Authorities Believe Body Is U.S. Man’s
Police recovered what they believe is the body of a retired Connecticut police officer who was kidnapped in northern Honduras last week.
A body tentatively identified as that of Thomas Franklin Giblin, 64, was discovered in a shallow river near the town of Tulian on Honduras’ Caribbean coast. Authorities had not determined the cause of death.
On Saturday, Giblin was pulled from his unfinished beachfront house outside the nearby town of Puerto Cortes, the U.S. Embassy said.
The body was discovered hours after police arrested four employees of Giblin and another man in connection with his kidnapping. Authorities refused to comment on whether the suspects told them where to find the body.
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