Crime & Safety

Missing Dix Hills Dad Was Last Seen at W. Babylon Scrap Yard

The search for Robert Mayer is now in its eighth week.

The Dix Hills father who has been missing since June was last seen wearing a grey polo at a West Babylon scrap yard, according to new information posted on a Facebook page dedicated to finding 46-year-old Robert Mayer. 

Mayer left for work on June 14 for his job as an electrician in Brooklyn, but he never made it back home. Police were last able to track Mayer's cell phone signal around Route 110 in Huntington, while he was on his way home around 1:45 p.m.

Following an investigation, it's now been revealed that Mayer, a father of two, was last seen at Arrow Scrap Yard in West Babylon a 2:15 p.m. on June 14. His cell phone signal was either turned off or went dead a half hour later. 

Mayer occasionally visited scrap yards and he sold metal from his job site to Arrow, according to a recent Long Island Press article

Mayer never returned home and his wife, Ida, reported him missing at 1 a.m. the next morning. Mayer's red 2004 Pontiac was found at the Deer Park train station by friends of his wife at 8:30 p.m. on June 15. 

Ida Mayer has told Patch that she didn't know how his car got there, since Mayer never took the train for work because he worried about leaving his car unattended at the station.

Police have still maintained that they do not believe foul play is involved in Mayer's disappearance. Mayer's wife is now offering an award for any information that leads to locating Mayer and/or information on anyone involved in his disappearance. 

"He would not leave us," she told News 12. 


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