The Tribune

By RICARDO WELLS

Tribune Staff Reporter

rwells@tribunemedia.net

THREE days after the murder of wealthy Australian podiatrist Phillip Vasyli at his Old Fort Bay luxury home, police have still not formally charged a suspect.

Police yesterday confirmed that they were still questioning three persons taken into custody on Tuesday.

Donna Vasyli, the victim’s wife, and two service workers, a gardener and a housekeeper, are helping police with their investigations.

The Tribune understands that all three are being kept in separate holding cells at the Central Detective Unit’s headquarters on Thompson Blvd.

Sources within the Royal Bahamas Police Force told The Tribune on Wednesday that they had located the weapon they believe was used in the murder.

The victim’s body was found shortly after 8am on Tuesday. Police suspect he was dead for seven to eight hours before he was found. The victim reportedly had several stab wounds in his chest. He was found in the dining room of his home.

The news of Mr Vasyli’s death spread quickly around the world and has generated media attention in his home country.

Mr Vasyli owned four podiatry clinics around the world; three in Sydney, Australia and the other located in New Providence at the Old Fort Bay Medical Centre.

In 1991, he launched his brand of footwear, Vionic with Orthaheel Technology, pioneering one of the world’s largest custom orthotic manufacturing laboratories.

The company’s website says the footwear is available in 25 countries.

Police are appealing to the public for help in this matter. Anyone with information is asked to contact police at 911 or 919, the Central Detective Unit at 502-9991 or Crime Stoppers anonymously at 328-TIPS.