Deet Did Not Kill Canadian Sisters Audrey And Noemi Belanger: Krabi

[WyattEarp 51]

Why does anyone care what component of that concoction killed them? In my experience the ignorance is so deep here that they'll try sulphuric acid just to see what happens.

[GarryBenton 3]

That's no story. They also didn't drown. Who cares what DIDN'T lead to their deaths? The question is...what did. Why print a story that tells nothing at all? That's news? They also weren't attacked by white sharks! What a story!

[asiawatcher 1,689]

If the cause is not obvious, B.i.B. just seem to sweep it aside with any excuse. Nothing changes in Thailand lazy police (probably untrained) and sloppy police work. But is that their fault? Question is, what will the Canadian investigators do about it and what are their options?

[jaapfries 870]

I am pretty sure that we will never know the truth . That's too bad for Thailand image .

In my humble opinion; how hard would it have been to trace & track those two Brazilian chaps who were last seen partying with these 2 sisters.

My goodness; we have fairly sophisticated digital info. systems here in Thailand at airports & via Immigration. These boys could possibly give some pretty accurate information as to what transpired there during the party, not to mention any food ingested by the girls (puffer-fish etc. ?).

There must be many pictures among which those two boys-from-Brazil must surely feature ?!?! Some very basic but thorough detective work would have been able to clear-up this “mystery” a long time ago . . . . . .

It must be horrific for the parents - I sympathize and wish them all the strength they need !

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[CrazyKid 30]

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[techboy 388]

The mystery remains.. at least we can rule out DEET consumption, which in my mind was a drink only a fool would order.

Very curious about our Canadian autopsy results.

Can we rule out DEET? Remember the girls was found in their room with a large amount of vomit and blood around them. When a person get poisoned the body will try to get rid of the poisoning, so before the sisters started vomiting they may indeed have a large amount of DEET inside their bodies!

Incorrect! Your high school biology teacher gets a failing grade. They could have vomited up their entire digestive tracts and it would not affect the amount of toxin already absorbed into their bloodstream.

[advancebooking 357]

Corrupt police, incompetent reporters = no justice for the 2 girls. RIP

It's the family that want the cause of death kept secret, not the police. What exactly do you want the police to do if this was an accidental death?

What makes you say it was an ''accidental death''. Go back and read the initial reports on the state of the hotel room when they found the girls. The circumstances of this tragedy are very suspicious....

[F4UCorsair 3,551]

That's no story. They also didn't drown. Who cares what DIDN'T lead to their deaths? The question is...what did. Why print a story that tells nothing at all? That's news? They also weren't attacked by white sharks! What a story!

I agree, no story there.

I also agree that TV members needn't snoop around looking for more. Their parents have requested no more be made public, and there is a good reason for that. They don't want their daughters' images spoiled, so let's respect that.

[jcw 186]

Back to the bed bugs theory ???

[cdnski12 26]

Not Thai info. Stupid Canuck Reporters (probably suffering from Hockey Concussion Syndrome) put in a phoney news report, after many beers & girls. Why would their Editor would allow such sloppy reporting? Probably all were high on Yabba?

[cowslip 161]

"Thai authorities took the matter quickly into hand and, working together with the Canadian Embassy, investigated the deaths thoroughly and completed a series of forensic exams to establish the cause of death before the sisters were returned to their homeland."

.Really? that's NOT the impression I got

[grantbkk 564]

People that come to developing countries well and truly on their own. We all travel at our own risk and only a few of us will be able to rely on local officials and diplomatic staff for assistance unless we get into deep trouble. At least Thailand has first class medical facilities in some of the urban areas. Most of us know the dangers and some of us take precautions. I know expats living here that actually think this is the safest place in the world.

This is far from the truth of course. They have yet to fall victim and tend to bury their heads in the sand in total denial. This condition is exacerbated by the controlled press who are encouraged not to report crime and other incidents that would cast the Kingdom in unfavorable light and/or have a negative impact on tourism.

I lived in Pattaya in 2002 when the Prime Minister advised the press not to continually report suicide death for fear that tourism would be affected. The "Pattaya Plunge" was a popular form of suicide and homicide at the time. The local government even advised us to be careful walking by tall condos and hotels because of all the falling bodies. Nothing really has changed in the last 10 years.

[dalpha 42]

It would be nice to know what substance it was that caused the death, just to know what poison to stay clear of.

[Nonja 12]

In the case of death I would have thought that Coroner's Courts would have made a ruling which was public. I thought that was the point of Coroner's Courts: to try to prevent the same sort of fatality happening again. So this is not a question of keeping the matter a private family matter, or saving face: it's a question of public health. I am not aware of any Coronial judgements in advanced democratic countries which are kept private to protect the victim's reputation. I may well be wrong. In any case, it is a waste of public resources not to release information which may be useful in order to prevent the same fatality from happening again.

[pacovl46 1,886]

They should check for Laburnum. All parts of the plant are poisonous and it's notoriously hard to detect, if I remember correctly. An acute poisoning can be lethal and cause vomiting and severe diarrhea. There's two species in that family, but both are native to Europe. There's a third species, the one in Asia, that some people count to the Laburnum family, others don't. It is poisonous, too, and it's quite common in Asia and goes by the common names "Golden Shower" or "Golden-Chain Tree".