By Richard Williams, Sky News Online
A British man has been found dead on a burning boat in the Caribbean, prompting a police hunt for his Norwegian girlfriend.
Police in St Vincent told Sky News that 53-year-old John Edward Garner was discovered with head injuries just off the coast of the island after reports a yacht was on fire.
He was travelling with a Norwegian woman, Heidi Hukkelaas, who is believed to have been his girlfriend and who police are desperate to trace.
St Vincent police commissioner Michael Charles told Sky News: "We do believe that there has been foul play and we are very much concerned to trace Ms Hukkelaas' whereabouts.
"We don't know whether she has also been a victim. From our inquiries so far, there does not appear to be any evidence that she has left the island through any airport or sea port.
"At this stage we are certainly looking at all lines of inquiry."
Mr Garner had permission to say in St Vincent until April 19 Diver Kay Wilson was one of the first to arrive at the burning yacht. She told Sky News the flames had "completely engulfed the vessel" by the time she arrived.
"I was out with a group of divers. We'd gone out to do a dive trip and one of my crew members saw the smoke on the horizon.
"We made our way over there ... When we reached about a quarter of a mile off we saw a flashing light, which we would normally associate with a life jacket.
"We approached cautiously and we found somebody in the water, with the life jacket around their neck, approximately 150 to 200 feet away from the yacht at the time.
"It was a male (in the water)."
Mr Garner's body was found around 15 nautical miles west of Buccament, in the south west of the island, on Wednesday afternoon.
Mr Charles said the Briton, who lived in Norway, was pronounced dead upon arrival at Milton Cato Memorial Hospital, in Kingstown.
He said Mr Garner and Ms Hukkelaas had arrived on the island on January 19 and had secured permission to remain there until April 19.
The Foreign Office told Sky News they were aware of the death of a British national in St Vincent and were providing consular assistance to the family.
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