The Dead Farang Thread

[Marmite the Dog]

Are you stupid MeMock?

[dirtydog]

What has...... na I just cant be bothered, would someone please skype memock and read the title out slowly to him, maybe repeat it to him a few times, if you have a web cam also use that so he can watch your lips, hopefully at the beginning of the new year we can incorparate an iq test into the registration for when newbies sign up....That should sort out some of these Aussies

[dirtydog]

Four Arrested for Beating Dane to Death in Thailand

Four Thai men yesterday, 22 December turned themselves in to the Cha-Am police and admitted they beat the 54-year old Dane Søren Tandrup Olsen to death. By Frank Jensen The gate of Søren Tandrup Olsen's Cha-Am house, where the 54 year old Dane was beaten to death by his neighbour and three of the neighbour's friends. Four Thai men aged 28-36 are now arrested and charged with non-intentional violence causing death after turning themselves in to the Cha-Am police Thursday afternoon. A crime that is punished with 3-15 years imprisonment, according to the local police.
The victim of the violence was the 54 year old Dane, Søren Tandrup Olsen. The Dane wanted to get his own car into the streets of Cha-Am, where he has been living with his Thai girlfriend, Lek, since 1999, but his neighbour’s car was in the way.
The Dane asked the neighbour to move it, which made the man very upset. The Cha-Am Police tells that they have had to come by the neighbour’s house a couple of times asking him to quiet down, as he has been very noisy and caused a lot of disturbance in the neighbourhood in spite of only living there for approximately a month.
At first the Thai man verbally assaulted the Dane, and then he started a fight, not even a fair one. Within minutes three friends of the neighbour came to assist him and started beating Søren Tandrup Olsen, who managed to flee into the house, Lek tells sitting at Cha-Am Police Station. Right next to her a police men is eagerly showing the police report with pictures of the body of Lek’s boyfriend.
She is at the police station to identify the four men, who turned themselves in. Having done that she goes back to the scene of Tuesday’s tragic event. To the house where she has to start a new life.
Lek quickly realized that the situation was going out of control, so she phoned the police when the fighting began. According to her the Dane never wanted to argue with the neighbour, whom she describes as provocative and aggressive. In stead of getting into an argument the Dane preferred to mind his own business and if the neighbour made too much noise, Søren Tandrup Olsen rather left his house for a while than complaint.
A few minutes after the first incident, more trouble came the Dane’s way. The neighbour was standing at the back yard gate asking the 54 year old to come out and discuss the matter. The Dane left the house and went to talk. But he was not aware that the three friends of the Thai neighbour were hiding behind the wall, and this time a fist fight was not enough.
”All of sudden the three others came out of nowhere and started beating Søren with steel pipes, that they have fetched. It did not stop till I dragged Søren into safety in the house. At least they did not beat me,” 26 year old Lek tells, while showing the blood stains on the road just outside the backyard, where the Dane was severely beaten.
She and Søren Tandrup Olsen had a souvenir shop in the house just 25 metres from the Cha-Am Beach on the western side of the Gulf of Thailand. In the workshop there are lamps and few of Snow White’s dwarfs waiting to be finished and sold in the shop. In front of the computer, where the Dane spent many hours coming up with new ideas for articles to sell in the shop, Lek has placed a plate with open end sandwiches, just like she always did.
After getting the Dane into safety, Lek thought that it would be wise to go to the hospital.
“Søren did not agree. He said that he just needed to rest, and then he would be okay again,” Lek tells with tears in her eyes.
Meanwhile even more friends of the neighbour had come to help him, so as the Dane was licking his wounds upstairs, people were hiding in front of the house as well as next to the backyard, but the neighbour and his three friends already did more than enough. Much more than enough.
About 10 minutes after lying down, Søren Tandrup Olsen died in his bed. The doctor and the police did not come till later.
The exact cause of death will not be known, until the result of the autopsy is known. Presumably early next week.

[dirtydog]

Fatal accident at known ‘black spot’ kills Welsh family

Nopniwat Krailerg

Rescue team removing the bodies from the car.

