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The Guardian:
Woolmer's death 'to be treated as murder'
Jamaican police are to launch a murder investigation into the death of the Pakistan cricket coach, Bob Woolmer, it was reported today.
Police sources told Channel 4 News that Mr Woolmer was "murdered and had a broken neck".
The news programme quoted a senior officer in the Jamaican police force as saying: "We're having to be very careful to avoid looking silly, but we will soon announce that there is to be a murder investigation and there will be an appeal for witnesses."
Commenting on the rumours that Mr Woolmer's death was more violent than first thought, the police source said: "A fracture in his neck created suspicions."
In advance of the expected results of further pathologists' tests, Scotland Yard said it was ready to help Jamaican police investigate the former England cricketer's death.
Several Caribbean newspapers have reported that some of Mr Woolmer's bones had been broken and that his throat had been bruised.
The Jamaica Observer reported that his "body had marks on the throat and that bones in the lower part of his face were broken".
The Jamaica Gleaner quoted an unnamed "high-ranking" police officer as saying: "A bone in the neck, near the glands, was broken, and this suggests that somebody might have put some pressure on it. We are now treating this as a homicide."
The claims follow allegations from the former Pakistani fast bowler Sarfraz Nawaz that Mr Woolmer was murdered to stop him blowing the whistle on matchfixing.
He said: "Woolmer's death has some connection with the matchfixing mafia. I've been saying this for the last four days, that Woolmer's death is not natural ... it's a murder."
Gill Woolmer, the cricketer's widow, said today she thought it a "possibility" that her husband had been murdered.
She told Sky News: "Some of the cricketing fraternity - fans - are extremely volatile and passionate about the game and what happens in the game ... so I suppose there is always the possibility it could be that."
"It fills me with horror, I just can't believe people could behave like that or that anyone would want to harm someone who has done such a great service to international cricket."
She said Mr Woolmer was not taking any illegal drugs before his death and rejected the possibility that he had committed suicide.
Mrs Woolmer said she had been given "some indication" of why police thought her husband's death was suspicious but did not reveal what it was.
"The second pathologist's test should be available, and as soon as we get that the investigation will be winding down and they will be able to send his body back to South Africa," she said.
Mr Woolmer, 58, was found dead on the floor of his hotel room in New Kingston on Sunday morning and died in hospital later that day.
The former Kent and England all-rounder's death followed the shock defeat of Pakistan by the debutants Ireland in the Cricket World Cup - one of the biggest upsets in the history of the 32-year tournament.
Jamaican police have previously described Mr Woolmer's death as "suspicious" but have made no official statement to confirm or deny the rumours of strangulation. They have said that initial findings of a postmortem examination were inconclusive.