the few that has the potential to cause RG to have a clandestine meeting with one or more individuals in Lewisburg, and/or would give him the most cause for concern for whatever reason.
The proximity of the laptop, hard drive, SOS, the park and spot where the mini was found, along with RG driving back and forth as seen by witnesses runs up a large red flag that he was in Lewisburg on specific business, and that business involved information stored on his laptop. It is clear to me that his intent was to destroy the laptop and drive and dispose of it where he anticipated it would never be found, and if it were, would not provide any information.
I am of the opinion that the phone call to PEF was deceptive and to the best of our knowledge, he did not tell anyone else where he was going. This tells me there was little to no concern on his part about his safety.
My initial thought was that he went to Lewisburg to meet another witness or victim, but that would not explain the intent to destroy the computer, and this to me is very clear with the questions and research he did on that subject. I am 100% on his intent to destroy the computer and that data it contained. Not being tech savvy, he may assumed some data could be recovered from the computer itself and decided to destroy both the computer and hard drive (thinking the RAM chips might retain some data).
Not being a gun person, we can assume shooting himself was not a high probability. No bodies were found down river, ruling out suicide by drowning, and since he was not an outdoor person, one would assume that he would not have walked too far into the woods to commit suicide which would have put him well within the search area.
This puts us back on what we don't know about the money and who the woman he was talking to was. I could not find a travel agency listing in Lewisburg and did not note any on the list of shops in the SOS. My initial thought was that she was a travel agent and had airline tickets, but now am of the opinion she may have provided another vehicle and needed documents and tickets and possibly money. "Together but not holding hands" indicates to me a business meeting rather than a secret lover.
A convenient airport to use would have been Reading Regional. Small, out of the way, easy to leave a car that could be picked up later, and providing commuter flight links to other major airports....and...in the direction of travel if one is leaving Lewisburg and heading across the bridge out of town and dumping the laptop (per J.J.'s test). I know that airport very well and it would be almost perfect for someone who did not want to be noticed. Most of the time the staff looks like they would rather be asleep in a corner, and there is a small cafe and displays to look at to kill time.
I guess no more far fetched than any other theory. Struggling on the major stressor to put events into motion, I am not 100% it was the Sandusky case, but I cannot find anything else rising to that level.
