German Dies In Hotel Room: Covered In Scratches...

SOURCE: Pattaya People: April 12th 2007

Hard Drinking German Dies in Hotel

A foreigner’s death was reported to the Pattaya police by a security guard from Beverly Plaza Hotel late on 11th April.

When the police entered the room they found the body of Mr. Ulrich Friedrich Adam, aged 68, a German national, beside the bed. It looked like he was trying to climb up onto the bed before he died.

Mr. Adam had wounds and scratches on his arms, possibly caused by a recent motorbike accident. There were no signs of a fight or any disturbance in the room – even his safe was untouched.

However, the police found a lot of medication and a near empty bottle of whiskey in the room. It is believed that he died from alcohol poisoning or from some disease that he already has.

The security guard stated that Mr. Adam would drink every day outside at bars and always carried home a bottle of whiskey to drink in the room alone.

On that day no one saw him come out of the room. Usually he ordered food from the hotel but that evening he did not appear. The guard thought it suspicious so went to knock on Mr. Adams room, getting no response he used the spare key to enter and found Mr. Adam dead.

The body has been sent to the Police Institute of Forensic Laboratory and the German embassy has been informed.