The death of Dimitri Pappas, the American businessman who died in Bermuda last month is being labelled as a murder and not a suicide by the 38-year-old man?s parents in an article in a Cayman Islands newspaper this week.

Mr. Pappas was discovered hanging in a closet in his room at the Brightside Apartments in Flatts on July 20.

The Bermuda Police Service yesterday issued an update into their investigation, saying it was nearly complete and would be presented to the Coroner who will decide wether an inquest will be held.

The report added that a pathology report had been completed and it ?does not indicate that foul play was a contributing factor in the death. The cause of death is anticipated to be determined by the Coroner by way of an inquest?.

Since his death parents Sue Kongsli and Jack Constantine Pappas maintain the Bermuda Police Service has not communicated with them over any details in the case and physical evidence does not point to suicide but to murder.

They also allege a number of suspicious circumstances surrounding his death have not been fully investigated as well.

Mr. Pappas?s parents who live in Tennessee, told Cayman News Netthey could not imagine their son, a wealthy accountant and successful businessman would ever contemplate suicide.

The parents said their son Dimitri, who was found in the closet which was shorter in height than his five-foot, 11 inch frame, had recently broken his arm making it impossible to imagine how he tied himself to a clothes bar.

They say physical evidence gathered in the US does not point to suicide after a top Washington pathologist discovered knife slashes on their son?s feet and black and blue marks on the knuckles and abdomen.

The Bermuda woman their son was romantically involved with ? Anya McHayle, a forensic psychologist with the Department of Court Services, also had a date with Mr. Pappas the night before his death but had not been interviewed by the Bermuda Police to their knowledge said his parents.

Police Service?s Coroner?s Officer, Insp. Phil Taylor confirmed the two were romantically involved.

?I know he had a date with her the night before he died. When he came here he discovered that that love interest had another love interest,? he said.

Mr. Pappas showed a document to substantiate that his son had written demand letters to Ms McHayle for money that he loaned to her through one of his companies.

According to Mrs. Kongsli, Mr. Pappas and Kathy Pappas, Dimitri?s, stepmother, there is a question surrounding US$12,000 between the two.

Ms McHayle did not return calls for comment yesterday when contacted by .

Family members say it was Ms McHayle who found the body but they had no idea about what happened next.

?We don?t know what was done by the police by way of investigation upon discovery of Dimitri?s body. Ms McHayle said she stayed there (on the scene) for two hours and then left.

?We were in Bermuda for two solid weeks following his death and there were no reports to us of fingerprint dusting of the crime scene or any such investigation. The Bermuda Police have not questioned Ms McHayle as far as we know.?

?She called to ask if she could come to his funeral on 6 August in Knoxville. I don?t know why she did that. I told her that was her decision. Yet she called Jack to say I told her not to come. She did not come to my son?s funeral.?

According to the deceased man?s father, the appointments Dimitri made only on Monday 18 and Tuesday 19 July, with friends in Cayman for 21 and 22 July showed he did not contemplate ending his life.

Dimitri?s father added that his son had scheduled an appointment on July 22 to take his residency exam for the Cayman Islands.

Asked if there would be further investigation should the report yield information that could be red-flagged and deemed unusual in any way, Insp. Taylor told : ?Absolutely. A dead body is a dead body irrespective of the nationality and country in which it is found. The Bermuda Police are very transparent and there would be no secrets made over such a matter.?

Insp. Taylor said that at the moment, the basic belief of the Bermuda Police Service is that Dimitri Pappas committed suicide.

?We base this on the circumstances surrounding the finding? although he was unable to disclose ?the circumstances? to which he referred. However, he dismissed the idea of it being impossible for someone who was taller than the given space to hang oneself.

Jack Pappas also raised concerns over his son?s business interests and said it was not impossible for his son?s death which resulted from him being a whistle blower oncertain matters.?

Mr Pappas made reference to Cryptolex Inc. ? a Maryland-based company marketing portable biometric authentication technology.

The parents said: ?At one point, Ms McHayle intimated that she should have financial interests in that multi-million dollar concern.