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Gerbil

Possible, but how did she find Teakdoor so fast?

The story here is not indexed by google, yahoo or other major search engines yet. Hmmm....

justwingit

if she typed - Michelle Rere Stillwell Thailand into Google TD's no1 so its possible

hillbilly

Google

Results 1 - 10 of about 242,000 for american suicide thailand. (0.16 seconds)

American teacher falls to death from condominium's rooftop

teakdoor.com/thailand-and-asia-news/29970-american-teacher-falls-from-condo-rooftop.html

1st page!

BKKBoet

Just a thought - not a day seems to go by without there being a report about someone of one or other nationality (British, America, Canadian, Australian, Japanese, Korean..) jumping/falling off a building. Given that in this country Thai's outnumber foreigners by about 1 zillion to one I find it strange that one NEVER reads about a Thai doing this. Are they just a bit more careful / used to the low railings?

britmaveric

Thai deaths aren't news worthy.

Texpat

Thais don't die, they just change bodies.

jgwise

My name is Jennifer and I am Joni's daughter, the grieving mother, and I am also the sister of Michelle. For those who think my mom is a fraud you are wrong. I am here with her tonight because tommorrow is my sisters funeral. She is only looking on this blog as well as myself because we live in Virginia, US and Michelle was all the way over seas and we wanted to see what people and the newspapers were saying. We cant elaborate on details but we can say that michelle was not on a rooftop but in a top floor apartment and she was struggling with severe depression so use your imagination but whatever you do don't take my mom as a fraud we are all grieving and just looking for answers.

obsidian

why not?

britmaveric

Ahh so suicide??? Well suppose that resolves this mystery.

jingjoke

'Thais don't die, they just change bodies.'
Beautiful.That's their thinking, all right! Which explains a lot. Thanks.

deathstardan

Very sad indeed...

Ivor Biggun

Never mind about the family looking for facts how about letting us in on what the family knows ? They seem to imply that they know different, as to what happened, but they're all the way back in Virgina. Surely it will all come out at the inquest ?

arc2008

Please censor your comments (American teacher falls from condo rooftop) as this woman was a friend of mine. Many people will be viewing this site and do not want to see comments of disrespect. Too many times, we forget to put ourselves in other people's shoes, disregarding completely that we are talking about other human beings whom we share similar emotions and circumstances as well as life's joys and disappointments. Let us not forget that despite all of our unique qualities, we are all human and much the same in our faults, mistakes and regrets. Please do not defame my friend.

dirtydog

^Sorry, but which comments are you refering to when you use the word "Censor"?

The Gentleman Scamp

Apologies to you both on behalf of myself and most of the posters here who are not insensitive or stupid enough to causing further upset to an innocent stranger for the sake of a silly and trivial assumption.

This is not the first time the forum has been utilized by a genuine outsider connected to a news story, I don't know why some would find it hard to believe.

I don't know how to make things easier for you, but I hope you get closure on this.

jrgaskin

as a friend of Michelle and her family, I thank the person who asked for people to censor themselves. Michelle was a beautiful person with the most amazing smile you have ever seen. I can't imagine how hard it is to lose a child, but it has to be harder to lose one in a foreign country where you can't easily access the information they are desperate for. Does it really matter if it was suicide or an accident? What really matters is how tragic this was, and how badly her family is hurting. Just please be respectful, as it is already known that her mother is reading these posts.

britmaveric

Such a waste, nothing is that bad one has to off themselves.

Ivor Biggun

Sorry but I think we're being taken for idiots.

Could have been murder ?
Why should her mother read these posts ?

hillbilly

This is what I have found out.

First I would like to say that the community of TD is very sorry for the death of your daughter.

My friends have basically said that she wasn't her normal self the last couple of weeks.

Most of my friends are in shock and still wonder why.

My answers may be rather vague, but this is what I have learned.

Once again, sorry.

I wish that I could say more...

__________________
Travelling in Northern Thailand

britmaveric

Well some lad posted over in TV, said she made heavy use of Craig's List for intimate encounters even posted her mobile #. Prob deleted now, but never the less - pointed towards checking her mobile for starters in resolving this mystery.

However sounds like she was lonely and had issues.