Found Deceased NY - Steven M. Mayer - 65 years old - Great Neck - 4 Oct 2010

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http://www.riverheadnewsreview.com/n...Riverhead.html

Posted: Wednesday, October 06, 2010
Police: Great Neck man missing since Monday could be in Riverhead
BY TIM GANNON | STAFF WRITER

A Great Neck man who has been missing since Monday is believed to be in the Riverhead area, according to Nassau County Police.

Steven M. Mayer, 65, of Great Neck was last seen at about 7:30 a.m. on Monday and last heard from Monday afternoon on a cell phone call that was traced back to a cell tower near Route 105 and Route 25, according to Mr. Mayer's son-in-law Mark Klinger. He said Mr. Mayer's cell phone battery has since died.

Mr. Mayer works as a metal trader and would not have had business in the Riverhead area, Mr. Klinger said, which is why the family believes he may have suffered a seizure or dementia while driving and gotten lost.

An earlier report said he may have been heading to the Bronx, but Mr. Klinger said his E-Z Pass had not been used and would have had to have been to get off Long island.

Mr. Klinger said volunteers are gathering at the Holiday Inn Express on Route 58 to help search for Mr. Mayer.

Mr. Mayer is described as 5-foot, 8-inches tall and weighing about 180 pounds. He is white, has brown hair and glasses and was last seen at 40 Radnor Road in Great Neck, in Nassau County on Monday at 11:30 a.m.

It is not known what he was wearing.

His car, which Mr. Klinger said also is missing, is a gray 2010 Nissan Sentra, four door sedan, with the license plate EWN-4035.

Anyone who may have seen him is urged to call the Mayer family at 1-516-847-5005, or police at 911.

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http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/...-Neck-Man.html

(Wednesday, October 6th, 2010)

The search for a missing Great Neck man is intensifying, with many volunteer organizations joining the search. Since YWN posted our initial story yesterday, volunteers from Shomrim, Chaverim & other organizations have joined the search. Volunteers are arriving from Chaverim of Lakewood, Monsey, Shomrim of Boro Park, and other neighborhoods.

Authorities are searching for 65-year-old Steven M. Mayer. He was last seen on 10/04/10 at 11:30AM, at 40 Radnor Road Great Neck, NY.

He is described as a white male 5’8”, 190 lbs., brown hair, glasses. It is not know what clothing he was wearing at the time of his disappearance.


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He was driving a 4-door, grey, 2010 Nissan Sentra, NY reg. EWN4035, and was possibly heading towards the Bronx.

Anyone wishing to volunteer and assist in the search is asked to go to the staging location:

HOLIDAY INN EXPRESS HOTEL & SUITES EAST END
1707 Old Country Road, Route 58.
Riverhead, NY, 11901

A search hotline has been set up, and anyone calling is urged to leave a message and it will be returned. The number is 347-927-7701.

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http://finance.yahoo.com/news/Call-f...21668.html?x=0

Press Release Source: Jaymie Scotto & Associates On Wednesday October 6, 2010, 1:12 pm EDT

GREAT NECK, NY--(Marketwire - 10/06/10) - To assist with the ongoing search of missing person Steven Mayer, a press conference, led by Senator Craig Johnson and Rabbi Dale Polakoff will be held today, October 6, 2010 at 2:30 p.m. at the Great Neck Synagogue in Great Neck. All members of local media/press are strongly encouraged to attend.

Steven Mayer, age 65 years, with a height of 5'8" and weight of 180 pounds has gone missing and local authorities and officials are asking the public and media to assist them in their search for him. Mayer was last seen in a silver 2010 Nissan Sentra, plate # EWN-4035. His family reports that he is a "loving and gentle man who may be suffering from dementia or amnesia."

Great Neck Synagogue is located at 26 Old Mill Road in Great Neck, and can be reached at (516) 487-6100.

For persons having any information regarding Steven Mayer, please call (516) 847-5005 or the local police at 911.

Media enquiries on the press conference or Steven Mayer can be sent to Jaymie Scotto and Associates at pr@jaymiescotto.com.

