Ardemax
30-10-2013, 05:17 PM
Police are appealing for witnesses after a student in Sheffield was stabbed to death while on his final pizza delivery before he would have started a career as an IT consultant.
Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, 25 and originally from Sri Lanka, had been working at Domino’s Pizza while he studied IT at Sheffield Hallam University.
According to South Yorkshire Police, Mr Peiris’s “brutal and shocking death” came as he completed what was due to be his last delivery.
He was found slumped at the wheel of his car at around 10.30pm on Sunday, with a post-mortem showing that he died from stab wounds.
When he didn’t return to the branch of Domino’s on Halifax Road, colleagues went out to look for him. They said he had been on his last ever shift, having successfully applied for a role as an IT consultant.
With a 50-strong police team now investigating the murder, lead detective Lisa Ray said no motive had yet been established.
She said: “Thavisha Lakindu Peiris was a bright, hard-working, intelligent and caring man who had worked hard to develop his career in Sheffield.
“His murder is an absolute tragedy and has caused untold grief for his mother, father and brother in Sri Lanka and for his many friends in Sri Lanka and in Sheffield.
“Everything we have learned from his family, friends and workmates at Domino's suggests he was a career-minded, hard-working, bright, articulate and friendly young man who was very much planning his future. To date, we have found no explanation for his brutal and shocking death.”
Police are urging anyone with information or who saw Mr Peiris that night to come forward.
The detective said: “We know that he set off in his car from Domino's at 9.50pm on Sunday night to make that very last delivery. At 10.30pm he was found dead in his car parked outside the address he was delivering to [in Southey Crescent].
“It is urgent that anyone who saw him, or his car [a silver Toyota Yaris], or anything that they now regard as suspicious, comes forward without delay. A family is grieving for a young man whose life has been taken from him in the most brutal of fashions, and we owe it to him and his family to find the person or persons responsible.”
Mr Peiris's family are preparing to travel to South Yorkshire, police said.
A number of people have been arrested and questioned by detectives since the murder but have now been released without charge, a force spokesman said.
Just awful, awful news. RIP.
Thavisha Lakindu Peiris, 25 and originally from Sri Lanka, had been working at Domino’s Pizza while he studied IT at Sheffield Hallam University.
According to South Yorkshire Police, Mr Peiris’s “brutal and shocking death” came as he completed what was due to be his last delivery.
He was found slumped at the wheel of his car at around 10.30pm on Sunday, with a post-mortem showing that he died from stab wounds.
When he didn’t return to the branch of Domino’s on Halifax Road, colleagues went out to look for him. They said he had been on his last ever shift, having successfully applied for a role as an IT consultant.
With a 50-strong police team now investigating the murder, lead detective Lisa Ray said no motive had yet been established.
She said: “Thavisha Lakindu Peiris was a bright, hard-working, intelligent and caring man who had worked hard to develop his career in Sheffield.
“His murder is an absolute tragedy and has caused untold grief for his mother, father and brother in Sri Lanka and for his many friends in Sri Lanka and in Sheffield.
“Everything we have learned from his family, friends and workmates at Domino's suggests he was a career-minded, hard-working, bright, articulate and friendly young man who was very much planning his future. To date, we have found no explanation for his brutal and shocking death.”
Police are urging anyone with information or who saw Mr Peiris that night to come forward.
The detective said: “We know that he set off in his car from Domino's at 9.50pm on Sunday night to make that very last delivery. At 10.30pm he was found dead in his car parked outside the address he was delivering to [in Southey Crescent].
“It is urgent that anyone who saw him, or his car [a silver Toyota Yaris], or anything that they now regard as suspicious, comes forward without delay. A family is grieving for a young man whose life has been taken from him in the most brutal of fashions, and we owe it to him and his family to find the person or persons responsible.”
Mr Peiris's family are preparing to travel to South Yorkshire, police said.
A number of people have been arrested and questioned by detectives since the murder but have now been released without charge, a force spokesman said.
Just awful, awful news. RIP.