Disturbing Twist in Sandusky Case; Mysterious Disappearance of District Attorney

An article published in the Wednesday, November 9th New York Times questions the mysterious disappearance in 2005 of Ray Gricar,  the district attorney assigned to the case of Penn State coach Jerry Sandusky.  Unfortunately, the story is buried on an inside page of the Sports Section.  Ken Belson reports:

  At about 11:30 a.m., [on April 15, 2005] he called his girlfriend, Patricia Fornicola, to say he was taking a drive on Route 192. About 12 hours later, she reported him missing.The next day, Gricar’s Mini Cooper was found in a parking lot in Lewisburg, about 50 miles from his home in Bellefonte. Gricar’s cellphone was in the car, but not his laptop, wallet or keys, which were never recovered. Months later, the laptop was found in the Susquehanna River without its hard drive, which was discovered later. It was too damaged to yield any information. . .So what happened? Friends and colleagues say Gricar was not the type to walk away. His bank accounts were not touched after he disappeared, he had no other sources of income and he had no major debts, said Robert Buehner Jr., a friend and the district attorney in Montour County. Though divorced twice, he seemed happy with his girlfriend and close with his daughter. Gricar had already announced that he was retiring at the end of his term.
“He was absolutely looking forward to his future,” Buehner said.  If Gricar committed suicide, Buehner added, he would have wanted the body to be found.

Gricar's reasoning in deciding not to prosecute the Sandusky case in 1998 will probably never be known.   But the even bigger question is whether the DA, at the time of his disappearance,  had gotten wind of a 2002 sexual molestation incident, which provided more solid evidence for prosecuting Sandusky.

I have never had a conspiratorial bent of mind.  But when Penn State officials show the level of moral corruption that would allow them to ignore the rape of a ten year old boy, in order to avoid adverse publicity for their sports program, I wouldn't put anything past these people. 

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