Thailand officials say poisoning possible as 6 found dead in Bangkok hotel, including Vietnamese Americans (Bangkok, Thailand)

[kuromiiiilove]

Thailand officials say poisoning possible as 6 found dead in Bangkok hotel, including Vietnamese Americans

Six people, including 2 U.S. nationals, found dead inside a luxury Bangkok hotel are said to have been foaming at the mouth.

www.cbsnews.com

An interesting case I haven’t seen on here yet today. I wonder when they say ‘poisoning’, will it be another CO2 case?

 

[kuromiiiilove]

There are seven names that were booked into the hotel, but only 6 bodies found. Authorities are looking for the 7th person…

 

[ifindedout]

Bangkok hotel deaths: Six bodies found at Grand Hyatt

Police are investigating whether the six Vietnamese nationals died of poisoning inside the luxury hotel.

www.bbc.com

One of the victims found in the room did not match the hotel's records.

He added that suspicious substances and the DNA of the victims were detected in drinks ordered to the suite just before 14:00 local time on Monday.

The food the victims ordered was not touched.

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In the bathroom, tea, energy drinks and honey were found, all in open containers, the police chief said.

It also appears that two of the victims tried to get to the hotel suite's door, which was locked from the inside, but did not manage to reach it in time.

 

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https://www.cnn.com/2024/07/16/asia/thailand-bangkok-hotel-poisoning-intl/index.html

 

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https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5043269/6-americans-and-vietnamese-are-found-dead-in-a-bangkok-hotel-poisoning-is-suspected

"The victims had booked several rooms at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel under seven names, and some were staying on a different floor from the room where they were found dead, Thiti said. Police are still looking for the seventh person included in the booking, Thiti said at a news conference at the hotel."

 

[vls12345]

Omg.

Traces of cyanide discovered alongside 6 victims found dead in a Bangkok hotel room, Thai police say

Thai police have found traces of cyanide in the cups of six people who were found dead in a central Bangkok luxury hotel.

apnews.com

"The chief of the Thai police forensic division said Wednesday that police have found traces of cyanide in the cups of six people found dead in a central Bangkok luxury hotel."

and

"Upon checking hotel records and security footage, there were no other visitors to the room apart from the six that were found, police said."

 

[vls12345]

Mystery of Bangkok hotel deaths: What we know so far

Who were the six people found dead in Bangkok's Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel? What did Thai police find in the room?

www.channelnewsasia.com

"Update: Thai police concluded on Wednesday (Jul 17) that this was a case of murder-suicide, with one of the dead believed to be behind the poisonings."

and

"All six were Vietnamese, according to Thai Prime Minister Srettha Thavisin.

Two of them had dual US nationality, identified in Thai media as Chong Sherine, 56, and Dang Hung Van, 55.

According to the Bangkok Post, the other four were Nguyen Thi Phuong Lan, 47, Pham Hong Thanh, 49, Tran Dinh Phu, 37, and Nguyen Thi Phuong, 46."

 

[vls12345]

Six Vietnamese found dead inside Bangkok hotel

Six Vietnamese people died of poisoning at a Bangkok hotel on Tuesday evening.

www.bangkokpost.com

 

[vls12345]

Wow. A lot more info in this article:

https://www.rfa.org/english/news/vietnam/vietnam-us-bangkok-murder-07172024020859.html

"Noppasin said he believed the murders were sparked by a business dispute between U.S. citizens Sherine Chong, 56, and Dang Hung Van, 55, and the other four. He said Chong was given an equivalent of 10 million baht (US$278,000) to invest in the construction of a hospital in Japan but was suspected of cheating her partners after the project made no progress."

 

[vls12345]

Bangkok hotel deaths: Woman suspected of poisoning others before killing herself, say Thai police

Debt issues are suspected to be the motive behind the deaths. Read more at straitstimes.com.

www.straitstimes.com

"A Vietnamese-American, Sherine Chong, has been identified by Thai police as the suspect who poisoned five others at the luxurious Grand Hyatt Erawan hotel in Bangkok, before killing herself with the poison."

 

[vls12345]

Thai media releases timeline of six Vietnamese deaths in Bangkok

On the morning of July 17, the Thai Public Broadcasting Service (Thai PBS) released a timeline and images related to the deaths of six Vietnamese nationals in Bangkok.

vietnamnet.vn

 

[ifindedout]

https://www.npr.org/2024/07/17/nx-s1-5043269/6-americans-and-vietnamese-are-found-dead-in-a-bangkok-hotel-poisoning-is-suspected

"The victims had booked several rooms at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel under seven names, and some were staying on a different floor from the room where they were found dead, Thiti said. Police are still looking for the seventh person included in the booking, Thiti said at a news conference at the hotel."

Story was updated today, and now says about the 7th person:
Noppasin [Bangkok deputy police chief] said Wednesday that a seventh person whose name was part of the hotel booking was a sibling of one of the six and left Thailand on July 10. Police believe the seventh person had no involvement in the deaths.

Lucky person.

 

[ifindedout]

https://www.sfchronicle.com/crime/article/oakland-woman-cynanide-bangkok-19580169.php
Property records link Chong to a three-story house in Oakland’s Tuxedo neighborhood, just below Interstate 580. She appeared to be alone in Room 502 [at Bangkok's Grand Hyatt Erawan] when hotel staff delivered food, milk and tea at around 2 p.m. Tuesday, the Post report said. Police reviews of CCTV footage showed the other five people entering the room shortly thereafter.

 

[vls12345]

So I'm wondering when & where she acquired the cyanide...? Did she transport it internationally? Would it possibly have been picked up in screenings at airports? Or did she procure it locally? If so, how?