A former captain of a West Wales rugby club, his wife and his sister were all killed in a road accident on Chotana Chiang Mai-Fang Road at kilometer 21 of Baan Pa Tiw, Tambon San Pong, Mae Rim, Chiang Mai.
The driver, Angkhana Boontai, 25, a Lamphun resident was admitted to hospital in a serious condition, but the passengers Kenneth Ford, his wife Phaijit Ford (a Thai national), and his sister Violet Griffiths were all pronounced dead at the scene. Police and rescue workers had to use hydraulic spreaders and shears on the badly smashed vehicle, to extricate the bodies.
It appears that Angkha-na picked up the three tourists from a hotel in Chiang Mai to visit Mae Taman elephant camp in Mae Taeng district. On the way back in the afternoon, the vehicle ran off the road on a sharp curve, and crashed into a tree. Local residents all say that this corner has already claimed seven lives in the past 10 years.
Kenneth Ford, an ex-full back with Trimsaran Rugby Club was a popular figure in his native Wales, and his friends were deeply shocked to hear of the catastrophe.

changmaimail

[Whiteshiva]

Four Thai men aged 28-36 are now arrested and charged with non-intentional violence causing death after turning themselves in to the Cha-Am police Thursday afternoon. A crime that is punished with 3-15 years imprisonment, according to the local police.

I didn't know there was such an offence, but how can four guys beat an old man to death with steel pipes unintentionally?

Hopefully, someone will come to their senses and charge these guys with what it was - premeditated murder. Perpetrators of these kind of incidents get off far too easily in Thailand. If the victim had been Thai, they would probably be out on the streets already.

WS

[dirtydog]

Briton killed in Thai robbery bid

A 57-year-old Briton has died after being attacked during an attempted robbery in Thailand.
The Foreign Office named him as James Hall from Sunderland and said it was liaising with Thai police.
His body was found near a bungalow on Chang Island's Sai Khao beach resort on Christmas Eve.
Three Thai labourers aged between 18 and 20 - who had been employed by Mr Hall to build a bar on the island - have been arrested, local police said.
The would-be robbers are said to have been after some 150 euros (£102) Mr Hall was carrying.
"They did not mean to murder him, they just tried to get money from him, but then they just had fighting," Lieutenant Supin Naoprakson told the Press Association news agency.
"They just used boots, and then just hit his head - something like that."
Mr Hall is thought to have first arrived on the island in October. Northumbria Police said his family had been informed of the death and was "extremely distressed".

[Fabian]

Four Thai men aged 28-36 are now arrested and charged with non-intentional violence causing death after turning themselves in to the Cha-Am police Thursday afternoon. A crime that is punished with 3-15 years imprisonment, according to the local police.

I didn't know there was such an offence, but how can four guys beat an old man to death with steel pipes unintentionally?

I agree with that.
Nice neighbour it seems. And I am complaining about stinking pigs.

[dirtydog]

Korean man killed in fall from Chon Buri Condo
Published on Dec 31 , 2005




Chon Buri ? An unidentified Korean man fell to his death from the roof of a 14-floor condominium building in Bang Lamung district of this eastern province, police said.

Pol Lt Col Omsin Sukkarnkha of Pattaya police station, said the man fell from the roof of the B Building of Nirand Grande Condominium at about 4:30 am.

Omsin quoted a security officer of the building as saying that the man was seen drinking with his Korean friend at a room on the 14th floor before the two had noisy quarrel.

Omsin said the friend disappeared and police were searching for him.

Police noticed a severe cut on his left wrist. Police also saw traces of blood dripping from their room to the roof where the man fell off.
Omsin said the man might kill himself by jumping down after slashing his wrist. But police had yet to locate his friend for questioning before making the conclusion on the case.


the nation

[Torbek]

I hard a good read of this for the first time and will say it left feeling very depressed about Thailand....particularly the "old man rotting alone for three days" type stuff. Could that be me in 20 or 30 years?

However, it took a while to register just why I was so disturbed...

The vast majority of these reports involve suicide, old age deaths (heart attacks, etc) or dumbass accidents like slipping on the wet floor. Things that are simply not reported back in Australia. If left to their imagination, most westerners know that such events occur multiple times every day...they are just not shoved in our faces via the media.

