The body found in a Pemberton Township cranberry bog on Wednesday is a 24-year-old man who has been missing for more than a week, a family friend said Thursday.
Pemberton Township police confirmed Thursday a body was discovered by workers in the Whitesbog section of town. Authorities will wait until an autopsy is complete to identify him and determine a cause of death.
Family friend Michelle Jackson, however, said Thursday that Matthew Nyhammer was found in an open area near a shed. Nyhammer was located about about a mile from the Whitesbog General Store, where we was last seen when his girlfriend dropped him off on Nov. 2.
Nyhammer’s family reported him missing the next day and began looking for him. Pemberton Township police as well as the State Park Police’s K-9 units searched the area repeatedly and State Police also deployed a helicopter to look for Nyhammer.
His bookbag was found in a wooded area near the store on Nov. 3, with his laptop, a hat and other personal items scattered about, Jackson said Tuesday.
The last call Nyhammer made was at 5:30 a.m. Nov. 3 to his girlfriend, Jackson said, adding that his phone apparently no longer has service.
State Police and State Park Police assisted Pemberton Township police at the scene on Wednesday.
Friends of the Nyhammer family have established a GoFundMe.com page to help cover his funeral expenses.
Credit: NJ.com
She did it.
Tony Pagano does seem suspicious she dropped him off and his last call was to her early the next morning
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Tony Pagano they also had cops, dogs and a helicopter flying over the area yet they didn’t find his body there until yesterday. It seems like whoever did this may have went back and moved his body
Whatever happened she dropped of a suicidal person in the middle of nowhere instead of getting them help, that in itself should be a crime (if that’s even what happened). This girl shouldn’t be roaming the streets, she sounds like an animal with no regard to human life that needs to be caged.
Shannon Fenton she a mom too. They should take her kid as well
Shannon Fenton if she loved & cared like she claims why did she suspect her deceased boyfriend & his family so bad on Matt’s sisters post.
She’s garbage – that needs to be charged and WHO WERE THE 2 GUYS see was seen with the same day & day after in the bogs?????
So sad RIP young man, my condolences to your family????
Shannon Fenton most people don’t care about ones mental health it’s sad yes!
So sad! RIP
I’m so sorry
So sad…
Matty Ny rip bro.
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Such a tragedy. So young ???? sympathy to the family.
Devin Teal
That’s horrible.
Sad ????????to family n loved ones
So sorry, prayers for his family and friends
Sad
prayers to for him and his family
Prayers to his family and friends. May he Rest In Peace
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Deepest condolences…….much too young!Mavis beautiful young man rest in peace
Very sad ????. My sympathies to his family and friends.
How sad…
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Prayers to the family and his friends
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So very sad ???? prayers your his family and friends ????
What do the do with all the cranberries?
Michael Margarella ????
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Michael Margarella haha sell them
Have some respect for the family ????????
Ronni Hagerman it’s a fair question.
Michael Margarella then ask somewhere else not on this article or any other page related to the unnecessary death of our friend.
Justice For Matt!!!
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Prayers to the family and friends
R.I.P ..praying for the family ..so young to go ..
So sorry
Rip Matt
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Thoughts and prayers are with the family. RIP
rest in peace matty. we will miss you bud
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So sad. Rip
So his gf left him on the side of the road and now they find him dead in a cranberry bog? ???????? something isn’t adding up
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Glad he was found…condolences to the family
Angel Russomano
Cassandra Rose I’m shook
My thoughts and prayers are with his family
Prayers for the family. Terrible. ????
My deepest condolences to his family ????????
So sad ????
So very sad.
If someone is suicidal (I believe they said that was what he was talking about) and instead of bringing that person to the hospital/crisis you drop them off at a Cranberry bog or whatever, why isn’t that person charged with negligent homicide or something? That’s like knowing someone is having a heart attack and dropping them off in the woods instead of calling 911. This “girlfriend” needs to be in prison not roaming the streets. Scumbag.
Shannon Fenton because most don’t every believe they will do it.. when someone says they will kill themselves etc.
If someone doesn’t want to live anymore they will find a time and way to do it.