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/...reat-neck-man/

October 6, 2010 3:44 PM

NEW YORK (CBS 2/1010 WINS) – On Long Island, police are asking for help in locating a man in his sixties who left his home earlier this week and hasn’t been heard from since. As CBS 2′s John Slattery reports, one clue put the man’s last whereabouts in Riverhead, far from where he lives

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Praying for this family. See http://www.riverheadlocal.com/local-...-neck-man.html

Riverhead is the gateway to the Hamptons Resort area (40+ vineyards, beaches, boating) and this is a major holiday weekend coming up, with fine weather predicted. It's also Hamptons Film Festival week, with huge numbers of big name stars. There will be thousands of visitors touring the area, attending the movies, visiting farm stands, picking pumpkins, wine tasting, live music and various cultural events.

I hope the family has enough volunteers to get posters into every hotel/ B&B, restaurant, winery and farm stand. This man cannot have disappeared into thin air in such a small community. They say they know he didn't leave the Island because he didn't use his EZ pass, but there's no mention of the ferry from Orient, which goes to CT. That's only 20 miles from where his cell phone was last used.

It's also worth following the Riverhead Local page on Facebook because comments are being posted there as words spreads through Facebook, where a lot of these businesses are connected.

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http://www.marketwire.com/press-rele...es-1332350.htm

Oct 08, 2010 14:22 ETMissing Person Alert: Search for Steven Mayer Continues

GREAT NECK, NY--(Marketwire - October 8, 2010) - The search continues for Steven Mayer, he has been spotted in the areas around Long Beach, West Hempstead and Franklin Square, NY. He appears to be confused and his family fears that his confusion may be increasing. The public is asked to provide assistance if he is seen and contact local authorities.

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http://www.riverheadnewsreview.com/n...EWN-4035..html

Jason Mayer said there had been information since Monday that suggested his father may have been on western Long Island, but that information has since been discounted and the search party is once again concentrating on the Riverhead area.
"We've been highlighting the search for him, but we want to highlight the search for his car, because a car is hard to lose," Jason said.

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http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/article.php?p=71995

(Sunday, October 10th, 2010)

Steven M. Mayer, 65 has been missing since Monday and has not been heard of since, as was reported first by YWN last week.

Searches over the last week have been ended with no results,and as a result organizations such as Shomrim, Chaverim, Hatzolah are all coordinating a massive search for tomorrow morning on a specific area. Search and rescue professionals from these Organizations have asked for help in bringing as many volunteers as possible to Riverhead, NY tomorrow for a detailed walking grid search.

If you cannot participate in the walking search we ask that you still come to help as there will be other tasks such as handing out flyers and driving around the area.

The search will begin at 9 am tomorrow morning and continue throughout the day. You can arrive at any time during the day.

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http://www.newsday.com/long-island/s...-man-1.2348147

October 10, 2010 By PATRICK WHITTLE patrick.whittle@newsday.com

More than 3,000 people began a search this morning in Riverhead for a Great Neck man who has been missing since Monday.

The search for Steven Mayer, 62, began at 10 a.m. on Old Country Road in Riverhead, said organizers of the search. Mayer was believed to be on his way to work in Huntington when he may have gotten disoriented and lost, family members have said.

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Today's search, courtesy of Riverhead Local. No more news unfortunately, so assuming it was unsuccessful.

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EXCLUSIVE YWN VIDEO & PHOTOS: Thousands Search In Long Island By Air Ground & Water For Missing Man - Excellent helicopter footage

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YHM FULL ARTICLE INCLUDING PHOTOS & MOBILE VIDEO LINK HERE: http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/...ssing-Man.html

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http://www.newsday.com/long-island/b...-man-1.2351913

October 11, 2010 By CHAU LAM chau.lam@newsday.com

When Victor Brief got a call last Tuesday asking for help in finding Steven Mayer of Great Neck who went missing, he sent an e-mail to about 100 members of the Borough Park Shomrim, a Jewish civilian patrol organization based in Brooklyn.

The e-mail, seeking volunteers to search for Mayer, also reached Shomrim members in Flatbush, Williamsburg and Crown Heights.

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...104738434.html

By GREG CERGOL
Updated 8:14 PM EDT, Mon, Oct 11, 2010

After a week of waiting, hoping and praying, Susan Mayer's emotions were frayed to the breaking point.