I am not sure why Thais bother to report them either. Probably just because there are farangs involved? Novelty value? "Look! Farang die in pool of own vomit and faeces! They the same as us!!"

Anyway...friggin' depressing shit!

(Some are morbidly fascinating, though...:twisted: )

[Bwana Brad]

British tourist found dead off Samui island The ing in waters off the southeastern Thai resort island of Samui, police said.

The woman was identified as Catherine Horton of Cardiff, Wales, and her corpse was discovered by a man who rents jet skis to tourists.

Horton, who arrived in Thailand on December 27 and reached the island on December31, was travelling with a fellow student, police said.

"We don't know the cause of death yet," police major Thanongsak Aksornsom, chief investigator on Samui island, told AFP. He declined to comment on a Thai television report that Horton had been raped before being murdered.

"The body will sent for an autopsy," Thanongsak said.

British embassy staff could not be reached for comment late Monday./Agence France-Presse
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Yet another black eye for the tourist image of Koh Samui. Forget about the troubles in the far south, Samui is quickly becoming a danger tothe health of foreign toursits in Thailand. How much longer before embassies start putting up travel adisory warnings about NOT going to Samui.

ls it just my perception or is there a disproportionatley high rate of crime associated with tourists on Samui ? l have no figures to back up this perception, just an uneasy feeling in the pit of my stomache. Commiserations to her family and friends back home, but those words always sound so hollow as the reality of the tragedy sinks in. Only 21, her life full of promise, snuffed out so brutally. Hope the police catch the people responsible, l am not holding my breath waiting for them to do so, but can only hope so.

[Harry]

Police probe Aussies suspicious death...



Thailands forensic scientists are investigating the "suspicious circumstances" of the death of an Aussie tourist from Brisbane.

Mr Walter Sensiless, 52, was found dead in his hotel room, Pattaya, yesterday afternoon by a chambermaid, Porntip Nockchai.

Police kept the body in the house for five hours before removing it to Pattaya's mortuary for post-mortem examination last night.

One officer said: "The body was naked except for a pair of stockings and suspenders." But he refused to comment on rumours the Aussie was also bound and gagged.

The forensic team emerged from the Aussies hotel room after three hours carrying a bag and some furniture, including two sections of beige cupboard doors and the top of a round pine table.

His sudden death has left friends and colleagues shocked and distressed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2538169.stm

[Crackerjack]

Police probe Aussies suspicious death...



Thailands forensic scientists are investigating the "suspicious circumstances" of the death of an Aussie tourist from Brisbane.

Mr Walter Sensiless, 52, was found dead in his hotel room, Pattaya, yesterday afternoon by a chambermaid, Porntip Nockchai.

Police kept the body in the house for five hours before removing it to Pattaya's mortuary for post-mortem examination last night.

One officer said: "The body was naked except for a pair of stockings and suspenders." But he refused to comment on rumours the Aussie was also bound and gagged.

The forensic team emerged from the Aussies hotel room after three hours carrying a bag and some furniture, including two sections of beige cupboard doors and the top of a round pine table.

His sudden death has left friends and colleagues shocked and distressed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2538169.stm

I am beginning to worry about you Harry!

[We Of The Boat People]

[quote=Harry]

Police probe Aussies suspicious death...



Thailands forensic scientists are investigating the "suspicious circumstances" of the death of an Aussie tourist from Brisbane.

Mr Walter Sensiless, 52, was found dead in his hotel room, Pattaya, yesterday afternoon by a chambermaid, Porntip Nockchai.

Police kept the body in the house for five hours before removing it to Pattaya's mortuary for post-mortem examination last night.

One officer said: "The body was naked except for a pair of stockings and suspenders." But he refused to comment on rumours the Aussie was also bound and gagged.

The forensic team emerged from the Aussies hotel room after three hours carrying a bag and some furniture, including two sections of beige cupboard doors and the top of a round pine table.

His sudden death has left friends and colleagues shocked and distressed.

