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Oxford baffled about academic’s death, friend’s arrest

Adding to puzzle, victim’s wife rules out foul play

By Raphael Satter

 |  Associated Press  

  January 14, 2012

It seemed like a shocking crime: An Oxford University academic was found dying in the home of one of his closest friends, who was promptly arrested by police on suspicion of murder. But yesterday the direction of the attention-grabbing investigation into the death of Steve Rawlings seemed to turn, with his friend and fellow academic Devinder Sivia released on bail and a police announcement that the autopsy had proved inconclusive.

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