N.J. cadet’s death under investigation by U.S. Naval Academy

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