The missing iPad, abandoned boat and last call: Mystery surrounds death of Aussie elite private school graduate found dead on an idyllic Thai island

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The keys to the boat (pictured) were still in the ignition and his wallet and backpack were on-board.

 

● Investigators probe death of an Australian who mysteriously died in Thailand 

● Robert Wojcik, 28, had been living in Thailand and working as a divemaster

● The private school graduate is thought to have taken a late-night boat trip

 

By LEVI PARSONS FOR DAILY MAIL AUSTRALIA

 

Thai police are probing the mysterious death of a Sydney man who took a small boat out in the middle of the night and never returned.  

 

Robert Wojcik had moved to the picturesque island of Ko Pu, nestled off the country's west coast, since 2019 after growing up in Australia.

 

The talented sailor graduated from Sydney's illustrious $39,000-a-year Scots College in 2010 before travelling the world working as a divemaster. 

 

Family and friends raised the alarm on June 2 when he failed to return from a late-night trip out on the water.

 

Full story: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-9657295/Mystery-surrounds-death-Australian-ex-Scots-private-schoolboy-living-idyllic-Thai-island.html

 

-- Daily Mail 2012-06-07

 

 

 

 

 

 

[ozz1]

all a bit sus  atleast he wasn't thrown of a balcony 

[petermik]

One thing`s for sure,the "investigation"will never come up with any evidence of a suspicious death...foreigners die naturally here.

[xtof2]

28 years old. Divemaster.

A heart attack for sure.

RIP.

[mfd101]

From Scots College to 'divemaster' ...

[OneMoreFarang]

I speculate she didn't love him anymore. And he thought she was different.

RIP

[Lacessit]

Perhaps he was diving where he shouldn't.

Quite confident the BIB will have the case solved tomorrow.

[ICELANDMAN]

LOS has recently become, LOM the land of mystery

[bendejo]

30 minutes ago, mfd101 said:

From Scots College to 'divemaster' ...

A "quality of life" decision.  A lot of the baristas in the Western world have university degrees.  Ya gotta live it while you're young.  He went before his time but it's a better exit than dying at your desk at work.  RIP.

 

 

[spidermike007]

Is the Dark Tao serial killer on vacation? 

 

A university degree is not what it used to be. If I was giving advice to a youth, who wanted to find work right out of school, it would be one of three areas. 1. An MBA from a top 15 school. 2. An engineering degree.

3. Art restoration training.

 

They make $100 an hour on their first day of work and demand is totally out of proportion to the number of qualified restorers out there. Either works on paper, or paintings. Typically, it is one or the other, as the skill set is totally different. 

[Hyna]

37 minutes ago, spidermike007 said:

Art restoration training.

 

They make $100 an hour

Where?

Very poorly paid in my country

[TigerandDog]

As a former diver I'd be asking a few questions:

 

#1.  Where was the boat found, out at sea or moored as per the picture?

#2. As a divemaster he would know better than to dive alone, so was he diving or something else?

#3. Did he go alone?

 

The answers to these 3 questions can lead to quite different possibilities.

[TimBKK]

RIP to this young man - the odds of knowing what really and truly happened are slim to none, unfortunately…

[holy cow cm]

Can be anything to being murdered, to Thai girl broke his heart and he was severely jilted, to even drug addiction taking way too much, passing out and then going over the side. People like this don't normally die under normal circumstances of a happy little nighttime boat ride.

[Mr Meeseeks]

I wonder if he had important information on that iPad like private keys to a digital currency wallet etc.?

 

A good idea is to give your family your public keys, that way they can view transactions on your wallet without having access to the funds. 

[Gandtee]

2 hours ago, bendejo said:

A "quality of life" decision.  A lot of the baristas in the Western world have university degrees.  Ya gotta live it while you're young.  He went before his time but it's a better exit than dying at your desk at work.  RIP.

 

 

It depends on the manner in which you end your life.????

