article_snippet.sent: Investigators have taken dives to the bottom of lakes, dug up a grave, chased more than 300 reported sightings from Arizona to North Carolina, dropped fliers over Slovenia, consulted a psychic, interviewed a member of the Hell's Angels and enlisted NASA technology.
article_snippet.sent: The best lead they got was the sighting of a woman who has not been identified, and information that he had searched online for ways to destroy a hard drive.
article_snippet.sent: Matt Rickard, the former investigator who had been in charge of the investigation for several years, thinks that hard drive is the key to cracking the case.
article_snippet.sent: he said he's still holding out hope that someday technology will allow investigators to recover the damaged data.
article_snippet.sent: Evidence had been compromised in storage.
article_snippet.sent: Evidence had been collecting dust in file cabinets.
article_snippet.sent: We still hold out hope, and the state police will however continue to diligently follow up every possible lead and attempt to bring closure to the family and friends of Ray.