GREENWICH, Conn. (AP) – The fatal stabbing of a real estate developer whose body was found tied up inside his home was not a random act or the result of a burglary, police said Tuesday.

Andrew M. Kissel, 46, the brother of an investment banker killed in Hong Kong in what became known as the “milkshake murder,” was found dead Monday morning by employees of a moving company.

He had been stabbed multiple times.

There was no sign of forced entry into the house and no signs of a burglary, Greenwich Police Chief James Walters Said.

“This was not a random act. We do believe that Mr. Kissel was the intended target of this assault,” he said.

A mover found the body downstairs in the home, lying in a large pool of blood with his hands and feet bound, according to a manager for JB Moving Services in Stamford.

Kissel was the brother of Robert Kissel, a wealthy banker whose wife, Nancy, was convicted of murder in Hong Kong in September 2005 and sentenced to life in prison after feeding him a milkshake laced with drugs and then beating him to death in November 2003.

Andrew Kissel and his recently estranged wife, Hayley, had cared for Robert Kissel’s three children until they were formally handed over to the custody of the Kissels’ sister, who lives near Seattle. Andrew and Hayley Kissel had two children of their own.

Andrew Kissel had criminal cases pending in federal and state courts in New York. The federal case charged him with real estate fraud and state prosecutors charged him with grand larceny, alleging he stole nearly $4 million from his Manhattan apartment cooperative.

He planned to plead guilty Thursday to charges in connection with the federal case in New York, said his attorney, Philip Russell.

“We had been negotiating and cooperating since the investigation began at the end of June,” Russell said.

Greenwich police said were talking to friends and family members, including Kissel’s wife.

“She has been interviewed. She has cooperated with us,” Walters said. “We feel confident if we need to speak to her again, she’ll be available.”

Joseph Martini, Hayley Kissel’s attorney, would not comment on the case.

“Right now, she is focused on her children and trying to get them through what is obviously a tragic ordeal for them and trying to get herself through it,” Martini said.

No one has been arrested, police said. Walters would not comment on a possible motive, whether a weapon was recovered or whether there were any suspects.

Police on Tuesday were going through the home, a process they said could take another day because of its size. They had also drained the swimming pool on the estate, looking for evidence.

State prosecutors said Andrew Kissel was wearing an electronic monitoring anklet, which allowed him to leave home and travel only to certain places without sending an alarm.

“We’re certainly aware of the criminal and civil problems he was facing and they will play a role in the investigation,” Walters said.

In divorce papers filed in Stamford Superior Court, Hayley Kissel said her husband had a serious problem with alcohol abuse and has sought treatment at facilities in New York and Connecticut. Kissel began drinking again recently and had been “belligerant and argumentative, especially when intoxicated,” she said.

“To permit the defendant to continue residing on the property is not in the best interests of the minor children and could, in fact, be detrimental to their mental and physical well being,” Hayley Kissel’s attorneys wrote in divorce papers.

The legal papers also accused Kissel of committing fraud against his wife, including forging powers of attorney to transfer property in Vermont his wife owned and converting assets for his own use in violation of court orders.

Kissel also was being sued by a former business partner.