Police said all indications point to a suicide
by Jennifer Kohlhepp, Packet Media Group
HAMILTON — Almost 10 days after he went missing, Christopher Bonnet was found dead in Hamilton Township on Saturday.
Members of a volunteer search party discovered his body in a wooded area near Veterans Park just after noon, according to the Hamilton Township Police Department.
”He was found deep in the woods across from the park down Cypress Lane in our town at 12:30 Saturday,” Lt. Joe Mastropolo said.
Mr. Bonnet was last seen in the area of Silver Court near Robert Wood Johnson University Hospital on Oct. 17.
His family organized the search of the area for him that day, according to Lt. Mastropolo.
”All indications point to a suicide,” Lt. Mastropolo said.
Mr. Bonnet, 35, grew up in Princeton Junction and graduated from what is now West Windsor Plainsboro High School South in 1996.
He graduated from Mercer County Community College with a hospitality management degree in 2001.
He enlisted in the Army in July 2001 and served with the Third Ranger Battalion 75th RangEr Regiment and was deployed for Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom, according to his profile on change.org.