KINGSTON, Jamaica — Forensic experts searched for evidence Wednesday in the hotel room where Pakistan's cricket coach died under what police called "suspicious" circumstances, but authorities said they had reached no conclusions about the case.
As the forensics team completed its work, investigators awaited the pathologist's findings on what killed Bob Woolmer, whose body was found a day after his team was upset by Ireland in the Cricket World Cup.
"There is no evidence it's a homicide but we're waiting for further information from the pathologist before we make any more statements," Deputy Police Commissioner Mark Shields told The Associated Press.
Woolmer, who was 58 and lived in South Africa, was found unconscious in his Kingston hotel room on Sunday morning and pronounced dead at a local hospital. The previous day, Pakistan was stunned by Ireland in a St. Patrick's Day victory that assured Pakistan's early ouster from the World Cup, which is being played in the Caribbean.
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A Pakistan team official said there was blood and vomit in the room and Woolmer was found by hotel staff on the floor with his mouth wide open.
Shields had said during a news conference late Tuesday that police were treating Woolmer's death as "suspicious." But when asked if police were pursuing a murder investigation, Shields said: "No, we are not saying that."
A preliminary autopsy on Woolmer was inconclusive.
Cricket is beloved in Great Britain and its former colonies, and Woolmer was one of the most respected coaches in the world. But leading the Pakistan team was a high-profile, high-stress job: After the loss to Ireland, angry fans swarmed the streets back home, some burning effigies of the team captain.
Reports have emerged in Pakistani media of a murder plot but Woolmer's wife, Gill, discounted conspiracy theories in an interview on Indian television.
Following the loss to Ireland, "He e-mailed me the following morning. He did mention that he was really depressed and could not believe how this could have happened," she told NDTV.
"The Pakistani team's poor performance affected him, as any other big tournament that he lost as a coach," she said. "He believed that what happened happened. One has to move on."
She told NDTV that her husband had Type 2 diabetes and was on prescription anti-inflammation drugs, but said in an interview with Cape Argus newspaper in South Africa that he was healthy and regularly exercised.
"There was nothing wrong with him, he was perfectly fit," she said.
Police have interviewed staff at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel, where Woolmer died, but no one has been identified as a suspect, assistant police commissioner Les Green told Radio Jamaica.
Police were also questioning the Pakistan cricketers, Shields told the Nationwide News Network on KOOL-FM radio late Wednesday. He could not say if the interviews would be finished by Saturday, when the team was supposed to leave Jamaica, and declined to elaborate on what they have learned.
Inzamam-ul-Haq resigned as Pakistan's team captain and retired from one-day cricket following Woolmer's death. Pakistan Cricket Board head Naseem Ashraf and the organization's three-member selection committee also resigned over the Ireland loss and an earlier defeat to the West Indies.
Their resignations were submitted to Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf — the patron of the Pakistan board.
"Ashraf faxed his resignation last night and it's now up to the patron whether he accepts it or not," board spokesman Ahsan Malik said.
Pakistan beat Zimbabwe on Wednesday in its last World Cup match, but after two losses, Pakistan has no chance of advancing to the second round.
Separately, former Irish Cricket Union president Bob Kerr died Wednesday of a suspected heart attack while attending World Cup matches in Jamaica, said Irish assistant coach Matt Dwyer.
Kerr was an executive board member of the Irish Cricket Union and chairman of the North West Cricket Union. Kerr was in his mid-60s, Dwyer said.
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