Cheeky Farang Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 (edited) Australian Dies In Thailand Drinking Binge CHIANG MAI: -- The bodies of an Australian man and his American friend were found slumped together on the floor of a guest house bar in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Monday, police said. An initial investigation found Charles Clayton Burgess, 39, from Box Hill in NSW, and Scott Ray Sturgess, 42, from San Diego, California, may have died from heart failure after drinking too much, police Lieutenant Colonel Boonlert Jantanoodej said. The Nation newspaper said Burgess was the owner of the bar-guest house and Sturgess was a friend who was in Thailand as a tourist. The two men had been drinking with friends in the ground floor bar of the guest house from midday on Sunday, Boonlert said. They were last seen still drinking and shooting pool early on Monday. The two men were found slumped on the floor near the pool table later this morning, Boonlert said. A post-mortem exam found traces of narcotics in their blood but there was no physical sign on their bodies that they had used drugs, he said. Police said the cocktail of drugs and alcohol could have contributed to their deaths. Chiang Mai is close to the Golden Triangle, the drug-producing region where the borders of Burma, Laos and Thailand meet --smh.com.au 2005-08-09 Edited August 9, 2005 by george Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Braccobaldo Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 ...just 39 and 42...GOSH... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jrincon17 Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 ...just 39 and 42...GOSH... <{POST_SNAPBACK}> and both dying together at the same time , something's funny in those narcotics or something is fishy . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nam Kao Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 redrum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
davethailand Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 redrum <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Seems that way does'nt it? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FreedomDude Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Were their wallets missing? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nam Kao Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Handcuffed and shot? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curt Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Any pipes, machetes or lumber nearby? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Nam Kao Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Any sick buffaloes still sick? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
britmaveric Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Plastic bags or telephone cord near by?? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Totster Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 unopened parachutes...? totster Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Boon Mee Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Needle marks? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ice Maiden Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 Any thai policemen with a new gold chain round their neck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Farang Posted August 8, 2005 Author Share Posted August 8, 2005 unopened parachutes...?totster <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Perhaps the bar was on the fourth floor and they decided to have a cuddle and fell over the balcony !!!!!!!!!!!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mickmac Posted August 8, 2005 Share Posted August 8, 2005 The photo on the front page of the local chiang mai paper shows the bodies draped one across another, as if they both died at almost the same time. In fact the photo looks as if one of the guys is performing oral sex on the other, his head in the lap of the other guy. Not a plastic bag, pair of hand cuffs or telephone cable in sight, but the way the bodies are lying is very strange, anyone else see the photo's and think it strange? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sriracha john Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 The photo on the front page of the local chiang mai paper shows the bodies draped one across another, as if they both died at almost the same time. In fact the photo looks as if one of the guys is performing oral sex on the other, his head in the lap of the other guy. Not a plastic bag, pair of hand cuffs or telephone cable in sight, but the way the bodies are lying is very strange, anyone else see the photo's and think it strange? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Is it possible to scan the photo and put it up online? The odds of two people having simultaneous cardiac arrests from natural causes, especially given their ages, is astronomical... However, if they had ingested "narcotics" (the article doesn't specify which or what the amounts in their system were) together, it's entirely possible for both to OD on heroin at the same time. A proper autopsy would give the answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jomama Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Anyone know the name and location of the place? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Skipper Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Sounds unusual but I had two friends in High School die together while taking PCP. I think the threads about Farangs dying too quickly turn disrespectfull. Where are the moderators? I'll bet the families overseas, sometime stumble into the TV Forum doing an internet search about the deceased. Surly, the Guest House owner must have some friends in the area and hopefully they will come here with some info. