{"id":398481,"date":"2018-02-05T10:06:37","date_gmt":"2018-02-05T10:06:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/citifmonline.com\/?p=398481"},"modified":"2018-02-05T10:08:10","modified_gmt":"2018-02-05T10:08:10","slug":"top-ivory-investigator-stabbed-death-kenya","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/citifmonline.com\/2018\/02\/top-ivory-investigator-stabbed-death-kenya\/","title":{"rendered":"Top ivory investigator stabbed to death in Kenya"},"content":{"rendered":"
One of the world’s leading investigators into the illegal trade in ivory and rhino horn has been killed in Kenya.<\/p>\n
Esmond Bradley-Martin, 75, was found with a stab wound to his neck at home in the capital Nairobi on Sunday.<\/p>\n
The former UN special envoy for rhino conservation was known for his undercover work establishing black-market prices.<\/p>\n
The US citizen had recently returned from a research trip to Myanmar.<\/p>\n
Bradley-Martin\u00a0was in the process of writing up his findings when he died, reports the BBC’s Alastair Leithead from Nairobi.<\/p>\n
His wife found him in their house in Langata. Police are investigating the circumstances but suspect it was a botched robbery.<\/p>\n
Our correspondent says Bradley-Martin\u00a0had spent decades risking his life to secretly photograph and document the illegal sales in ivory and rhino horn, travelling to China, Vietnam, and Laos to pose as buyers – helping establish black market prices.<\/p>\n