I got a clear view of Hannah's body, but not David's. The Samui Times believes that it is in the best interests of any visitor to the island to be aware of the numerous tourist deaths and the fact that many families of those who died on the island are not satisfied with police investigations.. In October the two men retracted confessions initially made to police. The family said it had brought to a close a "lengthy and disturbing period" where activists on social media had attempted to influence justice in Thailand and public opinion elsewhere. On Koh Tao it meant a man living their life as a woman. There were no signs he was suicidal. Bernd's cousin Christina said: ''We cannot accept what the Thai authorities on the island are telling us. Lives in Monrovia, Liberia. REUTERS/Athit Perawongmetha/Files. "Our thoughts are also with the Witheridge family and the tragic loss of their daughter. The suspects, both migrant workers, could be executed if found guilty. See Photos. Sign up to our newsletter to get more articles like this delivered straight to your inbox. At least eleven European tourists have died or disappeared there since 2014 and it is now described as Death Island or Murder Island. They were all run by the book. "We called him in for questioning again because we found his earlier statements to be suspicious," Pol Col Prachoom Ruengthong, police chief for the nearby Koh Phangan island, told dpa. Bernds family in Ingolstadt, Germany, said that the authorities told them he had died of heart failure or had been bitten by a snake. "Laura was being treated in hospital. On February 16, 2015, Russian tourist Valentina Novozhyonova, 23, vanished from her hostel on Koh Tao. There were no signs of a struggle or rape or other human DNA. A post-mortem examination showed Miss Witheridge had been raped. Im not saying that men are the only ones who like adventurous women, but the ones that do tend to be the ones who like the ones who are more adventurous. The ending of Netflix's Triptych explained, Khlo Kardashian is living her best life on TikTok, Period-proof activewear to stop the leakage fear, Sister of a murdered British backpacker has died, The Alex Murdaugh trial: everything we know so far. However, no toxicology report was conducted. Police colonel Prachum Ruangthong said: "The man was chopped in the back and on the side of his head, while the woman was chopped in her face. These two couples are probably the most obvious examples of this, but there are plenty of other examples. According to reports, Hannah and Laura's parents, Tony and Susan Witheridge, said in a statement on 17 September saying, "Laura had been gravely ill and was being treated in hospital. I have no idea but it's safe to say it was the vast majority. I think one, or both of them said or did something discriminatory to a ladyboy. The bar owner was fairly high up in one of the mafias and had killed a few Burmese people previously so it didn't surprise me. Read about our approach to external linking. As well as the alleged murders and rape, Mr Zaw and Mr Win are also accused of conspiracy to murder, conspiracy to rape and robbery. There was a bar you avoided due to potential violence occurring. It's pretty common knowledge that torture doesn't get you the truth, it gets you what you want to hear. A court has charged two Burmese men with the murder of two British tourists in Thailand earlier this year. Subscribe https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCcUf33cEPky2GiWBgOP-jQA?sub_confirmation=1 Support me on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/coffeehousecrime Coffeehouse Crime Facebook https://www.facebook.com/coffeehousecrime Coffeehouse Crime Map http://bit.ly/coffeehousecrimemap References https://pastebin.com/HNYLVMvg Coffeehouse Crime FM https://bit.ly/3n7Jv3yDISCLAIMER: Great effort is made to ensure all materials in Coffeehouse Crime's videos fall within the guidelines of fair use. They think our country is beautiful and safe and they can do whatever they want, wear bikinis wherever they like, the prime minister said. No copyright infringement is intended. Phone records showed that Elise called her mother on Skype on April 17, 2017, before leaving Koh Phangan on a Ferry on April 19. Seeing a high ranking mafia member involved in a fight leads the other members to jump in. By rejecting non-essential cookies, Reddit may still use certain cookies to ensure the proper functionality of our platform. However, if you like to be more boring, you may like to be the ones who are more adventurous. In August 2020, Zaw Lin and Wai Phyo had their death sentences commuted to life in prison to commemorate King Vajiralongkorn's birthday and to show his "clemency". Cookie Notice It was exactly like that for five years. You knew who you could trust, you knew who liked to stir up drama etc. Laura Daniels, 30, has died five years after sister Hannah, 23, was killed on Koh Tao with David Miller of Jersey. Now onto the mafia. The second theory is they were giving abuse to the ladyboys in BAR. The population of Koh Tao was around 1300, which did not include the hundreds of Westerners living on the island or the thousands of Burmese, or the hundreds arriving everyday. Hannah was missing clothes on her lower body and her head/face had been completely smashed in by a blunt object. They had been bludgeoned to death. The FCO says such attacks are particularly common around the time of Full Moon parties and generally occur late at night near bars in Haad Rin. He had been dead about 10 days and had left to go snorkeling alone on November 8. I think it comes from the fact that they are very different personalities. Forensics experts in Bangkok said they found, and are now DNA-testing, blonde hairs in Witheridge's right hand. If you were going to find trouble, it was at the bar, though until Meth really became an issue, you'd realistically never have any problems. Read about our approach to external linking. At one point is was extremely hidden and out of nowhere it was out in the open, if you knew where to look. The family said: Time makes the pain of this horrendous tragedy no easier to bear. The two men were convicted and sentenced in 2015 and the verdict was upheld by an appeals court in 2017 and the Supreme Court in August 2019. "But in the end the truth has been revealed," the couple added. RM 2E68YJC - Myanmar migrant worker Win Zaw Htun arrives at the Koh Samui Provincial Court, in Koh Samui, Thailand, July 8, 2015. Thai king commutes sentence of UK pairs killers, Human error to blame for train crash - Greek PM, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Having lived on the island for a fair few years at this point, the mafia knew who I was. They lock them up in a BKK prison and torture them for a confession. https://www.nytimes.com/2018/11/03/world/asia/thailand-koh-tao-death-island.html#:~:text=But%20among%20some%20foreigners%2C%20Koh,began%20calling%20it%20Death%20Island.