Shannon Fenton It’s not always that cut and dry my friend. So unless you absolutely know the exact circumstances in story and the reason behind why the girlfriend “dropped him off in a cranberry bog or whatever” then i suggest you stop playing detective and think before speaking. The fact that most people who just lost a loved one in a tragic way are already grieving and then they have to ready comments like yours is a shame. So while most are praying for the family and friends of this young man during this time, some (you) are preying this girl gets a death sentence behind bars. ????????♀️
Jamie Mamuzic except everyone who knows Matt and this situation agree. The girlfriend is suspicious and people want her held accountable.
Ok not familiar with this particular case/person/:family and friends but I can tell you my own story.
Years ago I was not well I have a chemical imbalance in my brain that causes me to be predisposed to depression. I was not on the right medication and or would vstop my meds because I felt better, or because I felt like there was a wall of water between me and not just the world but my feelings.
Not only would I become suicidal but I nearly blew up 3 buildings in a suicide attempt, tried jumping off a bridge infront of a train, landed next to it nearly froze to death as a run away in blizzard among other attempts.
Going for a walk in nature away from people sometimes was exactly what I needed to “get back in touch with myself” (grounding technic) those that were closest to me during those dark times knew that and would often gently suggest it knowing the quiet of nature allowed me to still the demons in my head.
Now I am not saying this is the case here because I don’t know this young man and don’t dare speak for him
Jamie Mamuzic She was seen with different men leaving or around the crime scene. She’s disrespected the family of the victim. On their Facebooks, what grieving and loving girlfriend would do that? Let me guess, that’s your family/friend? ????
Shannon Fenton spot on Shan. My kids knew this kid in HS so we’ve been closely following the story and you cannot believe how messy its been on fb. Anyone can piece together the story from comments from his gf & family. His poor family. Obviously the “story” from his gf needs to be taken with a grain of salt. Whether she was involved in his death or not remains to be seen, but she definitely is trying to hide something; that something could be drug-related. WHERE they found his body is the issue. His mom (im assuming it was his mom) let is slip in a comment; a drainage pipe. Now depending on the size, thats troubling. Was it huge and he could go into it easily? Or was it small and he was obviously shoved and hidden in there? It’ll all come out. And i’m positive the cops are monitoring ALL of these comments. Websleuths has a thread started on this already.
Shannon Fenton poor kid for real tho. Obviously hes adorable, but according to my kids he was also super sweet and rly chill.
Jane Marie that’s really sad, I hope his family gets the truth & closure.
And justice
Shannon Fenton i hope so too.
Gf knows something. Left him in the middle of nowhere and couldn’t say what he was wearing and knew his phone was dead.
✨shut the fuck up lol you know nothing ✨
Let these people mourn.
Sierra Mayo really??!! Soooo many ppl are saying the same damn thing. Hmmmm????????????????????????
Not exactly in the middle of nowhere, there’s houses and a store in whites bog
This is so sad. Terrible news.
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Karen S. Davis and Maureen Bresee so sad and scary
Jaime B-Grace so sad…prayers for his family
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so sad! My deepest condolences to the family!
RIP YOUNG MAN ???????? Condolences to his Family. So sad! ????????
OMG… heartbreaking … sending this family prayers
Oh dear Lord,deep condolences to the family and friends ????what his his name?
Tamia Dupont so sad ????
Kayla Piacentino ik I was just talking to my sister about this it’s crazy
What kept him from walking out of the bogg
Suspicious
Sean Tompkins
Prayers to his family ????????
So sad.Rip
From what I know, the last phone call Matt made was to his girlfriend at 5:30am that morning. She claimed to have left him at the bog at 9:30am that same morning. Helped search only the first day, spoke to the mom and she said she did see her with another guy she didn’t recognize that first day of searching. While his family and community was out searching those woods near the bogs, the gf stopped helping with the search, changed her Facebook bio to “stop friend requesting me, stop messaging me leave me alone” then blocked family members of the victim instead of helping them. His belongings where unnaturally scattered like half a mile away from where he was found. I personally believe something happened and she panicked. No matter what, she is a terrible human being for leaving him there during a crises. She needs to be charged with negligent homocide. I was out searching those woods and praying the whole time he’d be found. They found him while a small search party was looking. Girlfriend shows zero empathy. I would be begging with my life for people to help me find my missing bf, and be basically living in those bogs like his mother was. That was hard to see. It was so unfair. I hope he can get the justice he deserves.