Death of billionaires at Koh Tao: New details emerge as police carry out poolside reenactment

[webfact]

Picture: Daily News

 

Daily News reported that "Big Police" descended on the area of the pool at the five star resort in Koh Tao yesterday where two Thai/Indian billionaires died on Friday.

 

And now it has emerged that the couple and their son decided to change hotels because one they had previously booked had a swimming pool that was too small. 

 

In addition the husband was found first and only some time later was the wife discovered under the water in a different location.

 

Rakeswar, 59, and Anshoo Sachathamakul, 55, were found dead at the pool on Friday.

 

They had earlier arrived with their 34 year old son Ratich for a holiday. 

 

Yesterday, Region 8 chief Lt-Gen Kitrat Phanpetch and his entourage carried out investigations and reenactments at the scene of what staff found.

 

Daily News

 

Daily News had pictures of a man apparently playing the part of Rakeswar in the pool while in another top cops and local police looked in the pool while media observed. 

 

Daily News said that originally the parents and their son had arrived at room P3 in another resort. 

 

But they decided to change after finding that the pool was too small unlike what had been advertised on the website and there was construction work going on. 

 

The son contacted the resort where the incident occurred by phone to change their plans and driver Pheerathorn Janthao went to pick them all up at 11 am. 

 

They were now given what the media called a "pool villa" to stay in. 

 

At this point the son and his mother enjoyed a bottle of beer each and some food before they went to their room at 12.17.

 

Hotel staff then got a call from the son who wanted to rent a kayak. They took his phone and bag for safekeeping. 

 

The parents then asked for the direction to the pool. Later the son asked for his possessions to be returned to him.

 

At 3.49 pm hotel staffer Airadar Jaimen heard the son calling in a panic four or five times from the pool area. She looked out but didn't see anyone. 

 

At 4.01 pm she heard cries for help and went there and then alerted others to retrieve the body of the father who was lying unconscious on the steps leading into the pool.

 

He was unconscious. 

 

Two fellow staffers from Myanmar came to help and rescue calls were made to a foundation. Hospital staff over the phone gave basic instructions on how to perform CPR.

 

Then the son enquired as to the location of his mother. She was then found under the water on another side of the pool.

 

Both were taken to hospital but had died. 

 

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[Lantern]

Very suspicious.

[Mywayboy]

RIP to them both.

 

[Mywayboy]

Just now, Lantern said:

Very suspicious.

Maybe a very naughty boy time will tell.

[Geoffggi]

This whole thing stinks more than a fish market .............

[ezzra]

So the "little police" couldn't come up with how the couple died so the brought the "big guns" to figure out what really went on because what went of was a murder and no other way to look at it,

old saying goes " before you look for the outlaws, look for the in laws"... 

[worgeordie]

23 minutes ago, webfact said:

 

Two fellow staffers from Myanmar

Better leave quickly....

regards Worgeordie

[BenCrew]

Two very interesting post mortems coming up. ????

[smedly]

35 minutes ago, webfact said:

The parents then asked for the direction to the pool. Later the son asked for his possessions to be returned to him.

 

At 3.49 pm hotel staffer Airadar Jaimen heard the son calling in a panic four or five times from the pool area. She looked out but didn't see anyone. 

critical time stamp missing

 

also, did the parents have any valuables with them at the pool ?

 

they wanted a bigger pool - that would lead me to believe at least one of them could swim.

[ChipButty]

As the saying goes, It's your friends you need to watch, you're already watching your enemies 

[RandolphGB]

Very suspicious that both were able to swim yet both died. Further, a luxury hotel that hadn't been maintaining the CCTV is odd.

 

 

Edited June 9, 2021 by RandolphGB

[smedly]

14 minutes ago, BenCrew said:

Two very interesting post mortems coming up. ????

a drowning whether accidental or murder will show up as................... a drowning

[orchis]

45 minutes ago, webfact said:

And now it has emerged that the couple and their son decided to change hotels because one they had previously booked had a swimming pool that was too small. 

Oh Lordee.

[smedly]

1 minute ago, RandolphGB said:

Very suspicious that both were able to swim yet both died

where was that reported - I maybe missed it

[ChipButty]

Certainly strange 2 people drown in the same pool around the same time, that in it's self is unusual, would one person be able to do that? I think them Burmese had better get out of there 

[ChipButty]

16 minutes ago, RandolphGB said:

Very suspicious that both were able to swim yet both died. Further, a luxury hotel that hadn't been maintaining the CCTV is odd.

 

 

Nothing gets maintained in Thailand so it doesn't surprise me they were not working 

[thequietman]

1 hour ago, webfact said:

Hotel staff then got a call from the son who wanted to rent a kayak. They took his phone and bag for safekeeping.

This way the phone can't be used to show where he was located at the time. Unless there are eye witnesses to say they seen him walking on the beach - then this needs to be pushed further.

 

It's very sad and very strange. ????

[Silencer]

2 hours ago, webfact said:

At 3.49 pm hotel staffer Airadar Jaimen heard the son calling in a panic four or five times from the pool area. She looked out but didn't see anyone. 

Maybe a minor point....but how does the staffer know it was the son calling out in a panic and not, say, the father? More than 10 minutes passed until the second cries for help, also from the son, alerted the staffer and the first body found. IF it was the father we would know he was alive at that time (she saw no one). 

[Rimmer]

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[Pedrogaz]

I am always mystified by the immense, misplaced faith that the police (and maybe the judiciary and public) place in these re-enactments.  They seem to be simply photo ops for the top brass.

[MasterBaker]

how is it possible to re-enact something they didn't witness?

[khunPer]

3 hours ago, webfact said:

They were now given what the media called a "pool villa" to stay in. 

 

3 hours ago, webfact said:

The parents then asked for the direction to the pool.

To my knowledge a so-called "pool villa" face a pool...????

 

5 minutes ago, MasterBaker said:

how is it possible to re-enact something they didn't witness?

Seems like it was retrieve of the bodies they re-enacted, somebody must have witnessed that, since the bodies have been taken up.

[hotchilli]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

In addition the husband was found first and only some time later was the wife discovered under the water in a different location

Hmmm.

[Sydebolle]

"Two fellow staffers from Myanmar" - going where others went wrong in the past; beware. Scapegoats are usually in short supply - except on Koh Tao! 

[OneMoreFarang]

5 hours ago, webfact said:

the son who wanted to rent a kayak. They took his phone and bag for safekeeping. 

Really?

That mean he was separated from his mobile phone. And possibly for more than an hour!

I don't think I know many young people who would allow that to happen.

[Cheeky Monkey]

No local cop is going to come to any conclusion, without clearing it first with those higher up the food chain.

[JimmyJ]

The only way I can see this as natural causes related to swimming is:

 

Person 1 of started to drown - e.g., stomach cramps.

Person 2 tried to save #1.

 

#1 grabbed hold of #2 while struggling for air and they both drowned.

 

Unlikely but - thinking back to my Junior and Senior Lifesaving swim courses - that is one danger when trying to do a water rescue.

[Tropicalevo]

From another paper it is said that Rakeshwar was still alive when he was transported to the hospital and died shortly after arriving.

Not sure if I can publish the name of the paper.

It still looks like a very sad case of lady drowning, husband tries but fails to save her from the bottom of the scuba diving area.

Husband struggles to exit the pool.

Edited June 9, 2021 by Tropicalevo

[steve187]

5 hours ago, smedly said:

a drowning whether accidental or murder will show up as................... a drowning

maybe the water came 2nd

[connda]

6 hours ago, webfact said:

Two fellow staffers from Myanmar came to help and rescue calls were made to a foundation.

Myanmar?  Run!