Thread: Missing Phi Phi hotel manager found dead

Suspicious or not, as per usual they have now probably managed to fuk up any forensic evidence


The Austrian manager of a hotel on Koh Phi Phi in Krabi province missing since Sept 11 was found dead in the forest below a mountain viewpoint on Wednesday afternoon.


Florian Klaus, 56, general manager of Zeavola hotel in tambon Ao Nang, left the hotel on Saturday afternoon and had since been out of contact.


Hotel staff filed a missing person report with police.


A search was launched for the missing man.


Police were told by local residents on Wednesday afternoon that his body had been found about 3pm in a forested area at Ban Laemtong in tambon Ao Nang.


Rescue workers took the body to Pudam pier in Muang district and then to Krabi Hospital on Wednesday night for a post-mortem examination, Thai media reported.


Pol Col Prasit Yodthong, chief of Koh Phi Phi police, said Klaus still had his personal valuables with him, such as a ring and an iPhone. There were no traces of a struggle in the area.


Pol Col Prasit said investigators thought he had fallen from a lookout on the hill above the place where he was found.




His Thai wife and relatives had been informed and they cast no doubts on his death, the police chief said.


https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/2182883/missing-phi-phi-hotel-manager-found-dead

Originally Posted by malmomike77

Pol Col Prasit said investigators thought he had fallen from a lookout on the hill above the place where he was found.

That answers 'what', not yet 'how' or 'why'.

Originally Posted by malmomike77

His Thai wife and relatives had been informed and they cast no doubts on his death

That in itself is suspicious.

Originally Posted by Shutree

That answers 'what', not yet 'how' or 'why'.

Possibly not even that. It never ceases to amaze me that Thai Police love to speculate about cause of death before the experts have investigated. Perhaps its because they know that between them, the rescue workers and the myriad gawkers tramping over the scene, the chances for any forensic investigation yielding a correct conclusion are slight at best.

If he had his iphone with him then you’d think…oh, never mind.

Searching for white socks and sandals got the job done eventually, I guess.

according to the Thai language press, he had serious health problems.

Originally Posted by taxexile

according to the Thai language press, he had serious health problems.

He certainly has serious health problems now. He could not phone my local clinic as the receptionist would not believe he was ill.

At least he died in a beautiful place. Not all of us will be so lucky.

Originally Posted by can123

He certainly has serious health problems now.

Umm...no.

Originally Posted by TTraveler

At least he died in a beautiful place. Not all of us will be so lucky.

Have you been to Phi Phi recently?

Originally Posted by TTraveler

At least he died in a beautiful place.

Originally Posted by harrybarracuda

Have you been to Phi Phi recently?

It must be pretty beautiful these days.

You must be the internet's least successful smartarse, Harriet.

Originally Posted by cyrille

It must be pretty beautiful these days.

You must be the internet's least successful smartarse, Harriet.

Well you haven't been there then, have you sybille?

The last time it was remotely pristine was when the tsunami wiped most of shitty buildings off it.

Took them a matter of months to restore to its combination of shanty town and box like resorts.

Empty it might be. Beautiful it hasn't been for a long time.