Thread: Dutch man found dead off Phuket with head wound

UPDATE

POLICE suspect a four-centimetre cut in the back of the man's head may have been caused by a propeller. A watertight bag around his neck contained 5200 baht, 1850 euros and a slim calculator.

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UPDATE

POLICE suspect a four-centimetre cut in the back of the man's head may have been caused by diving into the sea. A watertight bag around his neck contained 52 baht, no euros and a a couple of yaba tablets. Meanwhile, aboard his new speed boat, officer Somchai said "everything has worked out nicely"

Four Phuket Expats Found Dead in Bad Day for Patong - Phuket Wan


The bodies of four extra expats are now at Patong Hospital
Photo by phuketwan.com

Four Phuket Expats Found Dead in Bad Day for Patong

Sunday, January 13, 2013

PHUKET: Four Phuket expats have been found dead in a bad day for expats in Patong, police confirmed this evening.

The day began with reports of the finding of the body of a 26-year-old Dutchman in the sea off Patong beach.

He has a four-centimetre wound to the back of his head - possibly from a propeller blade.

Robbery has been dismissed as a motive because he was carrying a large sum of money in a waterproof pouch around his neck.

The second expat death of the day, Patong police said, was an Italian man whose body was found dead in a room at the Royal Paradise Hotel, off Rat-U-Tit 200 Pi Road.

Police said they had been told he was suffering from a chronic illness.

The third death came with a heart attack. It struck down the Danish owner of a guesthouse in Nanai Road.

The body of an Austrian man was found in Patong Condo apartments. He had been dead for several days, according to police.

Police couldn't remember a day when they had had so many calls to deal with deceased foreigners. All four bodies were taken to Patong Hospital.

Australian (male, 68) also found hanged in Hua Hin today.

Was found by housekeeper, who went and got help and then he was cut down, but it was too late to save him. Illness also said to be one of the reasons for his seeming suicide.

Note, he had nylon cord around his neck and bled excessively. Nasty way to go about hanging oneself. RIP.

Link to article (in Thai only at this point)

WARNING. Photos are graphic/upsetting.

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Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

Note, he had nylon cord around his neck and bled excessively.

Very inconsiderate of him.

RIP. Barry.
Great man. Sorry it ended this way.

R.I.P.

Illness also said to be one of the reasons for his seeming suicide.

No answers yet in Dutch tourist's death in Phuket

No answers yet in Dutch tourist's death in Phuket

PHUKET: The body of Dutch national Stephan Henricus Maria Buczynski, 26, found floating in the sea off Patong yesterday morning (January 13) has been sent to the National Forensics Institute in Bangkok after an autopsy at Patong Hospital failed to establish the cause of his death.

Tanyaluk Sakoot
Monday 14 January 2013, 01:37PM

Police have been trying to work out how Mr Buczynski came to be in the water, dead, with a 4-cm wound to the back of his head.

A source who asked not to be named said that doctors who performed the Patong autopsy said that there was no water in Mr Buczynski's lungs or stomach, indicating that he did not drown.

Police are working on a number of theories; that he was swimming and was hit by a boat propeller; that he was walking on rocks and slipped, banging his head and then falling into the water; or that he was murdered by someone who then dumped his body in the sea.

In front of hundreds of sunbathing tourists, the body of Mr Buczynski was retrieved yesterday by rescue workers. It was estimated he had been dead about an hour.

Hanging around his neck was a pouch containing his passport, cash in both baht and euros and an empty pill packet that once contained Benzodiazepine, a sedative.

Riddle of Dutchman's Death: Doctor Ruled He Drowned, Says Patong Officer

By Chutima Sidasathian and Alan Morison
Tuesday, January 15, 2013

Latest A senior police officer says an autopsy on a Dutchman found in the sea off Patong beach will prove or disprove a doctor's verdict that the young man drowned. More »

Dutch Man's "Suicide" In Thailand A Possible Murder Case
Posted on Apr 25, 2016 by Janene Pieters


Stephan Buczynski (Photo: Stephan Buczynski/Facebook)

Breda man Stephan Buczynski did not commit suicide in Thailand in 2013, but may have been murdered, according to crime reporter John van der Heuvel in his program Vermoord in het buiteland. He traveled to Thailand to investigate Buczynski’s death at the request of his family, Omroep Brabant reports.

Stephan traveled to Thailand for a week long holiday in January 2013. He ended up in the hospital early in the holiday, after being beaten with a full whiskey bottle during an argument. He spent the rest of the week in hospital, at the end of which he was picked up by his friend Sylvano.

The two got separated that night. And Stephan’s body was fished out of the ocean on January 13th. The Thai police believe he committed suicide by walking into the ocean in a disturbed and intoxicated state.

But during his investigation Van der Heuvel found evidence that seems to suggest otherwise. He found video footage showing first Stephan and Sylvano walking together, and then Stephan walking alone while talking on the phone. Nothing in the video suggests that he was drunk or having some form of breakdown. The pathologist who examined Stephan’s body also stated that his blood alcohol level was very low. And he had a deep head wound of about 4 centimeters, which seems to indicate that he was hit with something.

The Thai police stated that Stephan was hit with a propeller of a boat, but the lifeguards who took Stephan out of the water told Van der Heuvel that no boats travel the area at night. According to the crime reporter, it seems very likely that Stephan was murdered. He took his investigation to the Dutch Embassy in Thailand as well as the Public Prosecutor. The Prosecutor initiated a further investigation.

Dutch man?s ?suicide? in Thailand a possible murder case - NL Times

3 years later ! A case probably long time closed by Thai police...

Probably already used the case papers to wipe their arses long ago

Originally Posted by StrontiumDog

WARNING. Photos are graphic/upsetting.

Very upsetting as I cannot see the pictures ! 404 and all that !