In the early morning hours of March 17, 2016, Hamilton Township Police responded to a 9-1-1 call at the Victoria Apartments on Estates Boulevard and found 53-year-old Michael Mickey Rome DiMattia inside a residence. DiMattia had been shot multiple times; an autopsy confirmed the gunshot wounds were the cause of death. Investigators described the incident as a home invasion robbery that became fatal.

DiMattia was a lifelong Trenton-area resident and a graduate of McCorriston High School, where he played baseball and football. In later years he worked as a consultant and had a criminal history that included a 1990 manslaughter conviction and later weapons and drug charges.

Within days, the Mercer County Homicide Task Force and the U.S. Marshals NY/NJ Regional Fugitive Task Force arrested three suspects: 24-year-old Marcus L. Muse of Willingboro and 24-year-old Tatiana S. Cole of Pemberton at a Mount Laurel hotel, where officers recovered a handgun believed to be the murder weapon and $18,000 taken from DiMattia’s apartment; and 22-year-old Joshua L. Major of Pemberton, arrested in Beverly. All three were charged with murder, felony murder, robbery, and weapons possession.

If anyone knew Michael DiMattia or has information about the March 17, 2016 robbery and shooting, please share what you know.