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The Hunt for Ray Gricar Lloyd Hill Back Home After Coronavirus Diagnosis SUNDAY PATRIOT-NEWS SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 A1 $117 $3 SUNDAY, APRIL 19, 2020 2019 PAPME FIRST AMENDMENT AWARD 2012 PULITZER PRIZE FOR LOCAL REPORTING School@home helps kids keep on learning. D4-5 THE CASE OF THE MISSING DA 15 YEARS LATER The hunt for Ray Gricar Lloyd Hill back home after coronavirus diagnosis. C1 THE COVID-19 OUTBREAK Calls to ‘reopen Pennsylvania’ are getting ever louder Wolf outlines steps in state’s recovery plan, garnering criticism and praise Matt Miller and Jan Murphy [email protected] How frayed has the patience of Pennsylvanians become after weeks under a government ordered lockdown due to the coronavirus? We might find out on Monday. At noon, an array of groups who are bashing Gov. Tom Wolf’s COVID-19 quarantine and business closure orders as overreaching, unnecessarily broad and harmful to a tot- tering economy are vowing to rally outside the now-empty Capitol Complex. They say they will be driving around, honking their horns to show their displeasure. It is a sound and a message that has been echoing around the country with increasing volume of late. On Saturday, small-government groups and Trump sup- porters staged demonstrations Saturday in several cities after President Donald Trump urged them to “liberate” three states led by Democratic governors. Protests happened in Republican-led states, too, includ- ing at the Texas Capitol and in front of the Indiana gover- nor’s home. Republican Texas Gov. Greg Abbott already said that restrictions will begin easing next week. Indiana Gov. Eric Holcomb — who signed an agreement with six other Midwestern states to coordinate reopening — said he would extend his stay-at-home order until May 1. Michigan has seen widespread protests against its gov- ernment-imposed quarantine, with Democratic Gov. Gretchen Whitmer as the vilified target. Other rallies have been logged in Minnesota, Kentucky, Utah, North Carolina and Ohio. The movement has spilled across the border into Canada as well. Trump, whose administration waited months to bol- ster stockpiles of key medical supplies and equipment, Illustration by Susan Santola, Advance Local appeared to back protesters. “LIBERATE MINNESOTA!” “LIBERATE MICHIGAN!” “LIBERATE VIRGINIA, “ Trump said in a Friday tweet- In the days after Centre County Ray Gricar’s disappearance, local police and half a dozen state and fed- storm in which he also lashed out at New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat, for criticizing the federal response. eral agencies chased a cascade of leads. There were sightings across the state and around the country. Cuomo “should spend more time ‘doing’ and less time ‘complaining,’” the president said. Investigators mulled whether Gricar left voluntarily or was the victim of foul play. As years passed, the PLAN FOR PENNSYLVANIA leads dried up and, eventually, the case was taken out of the hands of the Bellefonte police and given to In a statewide address Friday, Pennsylvania’s Gov. Tom Wolf touched on the framework and standards upon which the Pennsylvania State Police’s cold case unit. In the past two years, PennLive has taken a deep dive into economic recovery and reopening decisions will be based. the case, uncovering strands of evidence that may have never been fully explored. STORY, A10 SEE REOPEN, A24 ELECTION 2020 Pa. remains key battleground but virus radically changes campaigns Ron Southwick [email protected] The 2020 presidential election has been November election. Nonetheless, the coro- U.S. senator from Delaware, could give Dem- upended by COVID-19. navirus pandemic has completely reshaped ocrats a chance to take back the Keystone With Bernie Sanders dropping out of the the election, analysts agree. State. Trump narrowly won Pennsylvania in race, former Vice President Joe Biden stands Analysts say it’s tough to project who will 2016, becoming the first Republican presi- as the presumptive Democratic nominee win Pennsylvania when there are so many dential candidate to win the commonwealth and is all but certain to face President Don- larger, looming questions that can’t be since 1988. “We are in an environment where ald Trump in November. answered right now. What will campaigning it’s very, very difficult to make judgments Analysts agree Pennsylvania will remain even look like in 2020? Can traditional cam- that hold any future sway,” said G. Terry a battleground state. paigning