Jamaican police have not ruled out the possibility of foul play in the death of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer, which will be the subject of a coroner's inquest scheduled to begin on Tuesday.
The inquest in the capital of Kingston aims to determine whether anyone bears responsibility for the death of the 58-year-old coach, who was found unconscious in his hotel room March 18, a day after his heavily favored team was eliminated from the Cricket World Cup.
"There was a lot of speculation, and as a result of that speculation we are having the inquest," Sgt Dwayne Jex of the Jamaica Constabulary Force said in a telephone interview on Monday.
More than 50 people are expected to testify inside a conference center for the inquest, which Jex estimated would take more than two months.
Jamaican authorities initially said a preliminary autopsy was inconclusive, but a few days after Woolmer's death police announced he had been strangled, setting off a globe-spanning homicide probe.
Investigators collected dozens of DNA samples and fingerprints from potential witnesses, including members of the Pakistan World Cup squad and other teams.
Courtesy:NDTV
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