The reward previously offered to anyone with information regarding the disappearance of Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar has expired.

The $10,000 reward -- initiated by Gricar's family about a month after his disappearance in April 2005 -- had a 12-month deadline. The family had hoped that during that time, someone would come forward with timely information.

Amos Goodall, the Gricar family attorney, said he set the terms of the reward on behalf of the family.

"The purpose of the reward was to encourage people to look for Mr. Gricar, and I think that it did," he said. "It served its purpose and got everybody out there looking for him."

Gricar went missing on April 15, 2005, after calling his girlfriend Patty Fornicola to tell her he would be home late.

He hasn't been seen since. His county-issued laptop and hard drive were found months later in the Susquehanna River with severe water damage.

Tony Gricar, Ray Gricar's nephew and the family's spokesman, said the decision to remove the reward was not based on personal attachments.

"[The decision] has nothing to do with our feelings on the case or what we think the ultimate outtake is, or was, with regard to my uncle," he said.

Goodall said the offer lost its pertinence as time passed with limited information updates.

As Ray Gricar's status remains unknown, his financial situation also remains in limbo.

Ray Gricar was paid his salary until April 15, 2005 -- the last day of the pay period in which he disappeared -- and continues to accumulate pensions, Richard Killian, Centre County Deputy Controller, said. However, the future of Ray Gricar's estate depends on resolution to his case, he said.

If found alive, Ray Gricar will also receive retirement funds. If he remains missing, the courts could eventually issue a court order and possibly declare him deceased.

"The disposition of funds can't be known until there's resolution of the case, and the resolution of the case would be a court order," Killian said.

Killian said depending on Ray Gricar's ultimate status -- deceased, alive or missing -- his estate will follow different paths accordingly.

"No one has an answer to how much and who's going to get it," he said. "But there's money here."

Killian said when Ray Gricar's status is known or declared by the courts, his wages will be subsequently managed.

Goodall added that until there is a final decision of Ray Gricar's status, his salary remains untouched.