Whats your problem Harry or are you just jealous of the Cap

[Harry]

Police probe Aussies suspicious death...



Thailands forensic scientists are investigating the "suspicious circumstances" of the death of an Aussie tourist from Brisbane.

Mr Walter Sensiless, 52, was found dead in his hotel room, Pattaya, yesterday afternoon by a chambermaid, Porntip Nockchai.

Police kept the body in the house for five hours before removing it to Pattaya's mortuary for post-mortem examination last night.

One officer said: "The body was naked except for a pair of stockings and suspenders." But he refused to comment on rumours the Aussie was also bound and gagged.

The forensic team emerged from the Aussies hotel room after three hours carrying a bag and some furniture, including two sections of beige cupboard doors and the top of a round pine table.

His sudden death has left friends and colleagues shocked and distressed.

http://news.bbc.co.uk/onthisday/hi/d...00/2538169.stm

I am beginning to worry about you Harry!

[Harry]

[quote=We Of The Boat People]

Police probe Aussies suspicious death...



Thailands forensic scientists are investigating the "suspicious circumstances" of the death of an Aussie tourist from Brisbane.

Mr Walter Sensiless, 52, was found dead in his hotel room, Pattaya, yesterday afternoon by a chambermaid, Porntip Nockchai.

Police kept the body in the house for five hours before removing it to Pattaya's mortuary for post-mortem examination last night.

One officer said: "The body was naked except for a pair of stockings and suspenders." But he refused to comment on rumours the Aussie was also bound and gagged.

The forensic team emerged from the Aussies hotel room after three hours carrying a bag and some furniture, including two sections of beige cupboard doors and the top of a round pine table.

His sudden death has left friends and colleagues shocked and distressed.

Whats your problem Harry or are you just jealous of the Cap

What is there to be jealous of?

[dirtydog]

Grieving family fly to Thailand

Katherine Horton was last seen phoning her mother

The family of a British backpacker found dead in water at a Thailand beach are heading to the country as a murder inquiry continues into her death.
Thai police said Katherine Horton, 21, from Cardiff, was attacked with a blunt instrument and left to drown on the resort island of Koh Samui.
The Reading University student was last seen phoning her mother on 1 January.
Her father was flying to Thailand from Wales, while her brother was travelling to the country from Australia.
Family loss
The family issued a statement, saying: "Katherine was much loved by all her family and friends. We will miss her warmth, her vivacity and her passion for life."
The student had arrived on the island on New Year's Eve


Her parents Elizabeth and Ian, and older brothers, Richard and Christopher added: "She brought us so much happiness and words cannot express the emptiness we feel at our loss."
Miss Horton's body was found on Monday morning in the water by a jet skier.
Major Thanongsak Aksornsom, chief investigator on Samui island, said Miss Horton had been dead "for less than 12 hours".
"It's unlikely that this case was an accident but so far we have not issued an arrest warrant and are not interrogating any suspects," he added.
Her body was being transferred to Bangkok on Tuesday.
Police support
Following a post-mortem examination, a forensic scientist said her clothing was dishevelled; she had head and other internal injuries and bruising on the arms.
A family liaison officer from South Wales Police flew out to Thailand with Ian Horton but will not be involved in the Thai investigation.
"The officer has been sent purely to act in the capacity as a family liaison officer and it is stressed that the intention is not to question or undermine in any way, the investigation already under way by Thai Police," a police spokesman said.
Miss Horton, who was due to return home next week after a couple of weeks in Thailand, was with friends on Lamai beach on the evening of 1 January.
She is reported to have wandered away from them as she spoke to her mother on her mobile phone. It is not known what happened to her between then and the discovery of her body.

[Storekeeper]

Do expats in Thailand sleep with one eye open ?

[hillbilly]

Do expats in Thailand sleep with one eye open ?

Hell, sometimes I sleep with both eyes open!

[dirtydog]

UK student found dead on Samui

SAMUI: The policeman in charge of the investigation into the death of British tourist Catherine Horton suspects foul play may be responsible, but said that a preliminary police examination of the body revealed no signs of assault or rape.

