Famous area pathologist Professor Hubert Daisley identified ethylene glycol in the body of late opposition Senator Neilon Franklyn, who died at the General Hospital on August 24 amid national sadness.

Well-placed sources told THE NEW TODAY that Trinidad-based Daisley submitted his findings many weeks ago and sent the Royal Grenada Police Force (RGPF) a copy to launch a probable Franklyn murder probe.

Mostly employed as an automobile antifreeze and coolant, ethylene glycol is poisonous and sweet-tasting.

It is used in hydraulic fluids, inks, polyesters, and other resins.

According to an online search, “it is highly poisonous if ingested by humans or animals and can cause serious health issues, including kidney failure.” The material is valuable in industry.

In his original autopsy, Professor Daisley solely suspected anti-freeze toxicity killed Franklyn.

Due to a lack of facilities on the island, Professor Daisley transferred samples from the body to a Port-of-Spain laboratory to establish what killed the young Customs Officer.

A RGPF Superintendent of Police source said that once Daisley sent in his findings, the Police asked him not to share them due to “certain investigation they were carrying out” into the ex-Senator’s death.

He added the ex-public officer’s death requires “real police investigation” to determine the cause.

He noted that Grenada’s police detectives must first determine who is importing the material and whether that type of anti-freeze is prevalent.

Who brings Ethylene Gycol? What machinery, instrument, or equipment uses the anti-freeze? Is Franklyn exposed to that?

“How could someone get it if it’s common? Investigators find it easier if it’s rare. However, if it is common, you must break down—look at his pals who will be around it—the suspects.”

I indicated from the start that this case would produce problems, so you must solve it because of the rumours that NNP, NDC, or politics killed him.

“It’s not political, I think. Simply visit all the anti-freeze carters.”

Franklyn may have eaten Ethylene glycol, the retired police detective claimed. “I don’t know – all I know is the man was in a fete and he was drinking and the next day his foot start swelling up.”

Sources told THE NEW TODAY that the ex-Senator was hospitalised with signs of organ failure.

The former police superintendent said a full investigation into Franklyn’s death would assist authorities determine “if those drinks (consumed by Franklyn) were pirated drinks” from the Far East.

That may have been one of them. All those things to check. He was drinking a pirate drink—did it enter Grenada? Was it in drinks they seized from port importers? All these must be examined. You must ask those questions.

The veteran ace crime fighter advises the CID team to focus on Franklyn’s “friends, and associates” and determine “whether these people have the contacts and wherewithal (to get that material or chemical).”

He questioned if police are investigating that direction and have already reviewed those things as part of the Franklyn case.

He advised cops to create a “step-by-step plan” to “see who it will synchronise with and if you don’t do that you ain’t investigating.”

“If I were in CID, I would send investigators to all hardware stores, motor suppliers and parts, refrigeration shops to find out where that (ethylene glycol) came from,” he said.

The ex-cop also stated he would allow the detectives one week to bring in all the information needed to build the case and brief him on it.

He said, “If you are managing the case that is what you will do.