Woolmer's laptop gives no clue to his murder

Jamaica deputy commissioner of police Mark Shields told reporters here Wednesday that upon examining the laptop of Woolmer, no match-fixing references were found from the machine on which the former England player relied so much for strategy-making.

Woolmer was killed March 18, a day after Pakistan shockingly lost to minnows Ireland here and crashed out of the ongoing World Cup.

While the police have allowed the Pakistani squad to return home, the investigation continues to catch the murderer or murderers who killed Woolmer in his room on the 12th floor of hotel Pegasus.

Shields said he was under no diplomatic pressure to let the Pakistan team go.

"We have to understand that everybody could be considered a suspect at this stage. Nobody has been given a clean bill of health because it's a very young investigation."

"Police officers involved in the probe have to be very careful with their language and thought processes because if they dismiss anything right now, some other information will come into the equation that would probably lead them to regret their decision. No diplomatic pressure."

Shields said police were awaiting the results of the toxicology tests.

"When they (test results) come out, they may shed some light on anything that Bob Woolmer may have eaten or consumed earlier in the day. The cops didn't say that the post-mortem was inconclusive, the pathologists said so," he added.

"Until the reports were prepared, I was not ready to say anything that could be misconstrued. I needed to have a categorical report from the pathologist."

Shields hinted that a second post-mortem might be done on Woolmer, following reports that the first autopsy was inconclusive.

Police also called upon people to help them nab the culprit(s), and even opened a round-the-clock hotline for the public.

The second-round matches of the 16-nation World Cup began Tuesday.

The final is slated for April 28 at the Kensington Oval in Bridgetown, Barbados. (IANS)

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