{"id":109335,"date":"2015-04-07T07:40:39","date_gmt":"2015-04-07T11:40:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/?p=109335"},"modified":"2015-04-07T07:44:15","modified_gmt":"2015-04-07T11:44:15","slug":"vacationing-doctor-slain-in-bahamas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.bahamasb2b.com\/news\/2015\/04\/vacationing-doctor-slain-in-bahamas","title":{"rendered":"Vacationing Doctor Slain on Long Island"},"content":{"rendered":"

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The family of a long-time B.C. doctor says he was stabbed to death on Thursday while on vacation in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n

Geoffrey Harding, 88, had a long and distinguished medical career that took him across B.C.<\/p>\n

On Thursday, his family received a call from Bahamian authorities telling them Harding had been killed during a home-invasion robbery the previous night.<\/p>\n

“We’re trying to come to grips with all the issues in front of us,” Thor Pruckl, his son-in-law, told CBC.<\/p>\n

“He was an exceptional person, very caring, and there wasn’t a wicked bone in his body,” Pruckl added. “Incredibly nice person. To have something like this happen to him here is despicable.”<\/p>\n

Harding regularly visited the Bahamas since buying property there in the 1960s.<\/p>\n

Harding’s family said after starting a practice in rural Saskatchewan, he worked in Vancouver, on Gabriola Island and in Northern B.C. He only retired in the past decade.<\/p>\n

CBC News has contacted police in the Bahamas to confirm details of Harding’s death, but have not received comment.<\/p>\n

Bahamian media reports say a 43-year-old man was arrested late Saturday night in connection with the death, which occurred in the area of Clarence Town, Long Island.<\/p>\n

Source: CBC News<\/p>\n

Caption: Long-time B.C. doctor Geoffrey Harding, pictured, was stabbed to death on Thursday while on vacation in the Bahamas.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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