Detectives investigating the murder of Sandys Parish man Glen Calvin Wolffe will be closely examining his background to see if it provides any clues to the identity of his killer.

Police launched a murder inquiry on Wednesday after a family member found Mr.

Wolffe's body at his home at Heathcote Hill. The dead man had previous convictions for attempting to murder one of his homosexual former lovers and for molesting a schoolboy.

Mr. Wolffe, 43, is understood to have last been seen alive on Friday and his body lay undiscovered for several days. Police have still not revealed how he died.

Although Police have issued an appeal for help from members of the public to find the killer, they were tight-lipped yesterday, refusing to comment or disclose any fresh information.

Murder victim's background may provide clues A press conference is scheduled for today.

Mr. Wolffe, whom neighbours said lived alone, pleaded guilty at Magistrates' Court in August 1996 to touching the private parts of a 14-year-old boy.

In November 1986, he was sentenced at Supreme Court to eight years in prison for breaking into the home of one of his former gay lovers and stabbing him seven times in the chest.

Mr. Wolffe's lawyer described the attack as a "crime of passion''. The court heard the pair had been lovers for just under a year, but that Mr. Wolffe attacked the man after hearing that he was planning to marry a woman.

Mr. Wolffe said he was provoked into the attack by the man's treatment of him and that he banged on his door for two hours before breaking in.

Scenes of crime officers have continued to seal off Mr. Wolffe's house to carry out forensic examinations. The house is likely to remain closed off until tomorrow at least.

A post-mortem was carried out on Mr. Wolffe's body on Wednesday night.

Meanwhile, forensic officers are continuing to process information from the crime scene.

As well as collecting hair and fibre samples, forensic officers are using a glue with cyanoacrylute ester, which reacts with fatty acids in sweat to produce fingerprints.

The evidence is being processed at the scenes of crime headquarters at St.

David's.

The inquiry is being headed by Ch. Insp. Calrton Adams of the Major Incident Room, who is co-ordinating with Western CID.

Mr. Wolffe's family have declined to comment on the tragedy.

One of Mr. Wolffe's neighbours, who asked not to be named, said she was shocked to hear about the death.

She said he seemed "a very nice man'' who lived alone, but added that she hardly knew him at all. She had heard rumours from other neighbours about Mr.

Wolffe's previous convictions, but did not know if they were true.