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Sounds unusual but I had two friends in High School die together while taking PCP.I think the threads about Farangs dying too quickly turn disrespectfull. Where are the moderators? I'll bet the families overseas, sometime stumble into the TV Forum doing an internet search about the deceased. Surly, the Guest House owner must have some friends in the area and hopefully they will come here with some info. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> Well said.It is very easy to make lite of the situation, because things like this happen so often here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cheeky Farang Posted August 9, 2005 Author Share Posted August 9, 2005 Aussie dies after Thai drinking binge August 9, 2005 - 5:49AM Page Tools Email to a friend Printer format The bodies of an Australian man and his American friend have been found slumped together on the floor of a guest house bar in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai, police say. An initial investigation found Charles Clayton Burgess, 39, from Box Hill in NSW, and Scott Ray Sturgess, 42, from San Diego, California, may have died from heart failure after drinking too much, police Lieutenant Colonel Boonlert Jantanoodej said. The Nation newspaper said Burgess was the owner of the bar-guest house and Sturgess was a friend who was in Thailand as a tourist. The two men had been drinking with friends in the ground floor bar of the guest house from midday Sunday, Boonlert said. They were last seen still drinking and shooting pool early Monday. The two men were found slumped on the floor near the pool table later on Monday morning, Boonlert said. A post-mortem exam found traces of narcotics in their blood but there was no physical sign on their bodies that they had used drugs, he said. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karazyal Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Australian dies in Thailand drinking binge CHIANG MAI: -- The bodies of an Australian man and his American friend were found slumped together on the floor of a guest house bar in the northern Thai city of Chiang Mai on Monday, police said. They were last seen still drinking and shooting pool early on Monday. I thought Farangs only died by "falling" off roofs or balconies. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ayakiawe Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 sounds like they were murdered to me but thats just my guess for sure Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tolley Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 More creative than the usual blacony jumps. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cmsally Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Somebody asked location of place. It was a bar next to ??Mango Cafe??on Loi Khoh Rd. Doesn't look like a guest house. I drove past that morning at 7.30. Police already there. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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stumonster Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 Heroin traces in dead Aussie drinkerBy Ian Black in Bangkok August 09, 2005 TRACES of heroin were found in the body of an Australian man who collapsed and died after a long drinking session in a Thai guesthouse bar in the northern city of Chiang Mai, police said today. Charles Clayton Burgess, 39, of Box Hill in New South Wales, was found dead yesterday beside American tourist Scott Ray Sturgess, 42, of San Diego, California. The pair had been drinking heavily and police initially thought the pair had died from alcoholic poisoning. But today a police surgeon reported that heroin had been found in the nostrils and nasal tracts of the dead men. Traces of the drug were also found on paper lying near the bodies at the Poombim beer bar and guesthouse owned by Burgess. Burgess had been working in Chiang Mai as a trader, marketing souvenirs with his Thai wife. They were married in Thailand about a year ago. Police Lieutenant Colonel Boonlert Jantanoodej said the two men had taken part in "a heavy drinking session" with other foreigners in the ground floor bar. They are reported to have started drinking at lunchtime on Sunday and were last seen still imbibing together twelve hours later. Early yesterday a maid at the guesthouse found the men's bodies lying on the floor. Chiang Mai is close to the Golden Triangle, the drug-producing region where the borders of Burma, Laos and Thailand meet, and the source of most of the heroin trafficked between the region and the resof the world. http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/commo...55E1702,00.html Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ernieK24 Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 The photo on the front page of the local chiang mai paper shows the bodies draped one across another, as if they both died at almost the same time. In fact the photo looks as if one of the guys is performing oral sex on the other, his head in the lap of the other guy. Not a plastic bag, pair of hand cuffs or telephone cable in sight, but the way the bodies are lying is very strange, anyone else see the photo's and think it strange? <{POST_SNAPBACK}> I think it's strange that you would think it's strange...! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
yeti Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 The picture is here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
chuchok Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 The picture is here. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> a lovely looking pair.... one wonders how farangs get a bad name..... [mod edited for content] <{POST_SNAPBACK}> And how would you know what they were like? give thier mum or sister a call and tell them that. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
thaitanic Posted August 9, 2005 Share Posted August 9, 2005 The picture is here. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> a lovely looking pair.... one wonders how farangs get a bad name..... [edited]. <{POST_SNAPBACK}> You wouldn't look so great if you were dead. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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