A Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, man who provided information to police about a shooting was kidnapped, murdered and thrown off a bridge, police say — and then reported missing for more than six months.
Three men are now in custody and criminally charged with the murder of the man who went missing in April, authorities said Friday.
Matthew Whisman, 25, was last seen in East Drumore Township, Lancaster County, according to the National Missing and Unidentified Persons System. In a news release, Pennsylvania State Police said the agency received a report about Whisman in early July and began an investigation.
Troopers learned that Whisman was attacked and kidnapped from a home on Lancaster Pike on April 3, 2024, after cooperating with law enforcement to investigate a shooting in Rising Sun, Maryland.
“Through continued investigation, troopers determined that the victim had been murdered and his body thrown over a bridge,” Pennsylvania State Police said in a news release.
Researchers have found some remains in Conowingo Creek in Cecil County, Maryland on August 8, 2024, CBS News Baltimore reported.
Three people are now charged with kidnapping, conspiracy to commit murder, assault, abuse of a corpse, witness intimidation and other crimes. Jeremy Absher, 25, of Mayesville, South Carolina; 27-year-old Steven Gaddis of Nottingham, Pennsylvania; and a 17-year-old boy from East Drumore Township.
All three are in custody, a spokesperson for the Lancaster County District Attorney’s Office said.
