Arrest Made In 1999 Murder Of Sayreville Teen Girl

BARNEGAT, NJ — A man was arrested Tuesday after he was indicted by a Middlesex County grand jury in the 1999 murder of a 17-year-old Sayreville girl, according to a joint statement from the Sayreville Police and the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office.

Bruce A. Cymanski, 49, of Barnegat was indicted for first degree murder, first-degree felony murder, first-degree aggravated sexual assault, first-degree kidnapping and third-degree possession of a weapon for an unlawful purpose in connection with the killing of Nancy Noga.

Assistant Prosecutor Scott Lamountain, who serves as the section chief of the Major Crimes Unit, presented the case to the grand jury.

On Jan. 7, 1999, Noga, who was then a senior in high school, was reported missing after she did not return home from work, officials said. Five days later, Noga’s body was discovered just before 9 a.m. in a wooded area behind the former Mini-Mall Plaza Shopping Center on Ernston Road in Sayreville.

An autopsy later determined Noga died from blunt force trauma after being struck with a blunt object, officials said.

For more than two decades, the case remained open and active as investigators continued to investigate Noga’s death.

“In the decades since Nancy Noga’s death, law enforcement has relentlessly pursued justice on her behalf. The advancement of modern scientific tools has allowed that endeavor to enter a new chapter,” Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone said.

Cymanski was in-part identified through the use of genetic genealogy conducted by the Chief Genetic Genealogist of Parabon NanoLabs, Ms. CeCe Moore, according to officials.

Following the return of the indictment by a Middlesex County Grand Jury, Cymanski was arrested near his home by members of the Sayreville Police Department, Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, and the Barnegat Police Department after a brief foot pursuit, officials said.

Cymanski has been lodged at the Middlesex County Adult Correction Center where he is detained pending a pre-trial detention hearing in Superior Court.

The arrest follows a joint investigation conducted by Detective Mark Morris and Sergeant Deon McCall, both of the Middlesex County Prosecutor’s Office, in conjunction with Sergeant Daniel Ellmyer of the Sayreville Police Department and retired Detective Sergeant Richard Sloan, formerly of the Sayreville Police Department.

“This arrest is the result of decades of hard work by so many detectives and officers. We never stopped following up on leads, and today with the arrest of Bruce Cymanski, we are one step closer to bringing a degree of justice and closure to the family. I want to thank Middlesex County Prosecutor Yolanda Ciccone and her office for their tireless efforts and partnership in bringing justice to the family of this young girl,” said Police Chief John Zebrowski.

The investigation is active and ongoing. Anyone with information about the investigation is asked to call Detective Mark Morris at 732-745-3702 or Sayreville Police Sgt. Daniel Ellmyer at 732- 525-5406.

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