Still No Answers in Spalding Gray Case

[Khephra]

NEW YORK -- Nearly two months after actor-writer Spalding Gray walked out of his Manhattan apartment and disappeared, his wife holds out hope that he will return unharmed.

"Everyone that looks like him from behind, I go up and check to make sure it's not him," Kathleen Russo said in a recent phone interview with The Associated Press. "If someone calls and hangs up, I always do star-69. You're always thinking, 'maybe.'"

Police said they have received 36 tips since Gray's disappearance Jan. 10, including several accounts from reliable witnesses who believe they saw Gray on the Staten Island ferry the night he vanished. Russo has said she fears he may have tried to jump off the boat.

Gray tried suicide several times, including an attempt in late 2002 to jump off a bridge near his second home at the east end of Long Island. A passer-by talked him down.

Most of the tips, however, have led nowhere, officials said.

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[bif]

1. Too sad

I loved his movies.

[GOPisEvil]

2. The uncertainty has to be worse than death...

...what a sad story. I hope he's found soon.

[Mr.Green93]

3. Thanks for the update

[Khephra]

4. NP!

I was wondering what was happening on the case myself, right before this article crossed my path.

[sleipnir]

5. Now that the weather is warming up, my guess is they'll find him...

Sad as it is, the currents are moving more with the warm weather and water entering the area. It's probably only a matter of time before someone finds him on a beach in Staten Island....

This is a really sad and depressing event, I can only imagine how hard this is on his wife and kids. I guess we can still hope for the best, no matter how small the odds.