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The Bob Woolmer Investigation Case has been closed according to an announcement from the Jamaican Police. The Cops have confirmed that Mr.Woolmer had died because of ‘natural causes’ and thus ruling out any murder and any involvement of any International Player or Official. The same Police had confirmed on March 23rd that Bob Woolmer was murdered after receiving a post mortem report from Dr. Ere Seshaiah, the Government Pathologist. The Police have now closed the case saying that Woolmer had a natural death on March 18th. The death could be because of a heart attack, as such Bob wasn’t healthy enough as he was suffering from diabetes.
Ever since it was said that Woolmer’s death could have been because of a murder, there have been several theories coming in the media on why and who could have done the crime. Firstly, the Police stated that Woolmer died because of manual strangulation after toxicating him. The Jamaican Police took the professional help from the Scotland Yard Police, there were also detectives coming from Pakistan. Further toxicology tests were carried out but nothing came out all these days to give any evidence that there was a murder. One of the few leads that the Police had in this investigation was the CCTV Captures from the hotel. The BBC had broadcasted a sensational programme called ‘Panorama’ which told that Bob Woolmer might have received a ‘Fatwa’ which was the reason for his murder. Later there were doubts on the former Cricketer Mushtaq Ahmed as it was confirmed that he had given a Champagne Bottle to Woolmer a day before his death. The same bottle was found empty in the hotel room in which Bob’s body was found on the 18th of March.
Back in South Africa, Gill Woolmer, the widow of Bob has released a statement which says “My sons and I are relieved to be officially informed that Bob died of natural causes. We realise that this investigation has been problematical given the circumstances and the media spotlight. We hope this matter will now be closed and that our family will be left to grieve in peace.” The Pakistan players who were part of the World Cup are also relieved but at the same time are angry at the way they were treated during all the investigations and the speculations which followed later. According to the Jamaican Constabulary Force, about 400 people were interviewed and 250 statements were recorded. Now that the Mystery Case of Bob Woolmer has been closed, it is upto noted Bollywood filmmaker Mahesh Bhatt on what kind of a climax he gives to his film ‘Paradise’ which is based on Bob Woolmer’s murder oops ‘natural death’ at the World Cup!