Bob Woolmer died from asphyxiation after being strangled by his attacker or attackers inside his Jamaica Pegasus hotel room in New Kingston between Saturday night and Sunday morning, police confirmed last night.
A statement from the Commissioner of Police, Lucius Thomas, read by Director of Communications Karl Angell, confirmed Gleaner reports yesterday that Mr. Woolmer was strangled.
“The Jamaican police are now in possession of the official post mortem report from the government pathologist who conducted the autopsy on the late Mr. Woolmer,” Mr. Angell read: “The pathologist report states that Mr. Woolmer’s death was due to asphyxia as a result of manual strangulation.”
He added: “In these circumstances, the matter of Mr. Robert Woolmer’s death is now being treated by the Jamaican police as a case of murder.”
The police said they had no suspect at the time and neither a motive for Mr. Woolmer’s death. They, however, said more than one person could have been involved in the killing.
“It would take some force because Bob was a large man and therefore it would have taken some significant force to subdue him and cause strangulation. We do not know at this stage how many people were in the room?
