Prosecutor Rienk Mud said they are busy investigating the circumstances of the man's death and police are trying to get the witnesses who saw when the victim was brutally attacked to speak with them. However, getting people to talk or to come forward has always been difficult Mud said.
The St. Maarten Medical Center was looking into ways of getting the victim out of St. Maarten for further medical treatment but that somehow seemed impossible. Sources close to the medical institution said the island's residents are at risk when they need to travel overseas as the medical director of the St. Maarten Medical Center Dr. George Scot is always off island. "Dr. Scot spends three out of his four weeks in Holland even though he is responsible for the daily operations of the institution."
SMN News also learnt that Dr. Scot is busy negotiating the expansion contract with LICOM. The source said the contractor has a two million guilder difference in calculations.
When police discovered the victim they found he had at least three large wounds to his head and he was bleeding profusely from them. Police also found a piece of metal pipe next to the victim which has since been confiscated.