U.S. Gov't Consultant Found Dead in Guyana

[Judi Lynn]

U.S. Gov't Consultant Found Dead in Guyana

By Associated Press
December 11, 2005, 10:59 PM EST

GEORGETOWN, Guyana -- The body of an American consultant for the U.S. government's overseas aid agency was found in his hotel room in this South American country, and police said Sunday they suspect homicide.

Hotel staff found the body of Hubert Daniel Thompson, 55, on a mattress in his room late Saturday at the Le Meridien Pegasus Hotel in Georgetown, Guyana's capital, Police Chief Winston Felix said. Felix said there had been no arrests.

"What we know is that his head was bashed in and he was found on a mattress on the ground," Felix said.

U.S. Embassy spokeswoman Christine Meyer said Thompson, of Staunton, Va., was a technical adviser hired by the U.S. Agency for International Development to work on an HIV/AIDS project.
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http://www.newsday.com/news/nationworld/wire/sns-ap-guyana-american-killed,0,692675.story?coll=sns-ap-nationworld-headlines

[Poll_Blind]

1. Damn those Syrian/Iranian agents and their tentacles! n/t

PB

[Judi Lynn]

2. Or it mighta been some o' them commies.

[lapfog_1]

4. I think you might as well color in the west coast, the northeast

and upper midwest, because, well, we are pretty much all godless commies and pinkos.

[RagingInMiami]

3. He was probably killed by a hooker

And her accomplices. Probably just robbery.

[malaise]

5. More info

http://www.stabroeknews.com/index.pl/article_general_news?id=38480234