Posted on 01/28/2008 7:27:55 PM PST by gandalftb
ISLAMABAD: A diplomat of the American Embassy was found dead in his house on Monday, police said.
Keith Ryan, 36 belonged to Homeland Security of the US Embassy and was to return home on Monday morning.
The victim had bullet wound in the upper back portion of his neck, his death was caused by excessive bleeding. The police, recovered the body of the diplomat and a 9 mm gun from the bathroom.
The police had earlier declared it suicide. The pathologists at the PIMS hospital confirmed that Ryan sustained bullet injury on the rear upper neck. The medico-legal experts, however, said he was murdered.
“There is only an entry wound on the rear upper portion of his neck but no exit wound, “ the sources revealed, adding that the bullet could not be found even in X-Ray report. “There is no visible blackening of the entry wound, indicating that the shot was fired from the distance of more than four feet”, the sources claimed.
Keith was scheduled to leave for the USA by Qatar Airways flight QA-398 at 8.45 AM on Monday after completion of his tenure and his colleague, Mr. David Dean, an employee of the USA Embassy, came to his house at about 6.00am to give him a ride to Islamabad Airport but he found no body at his house. As he opened the door of the bathroom, Keith was lying dead in the bathtub while a gun was lying three feet away from the tub. He was wearing knickers.
Keith’s wife and three children are on a pleasure trip to England these days.
Spokesman Sean McCormack identified the diplomat as Keith Ryan, an attache from the Department of Homeland Security. Investigations were continuing, he said, “but we have no indication at this point that it involves foul play.”
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***The victim had bullet wound in the upper back portion of his neck,...***
I hate suicides like that.
Arkancide?
Didn’t we have another one that died of a gun shot awhile back?
The experts say he was murdered and we have no evidence of foul play? Somebody is in the wrong job - picking up grocery carts from the parking lot might suit them better.
kinda says it all.
Paging Jason Bourne....
Ok then.
I’d speculate that it was NOT Islamic terrorists - they’d want to get more public recognition for their work. Beyond that, I wouldn’t hazard a guess from the evidence presented as to who killed him, or why.
And the police report could either be a clumsy attempt at a cover up, or just incompetent investigation.
Very strange .....
Oh, geez, stupid bastards.
I seem to recall reading about that.
can this be on the sidebar please?
My first thought too....
I'd call that bullet wound in the back of the neck a pretty good indication. Where do these people get these ideas?
You aren’t the only one that thought that........
Yes sir Im sure.
ping
He found nobody or no body?
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