The person who spoke about the decision to close the investigation did not give details of the commission's reasoning.

The BBC claims the decision to close the investigation followed a request by another government agency.

Still, the decision to close the investigation and charge Mr. Geter with a crime surprised some investigators.

The decision to close the investigation removed one more roadblock from Senate confirmation of Mr. Holbrooke, whose nomination to the United Nations post has been stalled for months.

In January 2010, a lawyer acting for El-Sherbini's family filed a complaint against the prosecutors' decisions to close the investigations against the police officer, the judge presiding in the 1 July 2009 trial and the regional court president.