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"The death of Bob Woolmer is now being treated as a murder case. During a press conference in Jamaica it was revealed that he died of asphyxia by manual strangulation. Post mortem results show that Woolmer was strangled.
Police spokesman Karl Angell said: "The pathologist's report states that Mr Woolmer's death was due to asphyxiation as a result of manual strangulation. In these circumstances, the matter of Mr Woolmer's death is now being treated by the Jamaica police as a case of murder."
Mark Shields, Jamaica's deputy commissioner of police who is now heading the police investigation, said, "We have a lot of lines of inquiry but there are no suspects. Bob is a large man and it would take some significant force to strangle him but we don't know at this point how many people were in his room. There was very little evidence of a struggle."
When asked why they'd taken so long to find out that it's a case of strangulation, Shields said, "There were no visible signs in this particular case and we had to make sure.
Woolmer was pronounced dead at 12:14pm on Sunday but Shields said, "there were no visible signs of life when found. He went to his room at 8:30pm in evening and was found by chamber-maid at 10:45 in morning. We don't have a time of death as of now but I would say it's closer towards the time he was found."
When asked if there were any other injuries, Shields said: "There were some other issues around the body which we'll take time to look at and examine."
With regard to the vomit found in his room, Shields said that the full toxicology and histology results hadn't yet reached them. But he added that "a full forensic examination of body in room was done for finger prints. We have sealed all CCTV records as well as all electronic records. Calls to the room, calls from his mobile all have been checked."
"The Scotland Yard have offered their assistance and should we need that, we'll take it. We're also in touch with Pakistan and South African police. The ICC has offered us all assistance [with regard to the Anti-Corruption Unit] and we're exploring every avenue."
Shields addressed the press conference along with Malcolm Speed and Chris Dehring, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Windies World Cup 2007.
Speed confirmed that the World Cup will continue. Dehring said: "We have reviewed the security arrangements in place and we feel that are adequate.""
"The death of Bob Woolmer is now being treated as a murder case. During a press conference in Jamaica it was revealed that he died of asphyxia by manual strangulation. Post mortem results show that Woolmer was strangled.
Police spokesman Karl Angell said: "The pathologist's report states that Mr Woolmer's death was due to asphyxiation as a result of manual strangulation. In these circumstances, the matter of Mr Woolmer's death is now being treated by the Jamaica police as a case of murder."
Mark Shields, Jamaica's deputy commissioner of police who is now heading the police investigation, said, "We have a lot of lines of inquiry but there are no suspects. Bob is a large man and it would take some significant force to strangle him but we don't know at this point how many people were in his room. There was very little evidence of a struggle."
When asked why they'd taken so long to find out that it's a case of strangulation, Shields said, "There were no visible signs in this particular case and we had to make sure.
Woolmer was pronounced dead at 12:14pm on Sunday but Shields said, "there were no visible signs of life when found. He went to his room at 8:30pm in evening and was found by chamber-maid at 10:45 in morning. We don't have a time of death as of now but I would say it's closer towards the time he was found."
When asked if there were any other injuries, Shields said: "There were some other issues around the body which we'll take time to look at and examine."
With regard to the vomit found in his room, Shields said that the full toxicology and histology results hadn't yet reached them. But he added that "a full forensic examination of body in room was done for finger prints. We have sealed all CCTV records as well as all electronic records. Calls to the room, calls from his mobile all have been checked."
"The Scotland Yard have offered their assistance and should we need that, we'll take it. We're also in touch with Pakistan and South African police. The ICC has offered us all assistance [with regard to the Anti-Corruption Unit] and we're exploring every avenue."
Shields addressed the press conference along with Malcolm Speed and Chris Dehring, Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Windies World Cup 2007.
Speed confirmed that the World Cup will continue. Dehring said: "We have reviewed the security arrangements in place and we feel that are adequate.""
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