Body Of Somers Man Who Jumped From Bear Mountain Bridge Found

SOMERS, N.Y. -- New York State Police recovered the body of an elderly Somers man who jumped from the Bear Mountain Bridge earlier this month on Friday, according to LoHud.com.

State Police recovered the body of a Somers man who jumped from the Bear Mountain Bridge recently.
Photo Credit: *Art Cusano*

Joe Jenkins

06/24/2014 3:00 p.m.

Emmanual Valsamakis, 81, was a longtime employee of IBM and received a patent with two other men for an invention relating to semiconductors in the 1980s, LoHud.com reported.

State Police had searched for Valsamakis from the time he jumped on June 15 until last Wednesday, June 18. The body was found on Friday near Stony Point, LoHud.com said.

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