Although the 2005 disappearance of former Centre County District Attorney Ray Gricar still prompts a few calls a week to the Bellefonte Police Department, police said they are no closer to solving the case now than they were at the beginning of the investigation.

Centre County District Attorney Michael Madeira and Bellefonte Police Chief Shawn Weaver met with Pennsylvania State police officers, Bellefonte police investigators and the Pennsylvania State Police Criminal Investigation Analysis (CIA) Unit on Nov. 15 to 17 to discuss the current status of the ongoing investigation.

Madeira said the CIA Unit has completed its review of the case and found no new information. He added that the CIA Unit's review of the investigation found no gaps or mistakes in the investigation by Bellefonte police.

Gricar disappeared April 15, 2005, after calling his girlfriend, Patty Fornicola, and telling her he was going for a drive on state Route 192. Fornicola reported Gricar missing when he never came home.

Gricar's 2004 red-and-white Mini Cooper was found outside of an antiques market in Lewisburg on April 16. Since then, leads in the case have been few and far between.

Madeira said the investigation is ongoing, and that Fornicola expressed her appreciation for the coordinated efforts of law enforcement agencies.

Madeira said Bellefonte police have heard everything from the "sublime to the utterly ridiculous" regarding sightings of Gricar and possible theories surrounding his disappearance.

Weaver said the Bellefonte Police Department will continue to have a relationship with Pennsylvania state police and will probably interview some people again.

Madeira said it has never been just the Bellefonte Police Department handling the case and that, in the first 24 hours of Gricar's disappearance, there were more than 12 investigative entities involved.

Madeira said the CIA Unit did not provide police with a written analysis of the investigation, but verbally discussed details at the meetings.

Neither Weaver nor Madeira would explain details of the investigation, citing the need to preserve the integrity of the investigation.

Although Madeira said Gricar's family understands that the case may never be solved, he said the investigation will continue as planned.

"We won't let this grow cold," he said.

Madeira said if Gricar's family chooses, they can petition to have Gricar declared legally dead, but there is no timeframe during which the courts would make that declaration automatically.

He added that everyone involved in the case has been cooperative.

"There has not been a single circumstance where anyone we need to interview has not agreed to help," Madeira said.