Initial investigations into the murder of the Honorary
Consul of the British High Commission in Mount Carey,
St. James, have ruled out robbery as a motive.
Dead is 53-year-old John Terry who has been serving the High Commission in the area of tourism for more than 30 years.
Members of the Police High Command who are dealing with the high profile case say an autopsy was scheduled to be undertaken on Thursday afternoon.
At daybreak, police detectives went back to the crime scene after spending hours there on Wednesday night, seeking to unravel a motive behind the killing which has sent shock waves both through the community and the tourism sector.
It is reported that shortly after 1:00 Wednesday Mr. Terry was found dead, in the nude on his bed with a knotted cloth around his neck.
The body had a wound to the back of the head and abrasions elsewhere.
The police are not ruling out that this may not have been a random killing and that he knew his attacker.
Crime Chief for St. James Deputy Superintendent Michael Garrick told RJR News that all indications so far are that the attacker was given access to the house, which was not ransacked.
However the police are seeking information about the disappearance of some personal items from the house including a Motorola cellular phone.
The police are also trying to trace all persons who were recently seen in Mr. Terry's company.
Specifically they are checking into reports that a young man was seen running from the house the previous night, and asking for directions to catch a cab to Montego Bay.
DSP Garrick is appealing to persons who may have seen the attacker to assist them with the investigation.
And the British High Commissioner to Jamaica Jeremy Cresswell has issued a statement on Mr. Terry's death.
According to Mr. Cresswell, the death has come as a shock to all who knew him.
He said all the thoughts of the High Commission team are with Mr. Terry's family and friends.
He said Mr. Terry was a great servant to the United Kingdom and also to Jamaica- a country he loved deeply.
The British High Commission statement said Mr. Terry's work for the High Commission brought him into contact with hundreds of British visitors to Jamaica.
And Jamaica's image is coming under some pressure with extensive coverage of Mr. Terry's death in the British national media.
Britain's national news agency, the Press Association, which has wide distribution in the United Kingdom, has posted a story since Thursday morning.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office told the Press Association that she confirmed the death of the British Honourary Consul in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Spokeswoman expressed sympathy with the family at this difficult time.
The major daily newspapers, from respected broadsheet newspapers to the much racier tabloids, and television stations all have stories on their websites.
Most have images of Montego Bay or tourist locations accompanying the news story.
Analysts say negative reportage in the U.K. is often more damaging as all major media have national distribution unlike the United States where local media is stronger.
Dead is 53-year-old John Terry who has been serving the High Commission in the area of tourism for more than 30 years.
Members of the Police High Command who are dealing with the high profile case say an autopsy was scheduled to be undertaken on Thursday afternoon.
At daybreak, police detectives went back to the crime scene after spending hours there on Wednesday night, seeking to unravel a motive behind the killing which has sent shock waves both through the community and the tourism sector.
It is reported that shortly after 1:00 Wednesday Mr. Terry was found dead, in the nude on his bed with a knotted cloth around his neck.
The body had a wound to the back of the head and abrasions elsewhere.
The police are not ruling out that this may not have been a random killing and that he knew his attacker.
Crime Chief for St. James Deputy Superintendent Michael Garrick told RJR News that all indications so far are that the attacker was given access to the house, which was not ransacked.
However the police are seeking information about the disappearance of some personal items from the house including a Motorola cellular phone.
The police are also trying to trace all persons who were recently seen in Mr. Terry's company.
Specifically they are checking into reports that a young man was seen running from the house the previous night, and asking for directions to catch a cab to Montego Bay.
DSP Garrick is appealing to persons who may have seen the attacker to assist them with the investigation.
And the British High Commissioner to Jamaica Jeremy Cresswell has issued a statement on Mr. Terry's death.
According to Mr. Cresswell, the death has come as a shock to all who knew him.
He said all the thoughts of the High Commission team are with Mr. Terry's family and friends.
He said Mr. Terry was a great servant to the United Kingdom and also to Jamaica- a country he loved deeply.
The British High Commission statement said Mr. Terry's work for the High Commission brought him into contact with hundreds of British visitors to Jamaica.
And Jamaica's image is coming under some pressure with extensive coverage of Mr. Terry's death in the British national media.
Britain's national news agency, the Press Association, which has wide distribution in the United Kingdom, has posted a story since Thursday morning.
A spokeswoman for the Foreign Office told the Press Association that she confirmed the death of the British Honourary Consul in Montego Bay, Jamaica.
The Spokeswoman expressed sympathy with the family at this difficult time.
The major daily newspapers, from respected broadsheet newspapers to the much racier tabloids, and television stations all have stories on their websites.
Most have images of Montego Bay or tourist locations accompanying the news story.
Analysts say negative reportage in the U.K. is often more damaging as all major media have national distribution unlike the United States where local media is stronger.
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