Post-Mortem of Murdered Businessman Campbell Scott Inconclusive in Kenya

The post-mortem examination of Campbell Scott, a Scottish businessman murdered in Kenya, has yielded inconclusive results regarding his cause of death. Despite being found with minor injuries, law enforcement is treating the case as a homicide. Two arrests have been made as investigators continue to seek clarity on the circumstances surrounding his demise.

A post-mortem examination of the deceased Scottish businessman, Campbell Scott, has proven inconclusive concerning the cause of his death. Found in a sack of pineapples within a forest approximately 60 miles from Nairobi, his body was discovered after he had been reported missing from his hotel on February 17. At the age of 58, Mr. Scott was bound with rope on his hands and legs, prompting the homicide unit to investigate the case as a murder.

Despite two arrests, local reports suggest the injuries identified on Mr. Scott’s body were considered “too minor” to be fatal. Chief pathologist Dr. Johansen Odour indicated to Nation Africa that although Mr. Scott exhibited a head injury and multiple soft tissue injuries from blunt trauma, the injuries alone would not account for his death. He stated that additional samples have been taken for toxicology testing to further ascertain the cause.

Mr. Scott had reportedly visited a nightclub shortly after his arrival in Nairobi and was last seen in the company of an unidentified man, suspected by the police. According to Nation Africa, both a taxi driver and a waiter from the nightclub are in custody, assisting law enforcement in tracing the suspect to a location in Nairobi’s Pipeline district.

Originally from Dunfermline in Fife, Mr. Scott was a senior director of the credit scoring company Fico, attending a conference at the JW Marriott Hotel in Nairobi at the time of his disappearance. Plans to deliver a presentation to colleagues were disrupted when he failed to return to the hotel on February 17 after arriving in the city the day before. Following concerned attempts to locate him, his colleagues filed a police report. His body was eventually located by a cattle herder in Makongo Forest on Saturday.

The investigation into Campbell Scott’s death remains ongoing, with the post-mortem results failing to clarify the cause of death. As law enforcement continues to pursue leads, including toxicology tests and further inquiries into his final hours, both arrests have been made in connection with the case. Mr. Scott’s untimely demise raises significant concerns regarding safety in the region, prompting increased scrutiny of local conditions and investigative processes.

Original Source: www.bbc.com