The United States Naval Academy announced an investigation Sunday into the death of a student from New Jersey who had gone missing days earlier.
Kyle Philbert James, 20, of Whippany, in Hanover Township, Morris County, was a junior at the military school in Annapolis, Maryland, according to a statement from the U.S. Naval Academy.
“It is painful to lose a member of our Naval Academy family, and as we attempt to better understand this tremendous loss, we offer our deepest condolences to Philbert James’ family, close friends, classmates and company mates during this extremely difficult time,” Cmdr. Ashley Hockycko, an academy spokesperson, said in a statement sent to NJ Advance Media.
Hockycko did not specify when or where James was found dead. The circumstances surrounding his death are under investigation, the statement said.
James had been missing since Thursday night when his mother received a call from the Naval Academy informing her that he hadn’t attended any of his classes that day, according to WFSB 3, a local Baltimore station.
“Please help me find him,” James’ mother, Diane, said.
James was a history major and member of the 36th Company at the academy, and participated with the school’s gospel choir, the academy said.
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