sweatalot Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I hope events like this will cease to happen in the future. Another job for the good General to make the police waht they should be. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
harleyclarkey Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Dreadful and horrific. You go to an idyllic island for the time of your life and it ends horribly. They were seemingly at a party and a mere 100m away from their bungalow. One is Irish and the other UK. The island has been cordoned off with no \one leaving for the mainland. Kho Tao has always been a cool laid back calm island. Sincere condolences to the families of the two young people. What a terrible time for them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Traveller45 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 ...and also, these have-nots that commit such outrages are not the ones capable of buying the Police. Quite the contrary: One would think that local Mafia have an interest that such things do not happen. Such events hurt business, make them lose money. So the Mafia pressure, if any, would go into the direction of finding and punishing the perpetrators, maybe by exactly the same method that they themselves used on their victims. Crime is what Police is not: Brutally efficient. Let's hope so... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
media Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 This is terrible, unbelievable that someone could do this. I hope that they send a lot of cops to the island and POWER investigate it in hopes of finding the truth and catch the perps before they flee or do it again Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Loles Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 An especially nice reputation again ... RIP young guys and my full condolences for their sad families. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lucjoker Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Watch out ,wherever you are ,killers are around you. So dont flash money ,gold.... or your beauty,it can be taken by anyone who does not have your moral standards . And they will take it on you weakest moment ,in the dark, after drinks........ Not only in Thailand but anywhere where you are considered richer than the locals. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 There should be plenty of DNA evidence here, both on the hoe and elsewhere. I do hope that the investigators don't screw up on this one as with DNA it is possible to nail the exact person (the only exceptions are mirror-twins) No doubt the perp thinks he has got away with it but if the DNA evidence is preserved he will be a marked man. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BeeNox Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 It's so sad..... R.I.P. they were so young.... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
churchill Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 From AFP https://uk.news.yahoo.com/british-pair-found-murdered-thai-resort-island-police-080839896.html#eK1Er1x Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk213 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Sky news UK reporting that they were British tourists. No other details at the moment. Why is it that us Brits seem to often be the ones at the end of these articles and situations? I assume in this situation they had no fault to play in their demise either. RIP, lets hope the culprit is caught and hasn't fled somehow. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
hoyism Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 brutal, senseless, sick, beyond words....RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
glasswort Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 It appears that many parts of Thailand's tourism areas are becoming like the seedier parts of all large cities, with brutal murder becoming a part of everyday life. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk213 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 There should be plenty of DNA evidence here, both on the hoe and elsewhere. I do hope that the investigators don't screw up on this one as with DNA it is possible to nail the exact person (the only exceptions are mirror-twins) No doubt the perp thinks he has got away with it but if the DNA evidence is preserved he will be a marked man. Sorry I have to jump in and be nitpicky here, there is actually a rare disorder if you want to call it that where someone can be born with 2 sets of DNA. The DNA found in say their saliva, blood and hair would be different to the DNA found in internal organs. I realised this after seeing a documentary about how a woman had 3 children who all had different DNA to her. It took 9 years to work out why and the condition is known as chimerism. It is very rare though so I am just nitpicking. But the people with chimerism only know because of such events as finding out their children are not the same DNA match through testing for whatever reason, imagine how many people go unnoticed or untested... That may throw the whole DNA matching method into disarray http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lydia_Fairchild Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nikthekiwi Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 <script type='text/javascript'>window.mod_pagespeed_start = Number(new Date());</script> wow terrible news! from the more peaceful cousin of Koh Phangan. looks like the Meth has taken a firm grip of the locals there too now. I despise that drug more than any other...it turns people into lunatics with no moral compass whatsoever... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tham1 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Very sad RIP. Also sad to read the comments about the possible effect on tourism - some heartless morons here in Thailand. I sometimes wonder how much longer it will be before they realize how stupid they look in the eyes of the civilized world. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tanlic Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 If they are unidentified, how do they know they were both 24 years old? I think you'll find as a matter of course the police will not release their names to the press until fimily have been notified. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