Pol Maj Thanongsak Aksornsom of the Samui District Police told the Gazette that Miss Horton ‘s body, in a black dress, was found floating in shallow water off Lamai Beach at about 10 am yesterday by a jet-ski rental operator.

The Cardiff, Wales, native, a 21-year-old student at the University of Reading, was on holiday on Samui with a friend. The pair arrived in Thailand on December 27 and reached Koh Samui on December 31, in time to celebrate New Year’s Eve there.

As her friend returned to their shared bungalow late on the evening of January 1, Miss Horton took a late-night stroll along Lamai Beach. Her body was found the next morning.

Police are questioning people in the area, but have not identified any suspects, Maj Thanongsak said.

From the shoreline location of the recovered body police assume that death was the result of an accident or an attack on the beach, he added.

Miss Horton’s body will be sent to the Royal Thai Police Office of Forensic Science in Bangkok for further examination to try and determine the exact cause of death, he said.

Maj Thanongsak declined to comment on a news report on a Thai-language TV station stating that Miss Horton had been raped and murdered.

Phuketgazette

[dirtydog]

SAMUI MURDER: Police under the spotlight
Published on January 05, 2006
Killing of another British backpacker attracts widespread international coverage. Pressure is mounting on Thai police to solve the murder of Welsh university student Katherine Horton on the resort island of Koh Samui amid intense international media coverage of the incident.
The body of Horton, 21, was found drifting in the sea on Monday a few kilometres from the beach where she had spent her New Year holiday. Samui police said she had been hit several times on the head and body with a blunt object before being thrown into the sea to drown.
Horton’s death has highlighted once again the safety of foreign tourists in Thailand after the high-profile murder of British backpacker Kirsty Jones in Chiang Mai in August 2000 and the fatal shootings of British holiday-makers Vanessa Arscott, 23, and her boyfriend Adam Lloyd, 25, in Kanchanaburi province in August 2004.
Responding to the urgency of the Horton case, senior police commanders said yesterday they had sent officers from Bangkok-based units to help local police in the investigation to ensure maximum efficiency in the attempts to solve the crime.
Horton’s family were scheduled to arrive in Bangkok from their home in Cardiff last night to claim her body and hear results of police’s investigation into the case.
Horton’s mother, Elizabeth, reportedly heard her daughter scream and then the phone cut at the time of the brutal killing on Koh Samui late on New Year’s Day.
Ruth Adams, 21, Horton’s friend and travelling companion, told police she had spoken to Elizabeth Horton by phone at her home in Cardiff the following day. “She said ‘Katherine’s mother told me that she heard a dog bark, then a scream, then the line cut,” Colonel Tirawat Wamsiton said.
When police checked an area just 300 metres from the bungalow where Horton had been staying at New Hut resort on Lamai Beach they found her telephone and red stains in the sand. The red stains turned out to have come from betel nuts.
Before her murder Horton, a third-year psychology student at Reading University, had spent a few hours dining with friends and chatting gaily, police confirmed yesterday. Her body was found off Thong Krok Beach a few kilometres from Lamai Beach on Monday.
New Hut resort owner Amnuay Dachana said: “The last time I saw her was 9.30pm. The next time I looked was at 12.30am. Everyone had gone to bed and the lights were out.”
Lt-Colonel Dr Pattana Kitkailart, who performed the autopsy on Horton’s body in Bangkok’s Police Hospital, said the young Welsh woman had died from drowning after being beaten and thrown into the sea.
“There were wounds on her head from being hit with a blunt object and on her body and arms there were signs she had been dragged,” he said.
It was not immediately clear from the original autopsy if she had been raped, and “further lab tests are being conducted to check”, he added.
Police on Koh Samui said on Tuesday night that they were looking into suspicions of rape.
A tourist spotted Horton’s body in the water on Monday and alerted Watchareon Kongman, a 24-year-old jet-ski rental boss, to bring it in.
Horton’s body was found half-naked. Her black dress had been pushed, perhaps by the waves, above her hips. She had bruises on her arms and shoulders.
At the New Hut bungalow resort, police escorted owners Amnuay and Jintana Dachana and 14 of their staff away for interviews.
Horton’s death has received intense media coverage internationally. Several major news agencies and websites of leading British media organisations, including The Sun, The Guardian, and The Times, ran stories on the case. An article on www.icwales.icnetwork.co.uk said Horton was the seventh Briton to have been murdered in Thailand over the past 16 months.