&text=She%20accused%20the%20police%20of,up%20crime%20on%20the%20island. Family picture Laura Daniels was gravely ill in hospital The family of Hannah Witheridge, a backpacker who was murdered in Thailand, have had their "hearts broken" by a second death. The father of murdered British backpacker Hannah Witheridge has wept as graphic photos of her body lying on a Thai beach were shown in court. This news blows up in the UK. I love this photo of hannah and david thailand in hannah and david thailand at the studio. Me too :' ( she was almost unrecognizable. Where is Morgan from the Murdaugh Murders now? Why are government officials going along with this with no/circumstantial evidence at best? I think that a lot of guys like to be more adventurous, especially if they like the ones who are more adventurous. Their sentences have been reviewed to commemorate King Vajiralongkorn's birthday and to show his "clemency". Our hearts are broken, our lives shattered again," the statement said. An inquest had been held in 2014 as his death was being treated as suspicious. I drove to work and on the way saw a small crowd of people gathered to the side of BAR, on the beach. German Bernd Grotsch's body was found at his home deep in the jungle in the Mae Haad part of Koh Tao. I believe they met up whilst drunk at a previous bar. The owner of BAR stepped in, fucked up on Meth. By accepting all cookies, you agree to our use of cookies to deliver and maintain our services and site, improve the quality of Reddit, personalize Reddit content and advertising, and measure the effectiveness of advertising. 2023 BBC. They were also asked to recreate the murders, but according to sources on Koh Tao, were unable to do so. They believed he had accidentally drowned and he was thought to have been dead for around 12 hours when his body was retrieved. "The final admittance of their guilt has allowed this act of clemency to become possible," they continued. 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GRAPHIC crime scene photos showing the corpses of English backpackers Hannah Witheridge and David Miller have surfaced online, traumatising their families. Pol Maj Gen Pornchai Sutheerakhun, director of the Institute of Forensic Science at Police General Hospital in Bangkok, said There were wounds around the neck due to the hanging and some non-fatal bruises in the head, and no drugs were found in the body. Privacy Policy. The bodies of Hannah Witheridge and David Miller were found on a Thai beach on 15 September, Win Zaw Htun (L) and Zaw Lin were arrested in early October, Mr Zaw and Mr Win took part in a police re-enactment of the killings in October, At the crash site of 'no hope' - BBC reporter in Greece. Absolutely brutal murder but I think they have the wrong people. Read about our approach to external linking. Facebook. I really am a fan of hannahs style and photography as well. Frenchman, Dimitri Povse, 29, was found hanging from the beam of a rented house on January 1, 2015. Police Tuesday began interrogating a group of Myanmar men working in the area, saying their probe was focusing on foreign workers. The suspects - from Myanmar, also known as Burma - confessed to the murders, which they later retracted, claiming they had been tortured. Administratively it is a subdistrict (tambon) of Ko Pha-ngan District (amphoe) of Surat Thani Province. They followed the animal and discovered that it had been feeding on Elise's remains, which were found among rocks behind the Tanote Family Bay Resort. A pair of Christopher Wares blood-stained pants were found in luggage belonging to David Miller, who, along with romantic partner Hannah Witheridge, were killed Monday on Koh Tao. Hannah Witheridge, 23, from Norfolk and David Miller, 24, of Jersey were bludgeoned to death with a wooden hoe as they walked back to their hotel room late at night on September 15, 2014, on the popular Sairee Beah. 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Are there serial killers operating on the island, with their crimes apparently insufficiently investigated so that the tourist industry remains protected? We are furious that we have not been able to have an approved independent forensic examination.". Nick's father, Graham, had been the last person to see him when he walked with his son back to where the family was staying. As always you can unsubscribe at any time. Maybe some of the mafia got involved to get them to back off the ladyboy, who is possibly mafia too, add in Meth, violence escalates and now two are dead. Derby coroner Louise Pinder said there was not enough evidence to say how he died and recorded an open verdict. https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/6729031/thailand-koh-tao-island-dad-dead-mystery/, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-derbyshire-30546787, https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2019/09/17/sister-murdered-backpacker-hannah-witheridge-dies-falling-gravely/, https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-53797951, https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/1282946/police-clarify-koh-tao-death-cases, https://forum.thaivisa.com/topic/1047575-death-island-riddle%C2%A0-koh-tao-mystery-deepens-as-%E2%80%98healthy%E2%80%99-dad-becomes-tenth-westerner-to-die-in-suspicious-circumstances/, https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-4680394/Haunting-final-image-Koh-Tao-backpacker-Thai-hang-suicide.html, https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/world-news/thailands-death-island-tourist-33-13399601, https://www.chiangraitimes.com/crime-chiang-rai-thailand/body-of-moldavian-tourist-found-dead-in-sea-off-the-island-koh-tao-sent-to-bangkok-for-thorough-autopsy/, https://www.bangkokpost.com/thailand/general/443983/suter-hanspeter-body-found-on-beach-in-chumphon-thailand, Koh Tao Murders, Suspicious Deaths, Fatal Accidents Tribute to 20 Foreigners Tony Lotus & 1Survivor, Tagged: Koh Tao - Death Island in Paradise, Cases on the Death Island of Koh Tao, nick pearson koh tao death, The coroner concluded there was not enough evidence to say where or how he met his death. 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