Investigators are at a loss on Thursday’s cold-bloodied murder of maritime lawyer Carmel Chircop, with very little leads to go by, The Sunday Times of Malta has learnt.

Sources close to the investigations said the police are analysing any contacts Dr Chircop made in his final days in a bid to shed some light on who could have been behind the gruesome murder.

One important factor was the death threats the victim had received in 2013 from a Pietà man against whom he had filed a garnishee order.

The 51-year-old lawyer, who was found dead in a multi-storey garage in Birkirkara, had reported the incident to the police two years ago after receiving a phone call from the man, whom Dr Chircop knew.

The autopsy concluded that Dr Chircop died from four gunshot wounds to his upper body. Forensic studies are under way to determine the type of weapon used.

Sources said the police were still on the lookout for the small, pale car driving along John Borg Street towards the car park early on Thursday morning.