Ray Gricar information

Ray Gricar
Gricar photo from FBI missing person poster
District Attorney of Centre County
In office 1985–2005
Preceded by	Robert Mix
Succeeded by	Michael T. Madeira[1]
Personal details
Born	(1945-10-09)October 9, 1945 Cleveland, Ohio, U.S.
Political party	Republican[2]
Children	Lara
Alma mater	University of Dayton Case Western Reserve University
Disappeared	April 15, 2005 (aged 59) Centre Hall, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Status	declared legally dead July 25, 2011 (aged 65)

Ray Frank Gricar (/ˈɡriːkɑːr/; born October 9, 1945, missing since April 15, 2005) was an American lawyer who served as the district attorney of Centre County, Pennsylvania, from 1985 until 2005. On April 15, 2005, Gricar went missing under mysterious circumstances and has not been heard from since. After he had been missing for over six years with no trace of his whereabouts, Centre County authorities declared Gricar legally dead on July 25, 2011.

Born in Cleveland, Ohio, Gricar received his Juris Doctor degree from Case Western Reserve University School of Law and began his career as a prosecutor for Cuyahoga County. He moved to State College, Pennsylvania, around 1980 and, after a brief stint as an assistant district attorney, was elected district attorney of Centre County in 1985. He was re-elected four times before announcing that he would not run for re-election in the 2005 campaign.

Gricar was reported missing to authorities after failing to return home from a road trip. His car was found in Lewisburg with his cell phone inside, and at a later date his laptop computer and the laptop's hard drive were found in the adjacent Susquehanna River. The hard drive was found in a different location in the river than where the laptop was found, which indicated that the hard drive was removed before the laptop was tossed into the river. No further trace of Gricar has been found.