Bob Woolmer (58), coach of Pakistan’s national cricket team, was murdered in Jamaica on March 25.

According to police in the Jamaican capital Kingston, Woolmer died as a result of manual strangulation. Woolmer was found dead in his hotel room after Pakistan scored a surprising World Cup loss against Ireland. According to police reports, there was no sign of forced entry in Woolmer’s room in the Pegasus Hotel and nothing was stolen.

Investigators suspect that Woolmer knew his killer and let him or her enter the room.

“I have to say at this stage that it looks as if it may be somebody who’s somehow linked to him, because clearly he let somebody into his hotel room and it may be that he knew who that person was,” deputy commissioner of the Jamaican police Mark Shields told the BBC.

“Bob was a large man – it would have taken some significant force to subdue him,” Shields said. Woolmer’s death shocked the cricket world who gathered for the 2007 ICC Cricket World Cup, currently taking place in the West Indies. It started on March 13 and continues until April 28. It is being contested by 16 nations divided into four groups of four. The top two teams from each group will compete in a Super 8 format, similar to the previous Super 6 format, from which the semi-finalists will be decided. There will be a total of 51 matches, three less than at the 2003 World Cup, despite two extra teams taking part.