Bob Woolmer Dies

[animal magic]

An unnamed Pakistan cricket board official suspects the death of coach Bob Woolmer was due to natural causes.

Jamaican police launched a muder inquiry after the post-mortem revealed Pakistan coach Woolmer's death "was due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation."

Woolmer was found dead in his Kingston hotel room on March 18, the day after Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup by defeat against Ireland.

A senior official of the board told Reuters they believed mistakes had been made in the first autopsy on Woolmer's body.

"We believe that the autopsy by the pathologist may have had error counts and they (police) are now considering having a second autopsy to confirm the cause of death," the official is reported to have said.

"The feedback we have got is there are some contradictions in the version of events after Woolmer's body was found unconscious.

"But we will get a clearer picture after our manager briefs the board on what took place there."

[DeeGame]

blatant attempt to cover up his murder to protect the image of the sport

[Mumsafan]

An unnamed Pakistan cricket board official suspects the death of coach Bob Woolmer was due to natural causes.

Jamaican police launched a muder inquiry after the post-mortem revealed Pakistan coach Woolmer's death "was due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation."

Woolmer was found dead in his Kingston hotel room on March 18, the day after Pakistan were eliminated from the World Cup by defeat against Ireland.

A senior official of the board told Reuters they believed mistakes had been made in the first autopsy on Woolmer's body.

"We believe that the autopsy by the pathologist may have had error counts and they (police) are now considering having a second autopsy to confirm the cause of death," the official is reported to have said.

"The feedback we have got is there are some contradictions in the version of events after Woolmer's body was found unconscious.

"But we will get a clearer picture after our manager briefs the board on what took place there."

There has already been 2 autopsies

[tsb]

There has already been 2 autopsies

Nope. Only one.

http://content-uk.cricinfo.com/wc2007/content/current/story/287500.html

Jamaica's deputy police commissioner Mark Shields on Wednesday denied media reports that a second autopsy would be performed on the body of Bob Woolmer. "I can assure you there is no post mortem, there is no planned second post mortem," Shields was quoted by AFP.

He added that any post mortem would only be announced in consultation with the Kingston coroner's office. "If there was any question of a second post mortem it would be something that I would discuss with him and announce," Shields said.

Several newspapers carried claims that the first autopsy was not thorough, and some have gone as far as suggesting that there were enough inconsistencies to indicate that Woolmer might not have been murdered at all, but could have died after falling heavily against a bathroom sink.

The forensic pathologist, Ere Seshiah, initally claimed that the results of the first autopsy had been "inconclusive", and Shields conceded that this might become an issue in the event of a trial. "The jury may want a second post-mortem and if we arrest someone this week and charge them, the defence counsel will want a second."

Shields also said the quality of footage taken from the CCTV cameras in the hotel was better than expected. "There were some people in the footage that I'd met in the week after the murder of Bob Woolmer that I could clearly and easily identify," Shields said.

His priority was to locate and interview as many witnesses as possible. "We are working from the inside out - it is those that we know were close to Bob Woolmer, were associates of Bob Woolmer, people who were on the same floor or close to him from the time he returned to the hotel until the time he was murdered."

He also said that it was highly likely that people had left traces of DNA at the crime scene. "The reason we're taking DNA samples from everybody is to exclude them," he said.

[SouthAfricaRed]

I think the First autopsy was reviewed by an international expert. I doubt whether he actually did a second autopsy

[Mumsafan]

I think the First autopsy was reviewed by an international expert. I doubt whether he actually did a second autopsy

They were waiting for a second opinion at the beginning I think.

[SouthAfricaRed]

They were waiting for a second opinion at the beginning I think.

They normally Video the autopsy and send the video to an expert together with tissue samples for his opinion. Only if he feels something was left out of initial autopsy will he request a second autopsy.

However in the case of a trial the defence will quite often ask for their own pathologist to review the evidence and even do a second autopsy if he deems it necessary.

[Red_Al_77]

So no marks and now a suggestion it might have been a towel.

[Mumsafan]

A towel killed him?

[DeeGame]

suggestion was material was used

[Red_Al_77]

It is alleged he may have been strangled with a towel.

[Mumsafan]

What size of towel?

[DeeGame]

What size of towel?

beach towel

[Mumsafan]

A fancy one with an umbrella on?

[DeeGame]

A fancy one with an umbrella on?

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