The Nation

[dirtydog]

Father visits Thai murder scene

Katherine Horton was last seen phoning her mother on 1 January

The father of a student murdered in Thailand on New Year's Day has made an emotional visit to the beach where she died.
The body of Katherine Horton, 21, from Cardiff, was found in the water at the island resort of Koh Samui on Monday.
Thai Police investigating her murder have taken DNA samples from people who were in the area at the time.
Ian Horton appealed directly for help in tracing his daughter's killers before laying a wreath on the beach.
"The perpetrator is too cowardly to offer themselves to justice in Thailand but there is a person here that knows," he said.
"A person that can assist the police. Someone that can maybe save another life.
"I urge that person to come forward to speak out."
He said his daughter had felt "immune to the world's dangers" but her faith in her fellow man had let her down.
Katherine came to Thailand to dance on a beach, to ride an elephant, to have a vacation before her finals at university


Katherine Horton's father Ian


Mr Horton, who travelled to the island with Katherine's brother Christopher who is living in Australia, made an emotional tribute to his daughter, a final year psychology student at Reading University
Miss Horton's friend Ruth Adams also stood with him as he made his tribute.
"Katherine came to Thailand to dance on a beach, to ride an elephant, to have a vacation before her finals at university," he said.
"She was full of confidence and felt immune to the dangers of this world as we have all felt when we were young adults.
"Tragically her faith in her fellow man let her down and she has been taken from us forever."
Incident room
He said he now wished is to return Katherine to her home with dignity and privacy.
Thai detectives have set up an incident room at the beach.
Police said she had been attacked with a blunt instrument and that they also believed she had been raped.
Samui Police Lieutenant Colonel Thanongsak Aksornsom said the suspected killer was likely to be a local man.
"The suspect is probably a Thai national and we believe he is still on the island," he said.
Her father has been to the beach where Miss Horton was staying


Miss Horton, a Reading University student, was last seen alive on 1 January when she was speaking to her mother on her mobile phone.
Her body was discovered in the sea early the next day.
The results of a post-mortem examination had already shown that Miss Horton's clothing was dishevelled and that she had suffered bruising as well as head and other internal injuries.
Having examined the report from a forensic scientist in Bangkok, Thai Police said on Wednesday that they were investigating the likelihood Miss Horton had been raped before being killed.
Thai authorities said a DNA sample has been recovered from Katherine's body but the task in finding the killer will be extremely difficult. "Our investigation is focusing on rape," Mr Aksornsom confirmed.

[dirtydog]

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Thursday 5th January 2006

American Man dies inside his apartment in Soi Beokeow.
Another case now of a foreigner who sadly spent his final days here in Pattaya. Police along with rescue workers were called to Room number 108 inside an apartment block in Soi Beokeow after the discovery of an American Man was made by his Thai wife. The call was placed by Khun Sawigar aged 43 who discovered her husband, Mr. Adelbert Anderson aged 74 from America lying on their bed. The couple had been together for four years and on Wednesday night Khun Sawigar was celebrating her birthday with friends in Soi Kow Noi. However, Mr. Anderson told his wife that he was unable to join her because he felt too tired and wanted to sleep. In accordance with procedure, Police checked the room and corpse for any signs of foul play which were not forthcoming. The American Embassy in Bangkok has been informed of the death which Police have recorded as death by natural causes.

