QPete. I am tired of not knowing how many finger prints or sets of finger prints where found in the Mini. I would like to know how many there were in the Mini and if any were found on the outside of the car. Where they all Ray's? Where there any of PF's. I know that they found Ray's DNA on the water bottle but where any of his finger prints found on the water bottle. This has been very mixed up from the beginning. Wanting to know the truth. Don't just tell me what you think, I want the truth. Where there someone else's prints on or in the car also?
Cinderella 2/11/08
AHi Cind, Thanks for your question and your patience as I waited for the answer from Bellefonte police. I talked with Detective Matt Rickard today and I learned what had been said by the prior investigator on the case was not entirely accurate. And I must admit, I'm a bit surprised by these results. There were three prints lifted from Ray's Mini Cooper, not five as the last investigator had said. What he may have meant was there were five total prints sent for analysis, but two of those prints were duplicates. So there were only three prints lifted from the car, and only one of them definitively belonged to Ray Gricar, Rickard said. That print was found on the exterior window of the driver's side door, and it was identified as being left by Gricar's left middle finger. Two other prints were lifted, one from the exterior door handle on the driver's side and the second from a water bottle found inside the Mini. But they did not have enough ridge characteristics be be identified, the lab report indicated. So there were no identifiable prints found inside the Mini Cooper. What prints were there were not good enough in quality to be matched to anyone.
Pete Bosak 2/11/08 [/*]
Thought I would start a thread on this since it's been a hot topic on the board for months & months.
Finally - we know.
We also know that both Ray Gricar and Patty Fornicola drove that car before the disappearance.
No Identifiable Prints Found In The Mini
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