Family members say Raymond Locascio, 62, disappeared while preparations were underway for his daughter's wedding. (Credit: CBS 2) Family members say Raymond Locascio, 62, disappeared while preparations were underway for his daughter's wedding. (Credit: CBS 2) 
 
 WOODBURY, N.Y. (CBSNewYork) — It’s supposed to be the happiest day of her life, but wedding planning has taken a back seat for a local bride-to-be. 
 
 Suzanne Locascio’s father, who had already been measured for his tuxedo and picked out the song for the dance with his daughter, has vanished. 
 
 Locascio never imagined that her beloved father would go missing just hours after a tux fitting for her upcoming wedding. 
 
 “He had gone that morning and actually called and talked to me about his tux,” Suzanne told CBS 2’s Andrea Grymes, “He was excited for it.” 
 
 What should be a joyful time for the Locascio family of Cornwall has turned into a nightmare. 
 
 Raymond Locascio, 62, described as a doting family man, disappeared without a trace six weeks ago, leaving his daughters and wife of 41 years mystified and heartbroken. 
 
 “We went to high school, college and kindergarten together. He’s my best friend,” Barbara Locascio said. 
 
 It all started on the afternoon of July 8 when Raymond, a bank courier, dropped Barbara off in Monroe. 
 
 From there, he was supposed to drive on to his job in Peekskill. His wife says it was a different route than normal and that he never made it. 
 
 After getting a call from Locascio’s job, his family called the police. 
 
 Two days later, Locascio’s Ford Taurus was found off Route 6 in Woodbury next to hiking trails in Bear Mountain State Park. 
 
 Locascio’s family said that it is odd that his car was found in a direction that would have had him driving back towards Monroe, not his place of work. 
 
 They believe that he may have gotten disoriented in an area with spotty cell phone service. 
 
 “He’s a diabetic. He hadn’t had lunch. He works crazy hours. He had been up since two in the morning,” Barbara said. 
 
 State police said they have not ruled out anything from foul play to suicide to a horrible accident. 
 
 Barbara admitted that the family has had money problems and that their house is in foreclosure, but she does not believe that played any role in his disappearance– especially considering the wedding. 
 
 “He was so excited, We talked about what song he would dance to with her,” Barbara said. 
 
 “We have to keep hoping he’s out there somewhere,” Suzanne added. 
 
 Locascio daughter stressed that her father was not paying for the wedding and that he does not usually travel with his diabetes medication. 
 
 State Police said that they have conducted several searches and are following every lead in the case. 
 
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– Just hours after being fitted for a tux for his daughter's October wedding, 62-year-old Raymond Locascio of Woodbury, NY, disappeared. Though his locked vehicle was found two days later, on July 10, parked near a hiking trail in Bear Mountain State Park, there has been no trace of the father of two daughters since then, reports the Times Herald-Record. And so daughter Suzanne Locascio has put wedding planning on the back burner amid the search for the man described as a "doting" father. "He was so excited," his wife, Barbara Locascio, tells CBS New York. "We talked about what song he would dance to with her." Friends with Raymond since kindergarten, Barbara says her husband suffers from diabetes and doesn't travel with his meds, and that disorientation is far likelier than suicide or foul play. "He hadn’t had lunch," she says. "He works crazy hours. He had been up since two in the morning." She admits there are money woes, and their house is going into foreclosure, but Suzanne says her father was not paying for the wedding. State police say they're following every lead and have conducted several searches. (The body of another missing man was just found near his job in Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park.)