TVM News have confirmed that the Sliema suitcase corpse victim’s cause of death was asphyxiation.
According to sources involved in the case, an autopsy performed on Tuesday morning revealed that the deceased, a foreign national, died due to suffocation. It was also discovered that the victim had 101 capsules in his stomach.
The sources dismissed speculation circulating on social media suggesting that the victim’s death was caused by the drugs in his stomach.
Further details from the investigation revealed that the victim had been dead for less than 12 hours before being dismembered with a sharp instrument, likely a machete.
The remains were later stuffed into a suitcase and dumped in the sea near Manoel Island, where they were eventually discovered.
Meanwhile, the police are intensifying efforts to identify both the victim and the perpetrator as part of their mission to solve Malta’s fifth homicide of the year.
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