Investigators probing the murder of Pakistan cricket coach Bob Woolmer are analyzing the hard drive of his computer, but have found no reference to match-fixing, police said on Monday.
Deputy police commissioner Mark Shields said he was looking at the possibility the killing was connected to match-fixing, but stressed he was keeping all lines of inquiry open.
"We have Bob Woolmer's computer. We are looking at what is on the hard drive," Shields said at a news conference in Kingston's Pegasus hotel, where the 58-year-old coach was found unconscious in his room on March 18, and declared dead hours later. Police say Woolmer was strangled.
Woolmer's death came just one day after a stunning defeat to debutantes Ireland knocked Pakistan out of the World Cup.
"We're exploring the possibility of match-fixing, but that's only one line of inquiry," said Shields, adding that investigators had not found any mention of the practice in the computer so far.
Shields said earlier he would also look into the betting odds given before minnows Ireland beat former champions Pakistan by three wickets in the Group D match on March 17.
He suggested he had no hard leads at this stage, but added: "We have a few ideas privately in the investigative team."
Investigators were poring over hotel security footage frame-by-frame in what Shields described as a slow, arduous process.
He said police were interested in taking DNA samples from anyone who was at the hotel at the time of the killing, and that investigators might travel to other Caribbean islands to interview Cricket World Cup players, officials and spectators.
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