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    Out-of-business Krabi tour operator found dead next to stove in suspected suicide

    Khao Phanom police in Krabi province were alerted on Tuesday to a suspected suicide at a house in the district.

    At the scene they found the body of Phimprapha (last name withheld), aged 41, on a bed with a stove nearby. Forensic staff estimated she had been dead for around two days, while the body showed no signs of fighting or injuries. The body was sent to Khao Phanom Hospital for a detailed autopsy.

    A neighbour who found the body said no one had seen Phimprapha since Saturday evening. He said he smelled something burning, so he pried the door open and found Phimprapha’s body before calling the police.

    Police interviewed the deceased’s relative and found she had been working as a tour operator on Phi Phi Island for several years until she was forced to close her business earlier this year due to the Covid-19 outbreak.

    “She sold her boats and moved back in with her mother a few months ago,” said Niyom, 70, Phimprapha’s aunt. “She had a booming business, with several millions of baht in income that enabled her to travel overseas regularly. But the forced shutdown made her extremely stressed.”

    Out-of-business Krabi tour operator found dead next to stove in suspected suicide

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    Quote Originally Posted by misskit View Post
    “She had a booming business, with several millions of baht in income that enabled her to travel overseas regularly.”
    And presumably didn't save enough of it for a rainy day.

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    Regular travel overseas is not cheap. Seems she maxed out her lifestyle without saving.

    Still very sad. Covid is gonna put a ton of these spender business owners out of business. The only ones left will be the stingy savers.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Backspin View Post
    Covid is gonna put a ton of these spender business owners out of business
    You're making amazing predictions or simply basing that on what's been happening for months?



    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    And presumably didn't save enough of it for a rainy day.
    Plus, she sold her boats so re-entry after things pick up would have been twice as difficult

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    And presumably didn't save enough of it for a rainy day.
    m

    Perhaps they meant Turnover or revenue

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    Quote Originally Posted by harrybarracuda View Post
    And presumably didn't save enough of it for a rainy day.
    To be fair Harry nobody could have ever predicted how 2020 would turn out if asked at this time in 2019.

    I also presume that other negative circumstances may have been behind her decision to end it all.

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    whats the importance of the charcoal BBQ ?

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    Quote Originally Posted by Fondles View Post
    whats the importance of the charcoal BBQ ?
    google carbon monoxide poisoning

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    Most painless way to top yerself. Carbon monoxide poisoning.

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    Quote Originally Posted by Loy Toy View Post
    To be fair Harry nobody could have ever predicted how 2020 would turn out if asked at this time in 2019.

    I also presume that other negative circumstances may have been behind her decision to end it all.
    You're right, she probably leveraged her revenue to buy all sorts of expensive goodies on tick. And when the bank came knocking no-one has any money to buy them off her.

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