Video - Mystery of vanished Center County District Attorney Ray Gricar
FoxPhilly | The district attorney who didn't prosecute former Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky for sex crimes in 1998 went missing in 2005, a fact that is now getting a lot of attention.
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Ray Gricar was the long-time district attorney of Centre County, the home of Penn State's main campus. He was months from retirement when he simply vanished on his way home to Bellefonte, Pa.
The mystery surrounding Gricar's disappearance in 2005 was the subject of several national TV shows and an effort involving the FBI and state investigators.
The attorney's car was found in Lewisburg, Pa., about 60 miles east of Bellefonte, about 12 hours after he called home. Several months later, his laptop computer and a destroyed hard drive were found.
But no one found Gricar's body.
Bruce Castor knew Gricar well. Castor is currently a Montgomery County Pa. commissioner and a former county district attorney who worked with Gricar.
"I never saw any evidence from Ray that he was showing any favoritism towards Penn State or the hometown or anything like that. He was a by the book guy," Castor said.
Fox 29 has confirmed the FBI has an open file on Gricar but it’s unknown if the case is still active.
But a missing person's poster for Gricar is still on the FBI Web site, even though Gricar was legally declared dead in July 2011.
So what happened to Gricar?
"I am now leaning towards the conclusion that it was foul play by someone who would have a motive to specifically target him," Castor says.
"If somebody really wants to get a prosecutor , they can. Especially in the country like that," Castor added.
Gricar appears in the grand jury presentment in the Jerry Sandusky sex-crimes case as the DA who didn't prosecute Sandusky after a six-week investigation in 1998 in Center County.
Gricar got the case after a boy's mother complained to police after her son showered with Sandusky.
According to the grand jury presentment, Penn State University police were also involved in the 1998 Sandusky case.
Gricar's office was the only local or state agency contacted about an alleged victim of Sandusky, a long-time Paterno assistant who retired in 1999 but continued to run a charity to help at-risk children.
So why didn't Gricar file charges against Sandusky?
Slideshows: Students Destroy Van | Student Protest | Rally At JoePa's Home | Coach Mobbed By Reporters | Suspects Surrender
Ray Gricar was the long-time district attorney of Centre County, the home of Penn State's main campus. He was months from retirement when he simply vanished on his way home to Bellefonte, Pa.
The mystery surrounding Gricar's disappearance in 2005 was the subject of several national TV shows and an effort involving the FBI and state investigators.
The attorney's car was found in Lewisburg, Pa., about 60 miles east of Bellefonte, about 12 hours after he called home. Several months later, his laptop computer and a destroyed hard drive were found.
But no one found Gricar's body.
Bruce Castor knew Gricar well. Castor is currently a Montgomery County Pa. commissioner and a former county district attorney who worked with Gricar.
"I never saw any evidence from Ray that he was showing any favoritism towards Penn State or the hometown or anything like that. He was a by the book guy," Castor said.
Fox 29 has confirmed the FBI has an open file on Gricar but it’s unknown if the case is still active.
But a missing person's poster for Gricar is still on the FBI Web site, even though Gricar was legally declared dead in July 2011.
So what happened to Gricar?
"I am now leaning towards the conclusion that it was foul play by someone who would have a motive to specifically target him," Castor says.
"If somebody really wants to get a prosecutor , they can. Especially in the country like that," Castor added.
Gricar appears in the grand jury presentment in the Jerry Sandusky sex-crimes case as the DA who didn't prosecute Sandusky after a six-week investigation in 1998 in Center County.
Gricar got the case after a boy's mother complained to police after her son showered with Sandusky.
According to the grand jury presentment, Penn State University police were also involved in the 1998 Sandusky case.
Gricar's office was the only local or state agency contacted about an alleged victim of Sandusky, a long-time Paterno assistant who retired in 1999 but continued to run a charity to help at-risk children.
So why didn't Gricar file charges against Sandusky?
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