THE post-mortem on the remains of 46-year-old Legal Clerk Gregory Frank, has found that he died as a result of asphyxiation due to compression injury to the neck, compounded by blunt trauma.

What this means in layman’s terms is that he was not only strangled, but also suffered a blow to the head.

This was according to the report given to the police by Government Pathologist Dr. Nehal Singh, after the procedure was done on Friday.

It is believed that whoever killed Frank choked him until he was dead or until he blacked out, and when they released him he fell and hit his head on the ground, which contributed to his death.

When his body was discovered on Thursday morning, a swelling was reportedly evident on his forehead, according to police sources.

Meanwhile, the police in ‘A’ Division have reached what appears to be a temporary snag as they continue to probe the death.

Up to late on Friday evening, there was no arrest made in relation to the murder, although the detectives are continuing to work around-the-clock to bring the perpetrators to justice for the crime.

Frank, who lived alone at Kuru Kururu on the Soesdyke-Linden Highway, but worked in Georgetown, was found dead on his sitting-room floor by the taxi driver who would normally pick him up each morning for work.

His entire house was said to be ransacked and the back door to the house was open. It was reported that valuables which the man was known to have were not found in the house at the time.

It is unclear when last Frank was seen alive. Contacted today, his employer said that he was a very dedicated worker who made the work of her office easy.

Frank, who had been married once, has no children, but is survived by just a sibling, having lost his mother last year.

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