Vietnam - Greta Otteson (British National) and Arno Quinton (South African National),both found dead in a holiday villa in Vietnam, 26 December 2024

[RobinCAL]

British woman and fiance found dead in Vietnam villa

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered dead in a room at a tourist villa in Hoi An, police said.

www.bbc.co.uk

A British woman and her South African fiance have been found dead in a holiday villa in Vietnam, local police have said.

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered by staff dead on a bed in a first-floor room in Hoi An, a coastal city in the central region of the south-east Asian nation, at around 11:18 local time (04:18 GMT) on 26 December, police said in a statement on Monday.

Her fiance Els Arno Quinton, 36, was found dead on a bed in another room in the villa that had reportedly been locked from the inside.

Police said a preliminary inspection of the bodies had found no signs of external force and that the rooms showed no sign of burglary.

British woman and fiance found dead in Vietnam villa

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, was discovered dead in a room at a tourist villa in Hoi An, police said.

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[dotr]

British tourist and her fiance are found dead in holiday villa mystery

Greta Marie Otteson, 33, who enjoyed travelling had been living in Vietnam with Els Arno Quinton and the pair had recently got engaged before they were found dead on Boxing Day

www.mirror.co.uk

''Their deaths comes just days after they posted a video on YouTube to announce their engagement. It showed them walking in Hoi An, Vietnam, with Greta in a white dress and the two holding hands. "This shoot was charged with so much emotion, reminding us how powerful the union of two souls can be. We will miss you great souls,' Red Eye Studios, the video company captioned the clip.''

 

[Cardgame]

What a strange incident. How sad and awful for their families. I wonder what can have happened.

 

[Sarahlou]

Very odd. Can't work this one out.

 

[dotr]

Maybe something the couple ate or drank? speculation, imo.

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A LUXURY tourist villa in Vietnam is at the heart of a mysterious case where a British woman and her new fiance were found dead just days after they got engaged. Greta Marie Otteson, 33, believed t…

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Empty wine bottles found at the scene have been sent away for testing, cops have saidCredit: ViralPress

 

[crcgirl]

Maybe something the couple ate or drank? speculation, imo.

Inside villa where tragic Brit & fiance were found dead days after engagement

A LUXURY tourist villa in Vietnam is at the heart of a mysterious case where a British woman and her new fiance were found dead just days after they got engaged. Greta Marie Otteson, 33, believed t…

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Empty wine bottles found at the scene have been sent away for testing, cops have saidCredit: ViralPress

Separate bedrooms with one locked from the inside? It seems like an odd choice. Perhaps other people were in the B and B necesitating a locked door?

 

[nhmemorymaker]

Maybe something the couple ate or drank? speculation, imo.

Inside villa where tragic Brit & fiance were found dead days after engagement

A LUXURY tourist villa in Vietnam is at the heart of a mysterious case where a British woman and her new fiance were found dead just days after they got engaged. Greta Marie Otteson, 33, believed t…

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Empty wine bottles found at the scene have been sent away for testing, cops have saidCredit: ViralPress

well..I don't get the separate rooms bit. Can speculate...both felt sick and wanted privacy? Pretty blank after that.
Even if specuating a worst-case murder-suicide, they would be together. Nope... gotta be some kind of poisoning

so sad.....

 

[shetalksinstereo]

Maybe something the couple ate or drank? speculation, imo.

Inside villa where tragic Brit & fiance were found dead days after engagement

A LUXURY tourist villa in Vietnam is at the heart of a mysterious case where a British woman and her new fiance were found dead just days after they got engaged. Greta Marie Otteson, 33, believed t…

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Empty wine bottles found at the scene have been sent away for testing, cops have saidCredit: ViralPress

Carbon monoxide poisoning? Legionnaire's?

 

[Via Marple]

Reminds me of this case of the Saudi sisters in Sydney, still unexplained...

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Thread 'Australia- Two sisters in their 20s found dead inside Sydney unit had been there lengthy time, Suspicious deaths, June 2022'

Jun 13, 2022

Two sisters in their 20s found dead inside Sydney unit had been there ‘some time’

Police say deaths appear suspicious after bodies found at Canterbury apartment

www.theguardian.com

''The bodies of two sisters aged in their 20s have been found at a unit in Sydney’s south-west, with police saying the deaths appear to be suspicious.