"Somebody has got to see something, say something know something," the Great Neck woman said. "My Steven is out there somewhere and I want him back."

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http://www.wpix.com/news/wpix-search...,3346257.story

By JEREMY TANNER
wpix.com
6:05 p.m. EDT, October 12, 2010

RIVERHEAD, N.Y. (WPIX) — The search for a missing Long Island man is intensifying asfrustration builds for friends, relatives and authorities after Steven Mayer, 65, disappeared without a trace a week ago.

In a world where it is increasingly difficult to avoid the ever-present eye of surveillance cameras or drive through busy urban areas without leaving a digital trace, it seems baffling that Mayer could have left his home in Great Neck for his job as a scrap metal trader in Hungtington, only to vanish into thin air.

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http://www.theyeshivaworld.com/news/...22L-Found.html

(Saturday, October 16th, 2010)

YWN regrets to inform you that the body of 62-year-old Steven Mayer Z”L was found over Shabbos.

Sources tell YWN that his body was found in a wooded area of Riverhead Long Island. His body is currently at the Suffolk County Medical Examiners Office, and Misaskim has been notified.

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http://ilantockerfoundation.com/?p=157

Posted on October 17, 2010 by admin

With great sorrow I am informing my family, all of you, that my father in laws body, Steven Mayer, was found yesterday in Riverhead, Long Island by a care taker on a wooded property. My father in law, like Ilan, brought the Jewish community together in an extraordinary way when 2,000 people from Am Yisroel went to search for him last week and have offered their endless support. We thank Hashem for a resolution, although it was not the one we were hoping for. At least we can feel a sense of relief that my father in law was found and can get a proper buriel. The funeral will be Monday morning at Siani Chapel in Queens at 11:30 and shiva will be at 40 Radnor Road in Great neck.

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http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2010/10/...ng-island-man/

October 16, 2010 11:26 PM

GREAT NECK, N.Y. (CBS 2) — A desperate search for a Long Island man appears to have come to a tragic end on Saturday, as police found a body identified as 65-year-old Great Neck resident Steven Mayer.

Rabbi Dale Polakoff confirmed that the body police found was that of Mayer. Mayer was last seen on October 4.

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Rest in Peace Steven.

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http://www.nbcnewyork.com/news/local...105135369.html

"The family of Steven Mayer is very grateful for the support of thousands of volunteers from the Riverhead community, as well as several surrounding Long Island communities in the search," Jennifer Kim said.

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http://riverheadlocal.com/local-news...-neck-man.html

UPDATE (4:00 pm): The body found in a wooded area off Doctors Path near Sound Avenue Saturday afternoon has been positively identified as Steven Mayer, Riverhead Police announced this afternoon. The cause of death remains under investigation by the Suffolk County Medical Examiner, police said.

I feel so bad for this family, and hope they find peace soon, but the circumstances of this man's death don't add up. The timeline is troubling for a start.

He left his home at around 8am, supposedly to go to his office about 19 miles away (Great Neck to Huntington). Google maps is allowing 30 minutes, but when he called his secretary to say he was on the LIE heading East, and would be there in 15 minutes, that was 3.5 hours later. What was he doing for those 3 hours BEFORE he called his secretary?

He can't have been driving to Riverhead all that time, as it's only 68 miles away from his home in Great Neck, or 49 miles from his office in Huntington, which would be a journey of around 1.5 hours maximum. He could have been there and back in that time, or somewhere else and back in that time, like Manhattan for example.

Wherever he'd been prior to that, if he was on the expressway heading east to Riverhead when he spoke with his secretary/ boss, then traveling the distance of 49 miles (from Huntington) or 69 miles (from Great Neck), would have placed him within range of the Riverhead cell tower at around 1.30pm. This fits with the report that he made calls from the Riverhead area ( junction Rte 25 and 105) 1.5 hrs apart, with the last one made at 3 pm.

His body was then found less than a mile away from that junction 11 days later. So what was he doing between 1.30 pm and 3 pm on Monday Oct 4th that would ultimately cause his demise and place him deep into the woods?

The autopsy will hopefully answer all these open ended questions.

RIP Steven Mayer

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Oct 17, 2010‎: http://www.newsday.com/long-island/n...ning-1.2367215