Russian tourist found dead in Phuket hotel with 7 stab wounds

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Russian tourist found dead in Phuket hotel with 7 stab wounds
Darawan Naknakhon


Police examine the room where the Russian was found dead.

PHUKET: -- Patong police were called to a hotel in Patong this morning (August 13) after staff found a guest dead on the bed in his room, with a bloody knife next to him and blood spattered all over the bed.

Examining the body - identified as that of a 32-year-old Russian from the Siberian city of Yakutsk - Pol Lt Col Teerasak Boonsang and forensics officers found the victim had deep gashes on both arms and seven stab wounds in the chest.

Police concluded that he committed suicide.

Friends of the victim said he checked into the hotel on July 19 and was due to check out today to fly back to Russia.

“We gathered in front of the hotel this morning to take the shuttle bus and when he didn’t show up, we asked hotel staff to check his room,” one said.

A member of the hotel staff said, “The last time we saw him was at breakfast on Monday (August 11) and there has been a ‘Do not disturb’ sign on the door since yesterday.”

Police are still collecting evidence, and have been in touch with the Russian Embassy to discuss the case. The dead man is not being named until there has been a chance for his family to be informed.

Source: http://www.thephuketnews.com/russian-tourist-found-dead-in-phuket-hotel-with-7-stab-wounds-47830.php


-- Phuket News 2014-08-13

[JetsetBkk]

Police concluded that he committed suicide.

YMBFJ.

[Boater]

<deleted> ?? This is murder !!! Lazy bloody police

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[clockman]

Thainess personified!

[Soupdragon]

It must be murder, if it was suicide the knife wounds would be in the back.......

[lee b]

Oh here we go again suicide??? Would one really go and do this to take ones own life?? Seems very odd to me.

[laurentbkk]

The guy would have his head on the balcony and the body in the bed that they would say its a suicide ...... they dont know what mean Investigation before allegation ? ridiculous ...... we call it murder in every countries .

[chooka]

Suicide?? "deep gashes on both arms" possibly defensive wounds. Did he change hands to stab himself in both arms before fatally stabbing himself 7 times in the chest. There is no way I would turn up to a crime scene like this and go nothing to see here it's a simple suicide. This would be treated as a suspicious death possibly murder.

[stevenl]

According to antoher news source his wrist were slit, and there were no other wounds.

Somehow that seems more likely, and makes suicide a plausible cause.

I would not trust the media here to get their fact straight the first or second report, so shouting 'injustice' seems premature.

[Boater]

The report seems to be updated that they are now looking for a ladyboy

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[bkkdawg]

Who the hell stabs themselves to death? This can't be a suicide, more like murder...

[Guest]

PG makes a bit more sense.

“When we entered the room, we found him dead on the bed with a long, deep cut running from his wrist up his forearm, as well as seven stab wounds to his chest.”

At the scene, police also found a bloody knife, as well as three pages of handwritten notes in Russian, which were discarded in a bin in the bathroom.

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Police-search-Phuket-ladyboy-Russian-tourist-slashed/32531#ad-image-1

[steelepulse]

Seems to me this has been set up to appear as a suicide to cover the tracks of murder. I can't see this long cut and 7 stab wounds as a suicide.

[Just1Voice]

Well, first off, you don't know which news report to go by, but 7 stab wounds to the chest is a suicide if patently ridiculous!

[96tehtarp]

The story has been updated. Police are not ruling out murder or suicide and are searching for a ladyboy, according to PG.

[chaiyapoon]

To match the very amateur police force we also have very amateur journalism so nothing that is reported can be trusted as 'the truth'.

[KhunBENQ]

Hope its allowed to link to Phuket Gazette:

http://www.phuketgazette.net/phuket-news/Police-search-Phuket-ladyboy-Russian-tourist-slashed/32531

Police have not ruled out murder or suicide, Maj Peerasak confirmed.

[KhunBENQ]

To match the very amateur police force we also have very amateur journalism so nothing that is reported can be trusted as 'the truth'.

Agree, when I see "Phuket News" I tend to be skeptical.

They brought up so much confusion with some of their "from the immigration/visa" stories in the past.

Edited August 13, 2014 by KhunBENQ

[crazykopite]

Once again the forensic experts are very quick to determine suicide case closed !!!!!!!

[leon9mm]

That's like the black guy found hanging from a tree in Texas nailed to a cross , shot six times and badly burned..

Local sheriff said worst case of suicide he'd ever seen...

No one gets murdered in Thailand...it's bad for business ..

[graeme64]

I actually read the headline and first paragraph and thought I would jokingly write 'police decide likely suicide' I actually snorted and spat on the computer keyboard when I read it.

It is not a funny story in any shape or form and I feel sorry for the deceased and there family / friends (and the poor hotel staff that found him) but his police force is just comical.

At least they now seem to be looking at the possibility some one else may have done them harm

Not sure how you can blame the Phuket News if that is what they are told by the police. I am pretty sure the police would let us know if the Phuket News repeatedly reported things that was not told to them by the police which was a)wrong and b)made the police look bad.

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[LivinginKata]

Keystone Cops comes to my mind.

[IamNoone88]

Suicide - words fail me.

[Alwyn]

Appalling but not as dubious as Gareth Williams the ex-MI6 employee found dead in sports bags which was zipped and padlocked, police said there's nothing suspicious. Seems plod are pretty lazy across the globe when they're not motivated by the bosses who are as unmotivated as the plod it seems!

[laurentbkk]

With all the cameras any hotels have around , I guess it will be easy to see with whom this guy came back before his death ....

[Equalizer]

Do they not know that it has been scientifically proven that a person will have the ability to stab himself in the chest only one time, two in rare circumstances due to the effects of shock.

[Jim walker]

Looks like he picked the wrong hooker for his last night stand RIP unnamed Russian hope the CCTV comes up with some answers as doubt the police will.

[tomyumchai]

so, if we can assume the following 3 things are correct.....

1. dead russian

2. knife

3. ladyboy

then suicide can be the only conclusion, right?

he was heartbroken to be leaving his ladyboy friend so he stabbed himself......7 times cos the first 6 were a bit off target, happens to us longsighted people all the time.

........or maybe she was shortsighted?

........ill put the kettle on.........

[EBlair48]

Seems to me this has been set up to appear as a suicide to cover the tracks of murder. I can't see this long cut and 7 stab wounds as a suicide.

As we are getting conflicting reports on the actual wounds, defensive, suicidal or homicidal - it may be a bit premature to start dismissing the police, and any statement attributed to them is also probably misreported.

Just a notation- long wounds on the inside forearms are classic suicide wounds and are far more effective than slicing the wrists perpendicular to the arm.

[trigger571]

Police concluded that he committed suicide.

How in the name of anything holy did they come to that conclusion. Defensive wounds on both arms, 7 stab wounds to the chest and they close the case as a suicide???? Unbelievable.