[audaciousnomad]

1 hour ago, TigerandDog said:

As a former diver I'd be asking a few questions:

 

#1.  Where was the boat found, out at sea or moored as per the picture?

#2. As a divemaster he would know better than to dive alone, so was he diving or something else?

#3. Did he go alone?

 

The answers to these 3 questions can lead to quite different possibilities.

You assume you will get true answers to all three questions? Not in this country. ????

[Old Croc]

It's a real mystery.

Why on earth is the school he attended years previously a big part of the story?

Why does the name of his college trigger some posters to boast about their schooling and work history?

 

Does anyone give a flying f...... that I went to Scarborough High School? (At least I learnt not to go diving alone at night.)

[Fex Bluse]

This will solved SUPER fast owing to the very bad timing as the Thais desperately need tourists, any tourists, to come.

 

Expect a world-class investigation result in a handful of days.

[Artisi]

2 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

As a former diver I'd be asking a few questions:

 

#1.  Where was the boat found, out at sea or moored as per the picture?

#2. As a divemaster he would know better than to dive alone, so was he diving or something else?

#3. Did he go alone?

 

The answers to these 3 questions can lead to quite different possibilities.

This is Thailand, you don't ask meaningful questions as it can mislead the already ordained outcome. 

[Burma Bill]

7 hours ago, webfact said:

who took a small boat out in the middle of the night and never returned.  

 With respect, a secret rendezvous??

[Artisi]

26 minutes ago, Fex Bluse said:

This will solved SUPER fast owing to the very bad timing as the Thais desperately need tourists, any tourists, to come.

 

Expect a world-class investigation result in a handful of days.

Yep, already got a couple of Burmese guys lined up. 

[spidermike007]

3 hours ago, Hyna said:

Where?

Very poorly paid in my country

I assume you meant restoration? Details are always important, when it comes to answering a question. LOL. 

 

In the US. $200 to remove foxing or a wrinkle from a print. One hours work. And it takes a month or two! 

 

$400 to $1000, for very minor work on a painting. Two hours work. 

 

Ridiculous. In the US, art restoration people think they are psychiatrists, own a body shop, or are tree trimmers, based on their cost. 

[timendres]

4 hours ago, ICELANDMAN said:

LOS has recently become, LOM the land of mystery

 

Recently?

[Liverpool Lou]

5 hours ago, Lacessit said:

Perhaps he was diving where he shouldn't.

Quite confident the BIB will have the case solved tomorrow.

I think the Thaivisa sleuths will have the case closed much quicker.

[Liverpool Lou]

3 hours ago, TigerandDog said:

As a former diver I'd be asking a few questions:

 

#1.  Where was the boat found, out at sea or moored as per the picture?

#2. As a divemaster he would know better than to dive alone, so was he diving or something else?

#3. Did he go alone?

 

The answers to these 3 questions can lead to quite different possibilities.

The answers to those 3 questions can be found in the OP or the link.

[Liverpool Lou]

2 hours ago, holy cow cm said:

Can be anything to being murdered, to Thai girl broke his heart and he was severely jilted, to even drug addiction taking way too much, passing out and then going over the side. People like this don't normally die under normal circumstances of a happy little nighttime boat ride.

Yeah, that's probably what happened, thanks for letting us know.

[Liverpool Lou]

1 hour ago, Fex Bluse said:

This will solved SUPER fast owing to the very bad timing as the Thais desperately need tourists, any tourists, to come.

 

Expect a world-class investigation result in a handful of days.

That investigation is going on right now, courtesy of a few members here on Thaivisa.

[Jai Dee]

A troll post and a reply have been removed.

[holy cow cm]

3 minutes ago, Liverpool Lou said:

Yeah, that's probably what happened, thanks for letting us know.

Yeah your welcome. When you spend a lot of time in Thailand you find that anything is possible and not clear and straight cut. Would you like me to add in in  the possibility of being drunk off his skull and then falling over and drowning taking his I-Pad with him that acted like a weight dragging him down under? Or the I-Pad electrocuted him after falling in the water?