Emergency services were called to a home on Canterbury Road in Canterbury about 9.30am on Tuesday.


Upon arrival, police officers entered the apartment and found the bodies inside.

Det Insp Claudia Allcroft on Wednesday said the...

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[Cardgame]

Separate bedrooms with one locked from the inside? It seems like an odd choice. Perhaps other people were in the B and B necesitating a locked door?

From tripadvisor reviews, it seems to be a villa within which individual rooms can be booked. So perhaps more odd that her door wasn't locked than that his was? Although might just be personal habit/preference/safety conscious levels. According to that article they booked into the villa in July, so perhaps when they first arrived their relationship wasn't at the same level of intimacy as it reached by later on. Or even having said that, for nearly six months, I can imagine wanting your own space if it's the main place you are living.

Edited for typoes

 

[Cardgame]

The Sun (I am sprinkling salt over myself as I say this) are obviously drawing a connection between this case of methanol poisoning in Laos.

'We're terrified', says Brit as it's feared deadly booze is still circulating

BRIT backpackers have told of their terror after a sixth person died yesterday following a mass methanol poisoning at a party hostel. Holly Bowles, 19, lost her nine-day fight for life in hospital…

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If they are connected then this quote is chilling:

'[Ruby Thomas, from Edinburgh] said: “People think it’s just a problem from one hostel, but no one knows the source of this. Is there another batch of this poison out there somewhere or did someone do this?”'

 

[RobinCAL]

Its all so quiet with this one..

 

[shetalksinstereo]

Different room numbers in People Magazine article
One was found in Room 101 and the other was in 201. That sounds like 1st floor and 2nd floor to me, not one in a living room and one in a bedroom for example?

 

[alexwood]

Maybe something the couple ate or drank? speculation, imo.

Inside villa where tragic Brit & fiance were found dead days after engagement

A LUXURY tourist villa in Vietnam is at the heart of a mysterious case where a British woman and her new fiance were found dead just days after they got engaged. Greta Marie Otteson, 33, believed t…

www.thesun.co.uk

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Empty wine bottles found at the scene have been sent away for testing, cops have saidCredit: ViralPress

What about those little white bowls on the floor close to the crime scene tech's feet? Did they have a cat or dog?

 

[Lucy6226]

Oh this is a strange one, my first thought was murder-suicide but maybe not. Hope the family will gets truthful answers.

 

[RobinCAL]

Couple found dead in Vietnam after drinking 'homemade' limoncello

The recently-engaged couple woke up to the "the worst hangover ever" and tried to 'sleep it off'

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

 

[Eloise]

Reminds me of this case of the Saudi sisters in Sydney, still unexplained...

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Thread 'Australia- Two sisters in their 20s found dead inside Sydney unit had been there lengthy time, Suspicious deaths, June 2022'

Jun 13, 2022

Two sisters in their 20s found dead inside Sydney unit had been there ‘some time’

Police say deaths appear suspicious after bodies found at Canterbury apartment

www.theguardian.com

''The bodies of two sisters aged in their 20s have been found at a unit in Sydney’s south-west, with police saying the deaths appear to be suspicious.

Emergency services were called to a home on Canterbury Road in Canterbury about 9.30am on Tuesday.


Upon arrival, police officers entered the apartment and found the bodies inside.

Det Insp Claudia Allcroft on Wednesday said the...

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I think there's evidence this was an honour killing, or was because they were escaping an inevitable honour killing

 

[Sarahlou]

Couple found dead in Vietnam after drinking 'homemade' limoncello

The recently-engaged couple woke up to the "the worst hangover ever" and tried to 'sleep it off'

www.manchestereveningnews.co.uk

What a shame they refused to seek medical help. Tragic.

 

[FansBlowing]

Poison is usually done by women. If this was intentional, then the poison was probably meant for Greta. However, I keep thinking about the Idaho 4 murders, which shows that beautiful women can be targeted by rejected males.

 

[Dotta]

Poison is usually done by women. If this was intentional, then the poison was probably meant for Greta. However, I keep thinking about the Idaho 4 murders, which shows that beautiful women can be targeted by rejected males.

It was methanol poisoning.
The drinks were bought in a restaurant.
They were "homemade" there.
Anybody could buy them.
I don't think the victims were targeted.

They simply didn't buy bottled, safe drinks
but, unfortunately, local ones.

JMO