He took a career best haul of 6/58 which also included the priced wicket of Marvan Atapattu during a first-class match against Singhalese Sports Club.
[8] Schaffter also thrived in corporate industry and took a huge risk by buying First Capital Holdings from Singer Sri Lanka.
[14][15] He died on 15 December 2022 due to cardiac arrest during night time after being admitted under the intensive care unit at the National Hospital of Sri Lanka in Colombo.
[18][19][20] However, according to Sri Lanka Police, Schaffter thereafter did not attend to any of the phone calls made by his wife and it eventually raised eyebrows to know about his whereabouts.
[18] His death provoked shockwaves all over the country and it even prompted certain high-ranking officials to take swift action to know the in-depth information regarding the sudden untimely mysterious demise of Schaffter.
[27] In December 2022, Colombo Additional Magistrate ordered travel ban on Brian Thomas as part of the investigation proceedings.
[31][32][33][34] In April 2023, Colombo Chief Magistrate's Court ordered government analyst to conduct DNA test on Brian Thomas since he was one of the key suspects behind the murder case.
[35] In May 2023, his body was exhumed under armed tight security based on a special request made by the Expert Panel Committee appointed by the court in order to verify the true nature behind the cause of his death.
The facts were presented by the Expert Panel which also included Judicial Medical Officers in front of Colombo Magistrate Rajindra Jayasuriya and the report was submitted after an independent series of investigations.