resume and if so, when? Madonna, a political analyst at Franklin & “One constant is Pennsylvania remains As Borick asked: “How do you campaign Marshall College. extremely coveted,” said Christopher Borick, in a time of pandemic? Expect plenty of advertising money to be a political analyst at Muhlenberg College. Will the Democrats and Republicans spent in Pennsylvania. Normally, it’d be easy “The electoral math hasn’t changed because have their national conventions this sum- to project plenty of events featuring both of COVID-19. Pennsylvania will be an epicen- mer? Can Trump and Biden have rallies or candidates, who made repeated appear- A recent Quinnipiac University poll in the ter of the campaign.” will public health concerns scrap events that ances in the Keystone State before the pan- general election face-off between former Aside from that fact, political analysts say would draw big crowds? demic. “We’re going to be one of the most vis- Vice President Joe Biden, left, and President it’s virtually impossible to forecast what will Will people show up to the polls in Novem- ited states,” Madonna said, “if they can get Donald Trump shows Biden leading 49% happen in November. ber or will more voters cast ballots by mail? out and campaign.” to 41%. The same poll showed Trump’s job The coronavirus has altered virtually Seasoned political analysts said there are approval is the highest of his presidency. every aspect of American life. The efforts far more questions than answers right now. ‘A SHORTENED CAMPAIGN’ Analysts say the race is virtually impossible to reduce the spread of the virus have shut “Trump is no longer the biggest wild card Most analysts agreed voters aren’t focus- to forecast right now. Associated Press photos down businesses and left millions of Ameri- in the race,” said Lauren Copeland, a polit- ing on November right now. cans without jobs. ical analyst at Baldwin Wallace University. Many aren’t giving much thought to the Biden, a Scranton native and a longtime SEE CAMPAIGNS, A17 Local & State, A3 Obituaries, A19 Weather, A24 Lotteries, A24 Opinion, B1 Nation & World, B4, B5 Sports, C1 Living, D1 VOLUME 71 ISSUE 52 ESSENTIAL SERVICES: PLUMBING • DRAIN • HEATING • AIR • ELECTRICAL We Are OPEN Free Essential System Checks Ensure reliablity, safety & efficiency. Help prevent breakdowns. & Prepared to Essential Systems are your Heating & Air, Plumbing and Electrical Systems. 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Dixon, now 62, has an obliging, plainspoken manner familiar to anyone who’s watched him field questions from the likes of Greta Van Susteren during his 15 minutes of fame 15 years ago after Centre County District Attorney Ray Gri- car went missing. “I’ll be honest with you,” he whispers a confession, “she’s kind of intimidating.” Every law enforcement officer has a case that defines their career. Gricar is that case for Dixon. Fifteen years ago this month, sometime around midnight back in Pennsylvania, a patrolman knocked on the former Bellefonte police chief’s door to tell him the county prosecu- tor hadn’t come home. That porch-light briefing would set off days, weeks and ultimately years of searching. Such mysteries exert their own gravity, ever more so in an era of “Serial” and Netflix. It was Dixon’s last big case before retiring to Arizona, and he feels a responsibility to keep it going. And it was the biggest challenge of Dixon’s career, and not only from a public relations standpoint. Former Bellefonte police chief Duane Dixon says he never turns down an opportunity to discuss the Ray Gricar case because Being police chief in a small town like Bellefonte means there is always a chance that a news article could inspire someone to come forward with new information. PennLive being something of a player-coach. Dixon joined his officers responding to calls, everything from bar fights to domestic violence. half a dozen state and federal agencies chased down a cas- And bears. cade of leads. There were sightings across the state and “It came in as a possible burglary call, somebody up a tree around the country, including one caller who claimed to looking into a house,” he recalls. “I get there. It wasn’t a per- have seen him at a taping of “The Oprah Winfrey Show” in son. It was a black bear.” Chicago. When animal control arrived, the two men walked behind Investigators mulled whether Gricar left voluntarily or the bear, shooing it up East High Street, past the old court- was the victim of foul play.
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