Body of Missing Binghamton Man Found

Binghamton police investigators say the body of a city man who had been missing for several weeks has been recovered.

Authorities last month had asked for the public's help in locating 38-year-old Colyn C. Williams.

The request for assistance was issued March 6, four weeks after Williams was last seen near UHS Binghamton General Hospital on the city's South Side. At the time of the announcement, police said he was reported to be an endangered missing person.

The man's body was located on the side of the Susquehanna River in the town of Vestal around 2:30 p.m. Wednesday.

A state trooper observed the body from River Road in Endwell. He helped direct a Vestal police officer to the location on the riverbank behind Bob Murphy Incorporated off Vestal Road.

According to a Binghamton police department news release, city investigators worked with Vestal police and the New York State Police forensic identification unit after the body was recovered.

Binghamton police said the death investigation is being handled by the Vestal police department.

According to the news release issued Friday afternoon, the cause of death did not appear to be criminal in nature.

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