[dirtydog]

Our News is Always New

LATEST NEWS
Thursday 5th January 2006

Finnish Man dies inside a South Pattaya Apartment Block.
Police Major Chayaporn from Pattaya Police Station was called to the K&M Apartments in Soi Day Night Hotel 2 on Thursday afternoon to investigate the death of a foreign man inside room number 101. Police arrived and inspected the body of a man known as Harry from Finland. He was found on the floor beside his bed. Police found evidence of a discharge in the toilet which suggests he may have suffered from some form of illness. After speaking with the apartment owner and fellow residents, it appears Mr. Harry had checked in the night before and spent the evening in the downstairs bar where he drank heavily. He was staying alone according to residents and would often use the Hotel for single night stays only. He apparently owns a house here in Pattaya and lives her on a full-time basis. For now the exact cause of death is unknown, however foul play is not suspected and Police are awaiting the results of a post mortem examination before they close this particular case. We understand the Finnish Embassy in Bangkok has been informed of the death.

[dirtydog]

BRITISH BACKPACKER’S DEATH: Murder remains mystery
Published on January 07, 2006
Police looking for couple phone will lead to couple who may have information on the slain woman. After celebrating Christmas with her family in Britain, Welsh university student Katharine Horton, 21, came to Thailand to spend the New Year holiday with her best friend Ruth Adams. Neither of them was aware that it would be the last great time they would have together. On December 31, Horton and Adams met a group of four Western men while on a ferry from Surat Thani to the resort island of Samui.
The girls and their new acquaintances decided to stay at the same beachfront bungalow resort.
A few hours after checking in at the New Hut resort, the group took a boat to Koh Pha-ngan to join that island’s countdown party, which is famous among tourists along with its monthly full-moon parties.
They returned to their bungalows the following morning. Amnuay Detchna, manager of the New Hut resort, remembers seeing Horton have breakfast with Adams before going sunbathing and scuba diving in front of her room.
Later in the day, Horton, Adams and the four men had dinner at the Ninja restaurant, just a few minutes away from New Hut bungalows. New Hut’s assistant manager Kamthorn Ruangsuk then spotted Horton sitting with two of the men on the beach in front of her room from about 10pm to 11pm.
“I’m pretty sure it was her, but I am not sure which of the four guys it was, because I just saw them from behind, unlike the girl,” said Kamthorn.
Horton’s body was found on Monday floating in the sea off Thong Krok Beach, about three kilometres from the bungalows.
Amnuay also said he had seen the three sitting there at around 10pm.
Police investigators, however, put the time of the attack at 9.43pm. They arrived at this time after examining Horton’s mobile phone and noting the time of a call between Horton and her mother, believed to have taken place immediately before the murder.
Police found Horton’s mobile phone with a waitress identified only as Poo, who works at the Buddy pub and restaurant, a few hundred metres away from the New Hut resort. The waitress told police that a middle-aged Western couple had given it to her.
Police are searching for the couple in the hope that they can find out where they found the phone and from there determine where the attack took place.
Adams told police that Horton had received a call from a relative while sitting on the beach near their bungalow.
While her friend strolled along the beach and chatted with her family, Adams returned to their bungalow and fell asleep. When she woke up she realised that Horton was missing.
Horton’s mother Elizabeth told police that she had heard her daughter scream prior to the line going dead.
“It was only a week ago that we took Kath and Ruth to Heathrow in a state of great excitement,” Ruth’s parents, Michael and Jenny Adams, of Bromley, Kent, said in a statement.
Arthit Khwankhom,
Anan Paengnoy
The Nation KOH SAMUI

[Bwana Brad]

l got sent the followingmesage yesterday via Thorn Tree. l am posting it here, because if anyone knows anything and can help solve this murder, then it will be worth it. Unfotunately l am know nothing that would be of any help. l am hoping someone here might be able to help.
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Hi there,

I am a journalist in London putting together a feature on Lamai Beach - it is a background piece to go with the story of the murder of Katherine Horton there this week.

I want to gather anecdotes from people who know the area citing any problems they've had, whether they've been victims of crime, how the police have treated them if they have reported crimes. I need to build up a profie of Lamai Beach in particular and you sound as though you have extensive experience in Thailand.

If you could help me out with any anecdotes or put me in contact with friends who have stories to tell, I would be very grateful.

We would pay you a fee for any contribution published and I would not print anything without your explicit permission.

If you think you can help out, please email me as soon as you can.

Thanks,

Laura Mannering
Features Writer
Reveal
0044 207 339 4560
07769 620748
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