StaffsShot Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 RPI and sincere condolences to both their families absolutely horrific murders So it is now becoming more apparent where not to go for your holidays if you want to have a safe carefree relaxing holiday with beautiful beaches Thailand is not the place to come to. Come on this rarely happens to holidaymakers everywhere in the world, Spain, Greece, Cyprus, Caribbean..... Thailand isn't exempt. Terrible news to wake up to here in UK...hope the one responsible is caught quickly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nowisee Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Tragic in so many ways.Where can you go these days to enjoy yourself without having to deal with predators? Asked rhetorically... Take a big knife with you when you and your lady go to the beach to chill out.. keep your eyes peeled for ANYONE looking out of place and or approaching you... be prepared to fight for your life...when in doubt attack... hmmmm, great way to spend a relaxing evening on the beach during your vacation.. I think not.Better to just go to another place that does not have a history of violence... where is that? xxxxxx... I'm staying home, those places can go under as far as I'm concerned... they are not that spectacular to risk any of this.As someone else mentioned above... I think farang need to stick together and defend each other in times of need. I really bothers me when I see people just standing by while the lady on the beach gets bullied and sand kicked on her... we are strong in numbers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jean Pierre Jacquot Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I don't understand why the party organizers do not set up some simple but effective security surveillance like hiring a few local guys for the whole night. Could be great PR for the party too. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Joe Bloggs Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 There may also be DNA of the perp underneath the female victims fingernails. The perp was probably scratched during the rape and murder so someone will know who the perp is. It is curious that there is no mention of mobile phones being stolen. As British and Irish people of that age seem to be addicted to their smartphones this does seem odd but perhaps there was no signal on that beach. Although I live in the UK I will not have a smartphone as (1) The only phones that survive with me are tough builders phones. (2) Smartphones attract muggers and murderers. RIP Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
totallyobnoxiousme Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Disgusting, its abominable and has the same markings of the girl who was murdered whilst calling her mother to say' Happy New Year a few years back. What kind of deranged scum could do this to another human being. Hope he or they get executed like the fisherman who slaughtered the English girl I just mentioned. This will certainly send waves of discontent and revulsion around the world - no doubt.RIP ... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
godden Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 What spin will TAT put on this!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gopis108 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Oner can almost visualize some of the foreign tourists rushing towards the exits-and rightly so-however Thailand is known for the place to party and for its liberal environment with youngsters, which policy does clash with many local Buddhists etcansd muslims as well),so one may say does Thailand really need the foreign dollars that badly that it can risk corrupting its own children,which of course have been brought down to the hedonistic level of the foreigners by the forced association and the bad example the foreigners(kinnok)set ,and therefore completely ruining whatever culture was here.??Did Thailand really have a drug problem before these deadheads from the west began introducing all things evil,and now we are seeing the result.Just sayin.I have been here over ten years and I can scarcely believe how the local youth have been changed and degraded in that short period of time from what I experienced when first arriving.Cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bluespunk Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 I think it is about time now to think about some "self-protection squad" or another among expats. This cannot go on. Places are littered with dead and mutilated tourists. Resort by day, Amityville at night. Self protection squad? Vigilantes solve nothing. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kwic Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Dayyum :| Feel sorry for the victim's relatives and the local islanders. I hope that whoever did that will be hung by the balls and put on the Bangkok city centre. Well.. that would work if not for the kids. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
TinaKohChang Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 This is terrible! Horrible beyond believe! Now the small and formerly peaceful island of Koh Tao ain' t no safe anymore too. R.I.P young guys! I hope they'll get the bastard who did it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
exalll Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 If they are unidentified, how do they know they were both 24 years old? I think you'll find as a matter of course the police will not release their names to the press until fimily have been notified. So they have been identified, but the police have declined to release their names. Could have been written more clearly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
laolover88 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 Absolutely horrific. How sad for them and their families. Did not something similar occur on Koh Kut some years ago? I love Koh Tao. Probably not taking the kids back there or Phangan any time soon Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
IamNoone88 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 The violence just keeps escalating along with the lip service. I would never let my daughter travel here with or without friends. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
monk213 Posted September 15, 2014 Share Posted September 15, 2014 The only way to solve this problem (and I have only been here half a decade so I assume those old timers saying things have changed is true), is to address why at the very core. Sure catching and prosecuting the offenders is a given, but that is like taking a tiny part of a cancerous tumor away, it doesn't address the entire issue. Why are these violent crimes occurring more often, what is encouraging it to happen? This is the thought process that the authorities and government should be taking, if they I is another matter. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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