By Bill Keisling
YARDBIRD.COM: Posted April 17, 2005. Revised April 30, 2005 11:37am — Another drug prosecutor has vanished under mysterious circumstances in Pennsylvania. Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar, 59, of Bellefonte, was reported missing on Friday, April 15, 2005, after he failed to return from a drive. His car was later found abandoned on a gravel parking lot of an antiques mall outside of Lewisburg, PA, in Union County, almost fifty miles from State College. Gricar enjoyed unwinding by taking long drives, and shopping for antiques. Police and fellow prosecutors initially said they knew of no motive for foul play.
Ray Gricar, 59, of Bellefonte, was reported missing on Friday, April 15, 2005, after he failed to return from a drive. His car was later found abandoned on a gravel parking lot of an antiques mall outside of Lewisburg, PA, in Union County, almost fifty miles from State College. Gricar enjoyed unwinding by taking long drives, and shopping for antiques. Police and fellow prosecutors initially said they knew of no motive for foul play.
Yet, only days before, Gricar helped announce the prosecution and grand jury investigation of the largest heroin ring in his county’s history.
Meanwhile, in what could be a clue, police at an April 21 press conference said they have been unable to locate Gricar’s laptop computer, while his cell phone had been left behind in his car. A grand jury had been investigating the drug ring. It’s not known what information may have been on the DA’s computer… (more)
