Cops hunt two bisexual girlfriends after murder of Brit expat, 66, in St Lucia as bloody crime scene ‘looks staged’
An officer said 'we are not accusing anyone at this stage, but we need to talk to these two'
COPS investigating the fatal stabbing of Brit expat Robert Hathaway in St Lucia are hunting for his two bisexual girlfriends.
A Royal St Lucia Police spokesman said that the crime scene – the 66-year-old’s naked body was found on bloodsoaked sheets – appeared “staged”, says a report.
The tourism consultant, who was found murdered in his bed last weekend, had been living with two young bisexual girlfriends before his death.
Investigators have told that while not alleging the women were involved in the fatal knifing, they need to speak with the pair.
A spokesman said: "We are not accusing anyone at this stage, but we need to talk to these two, as they frequented the property.
"Bob Hathaway had many female friends, and we are looking at the possibility that one of their boyfriends could have killed him and set things up."
According to The Times, a photo taken at the crime scene revealed Hathaway's bare body on bloodsoaked sheets, with a pillow over his face.
The crime scene looks a fair bit staged from what has been seen
Royal St Lucia Police spokesman
Some jars and a spatula were beside him, and a pair of boxer shorts was lying across one leg.
The police spokesman said that the crime scene looked "a fair bit staged from what has been seen, and the pillow was placed on his face.
"We are trying to ascertain how it got there."
Robert “Bob” Hathaway’s tangled love-life has been exposed in a Facebook conversation following the discovery of his body on the island paradise.
Neighbours and friends have told reporters they believe his infatuation with young local women, and his complicated private life, could provide clues to help track down his killer.
A murder investigation was launched after the Briton was found by his two live-in girlfriends at about midday on January 13.
A police spokeswoman told : “We are looking at every possibility, and Mr Hathaway’s relationship with local women is something we are investigating as a possible motive.”
He also had an estranged wife, Marquena James, who told the publication: “His weakness was always women.”
Hathaway described them as his “carers” to some people, as they apparently helped him with his debilitating arthritis.
But to others, he labelled the young women as “a bisexual couple of girls… like two girlfriends", according to a conversation posted on Facebook following his death.
Hathaway added: “One young gf [girlfriend] living with me alone would be bored witless, so this arrangement seems logical and two months in seems to work.
“It helps that they don’t like wearing clothes.”
The two young women, named locally as Kim and Liz, are believed to have discovered Hathaway’s body when they returned home last Sunday.
Bob was infatuated with young girls; he loved them
Police source, St Lucia
That same day, a gruesome photo of the crime scene was sent via Facebook to his estranged wife, showing his naked body on bloodsoaked sheets, with a pillow over his face.
A distressed Marquena James, 23, told The Times: “I got cold. I couldn’t believe it… I started calling his phone. He wasn’t answering.
"I haven't slept since Sunday. Who in the world would do that to him, a man who wouldn't harm a fly?"
Hathaway had recently begun annulling their short marriage.
The couple met when James was aged 17, and initially lived together, but she became pregnant with another man's child several weeks after their wedding in November 2017.
However she had no qualms about telling her husband as they were "open" about such matters and he knew she wanted kids, and that "he couldn't give them to me".
The last time she saw Hathaway alive was when he dropped her off at the airport to fly to Martinique, to live with her child's father.
"HE WAS A VERY PRIVATE MAN"
reports that he found it difficult to move because of his arthritis.
One of his neighbours said: ";The only time we really communicated was one day when he fell, and I helped him. He lived with two young women. He was a very private man."
Margaret Pratt, the widow of Roger Pratt, a Brit murdered in St Lucia five years ago, said her "heart goes out to Bob's family and friends at this dreadfully sad time".
She said that for both men to have shared a similar fate, "both murdered on this violent, paradise island shortly after their respective retirements, is hard to take".
The Times reports that Hathaway spent nearly two decades on the island, running the Marigot Bay marina, and was heavily involved in the tourism trade.
Having a keen interest in local politics, he had warned against the granting of investment visas to foreign billionaires, saying they opened the door to gangsters wishing to launder money.