 It has also been suggested that Gricar may have taken off to central Europe; he was semi-fluent in Russian and fluent in Slovenian.He had relatives in Slovenia and had made trips to this region of the world in the past.Gricar's disappearance was the subject of television documentary programs, including episodes of "Haunting Evidence" on Court TV in June 2006, "Disappeared" on Investigation Discovery in February 2011, news magazine "Dateline NBC" in December 2011, and an episode of Crime Junkie podcast in January 2020.