On February 20th, 2024, at 9:30 PM, Pattaya police discovered the deceased body of a 72-year-old Dutch national identified as Mr. Ronald Paul Pijiman in his room at an 8-story condominium along Thappraya Road.

 

The victim’s identity was disclosed by Pattaya police who had also reportedly contacted the embassy and relatives of the victim. His body was found inside a room on the 4th floor. Inside, investigators observed two glasses on the dining table next to a kitchen knife. No signs of forced entry or disturbance were found.

 

In the bedroom, Mr. Pijiman was found lying face down near the bathroom entrance, deceased for an estimated 3-4 days with blood and bodily fluids on the floor. An examination revealed a wound on his neck.

 

Police found various items on the victim’s bed, including a wooden drawer, two opened soda bottles, a glass, earphones, charging cable, a pen and two false teeth. The room also housed numerous empty soda and plastic coke bottles scattered alongside a notebook.

 

By Aim Tanakorn

 

Full story: The Pattaya News 2024-02-21

 

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Rip..probably suicide as the police always say. No further investigations need to be done case closed.... Feel sorry his family

Rip old fella, sorry it had to end this way for you.

2 hours ago, hotchilli said:

Rip old fella, sorry it had to end this way for you.

Errr 72 - less of the 'old' please

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

two opened soda bottles

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

His body was found inside a room on the 4th floor. Inside, investigators observed two glasses on the dining table next to a kitchen knife

Hmmm. So he wasn't alone. Must be suicide then. TiT. 

14 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

two false teeth

This is suspicious.

So it was not the tidy serial killer , mess in the room, Plod with have to investigate this one.

 

 

regards worgeordie

 

11 minutes ago, mikebell said:

This is suspicious.

If they weren't his teeth.

1 hour ago, gargamon said:

Hmmm. So he wasn't alone. Must be suicide then. TiT. 

Thai media has shown his room, he had more than a couple of soda bottles around.

 

Video below is censored, but shows the covered body being removed.

 

https://fb.watch/qmvi5h5ALT/?

18 hours ago, snoop1130 said:

Police found various items on the victim’s bed, including a wooden drawer, two opened soda bottles, a glass, earphones, charging cable, a pen and two false teeth. The room also housed numerous empty soda and plastic coke bottles

 

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Thai media has shown his room, he had more than a couple of soda bottles around.

Yes, that was in the OP as shown above. And it was the reason I made my post, to point out the evidence that there were two people in the room. They specifically pointed out two opened bottles and two glasses on the table. 

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Thai media has shown his room, he had more than a couple of soda bottles around.

Many empty bottles that you can call opened to cause some confusion.

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Thai media has shown his room, he had more than a couple of soda bottles around.

 

Video below is censored, but shows the covered body being removed.

 

https://fb.watch/qmvi5h5ALT/?

Impossible to think that such details of a deceased's apartment are shown to public in western countries (medication [tranquilizer], many notes in English(!), a brochure in Russian [maybe multi language], walking stick, false teeth...).

Unusually good details here for CSI: ANF to work with. But we have more questions. Front door locked from inside? Balcony door left open, escape to the next room over?

3 minutes ago, KhunBENQ said:

Impossible to think that such details of a deceased's apartment are shown to public in western countries (medication, many notes in English(!), a brochure in Russian (maybe multi language, walking stick, false teeth...).

 

Our dicks demand to know ALL the details needed to solve the case. Now: were they HIS false teeth?

5 hours ago, JoePai said:

Errr 72 - less of the 'old' please

Apologies.

1 dead / week

 

Something abnormal is going on in Pattaya.

1 hour ago, KhunBENQ said:

Many empty bottles that you can call opened to cause some confusion.

Sorry but I did not say anything about open bottles.
 

The video I posted was of the scene, the real image, I posted the video as the AN keyboard Sherlocks were jumping to conclusions from a few words in a news report.

17 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

probably suicide as the police always say

No, the police do not "always say" that.

2 hours ago, gargamon said:

 

Yes, that was in the OP as shown above. And it was the reason I made my post, to point out the evidence that there were two people in the room. They specifically pointed out two opened bottles and two glasses on the table. 

Sorry but how is that proof there were 2 people in the room? Did you even watch the video?

 

Lots of soda bottles present, could mean many different things, really likes soda water, he liked it with his whiskey, he was forgetful, he had poor housekeeping, he had a visitor, etc.

 

Will not stop the AN keyboard Sherlocks’ jumping to a conclusion, and if you can get a bit of Thai bashing, about the police, or the better for their ego.

 

People do die everyday the world over.

17 hours ago, ikke1959 said:

Rip..probably suicide as the police always say. No further investigations need to be done case closed.... Feel sorry his family

Absolute BS Inspector Clouseau.

1 hour ago, zhounan said:

1 dead / week

 

Something abnormal is going on in Pattaya.

People dying is abnormal?   What would the "normal" count be? 

1 hour ago, zhounan said:

1 dead / week

 

Something abnormal is going on in Pattaya.

166,859 Is the average daily world death rate for 2024, but you think one death in Pattaya is abnormal?

8 minutes ago, billd766 said:

Absolute BS Inspector Clouseau.

Fully agree.

 

See I am not the only one that find others annoying.55555

 

Have a good day.

2 hours ago, zhounan said:

1 dead / week

 

Something abnormal is going on in Pattaya.

Yes, only one dead per week is abnormal for Pattaya.  Low season?

2 hours ago, zhounan said:

1 dead / week

 

Something abnormal is going on in Pattaya.

 

Perfectly normal, considering how many elderly or mentally unstable individuals reside there

2 hours ago, Georgealbert said:

Fully agree.

 

See I am not the only one that find others annoying.55555

 

Have a good day.

I am still trying to find decent posts worth reading that small children on the forumdon't constantly trying to disrupt.

 

Thank you for your good wish for the day.

 

Mine is going downhill for the next hour or so as it is time for my daily exercises.

Cannot say for this poor chap. RIP to him. 

 

But just look all over at those  other oldje 60 or 70 year olds hopping all over, boozing or smoking themselves to death, overeating and squandering their money with 25 year old , rent-a-week prostitutes ? They are all over the food courts and malls in Hua Hin or Pattaya. Sad really.

8 minutes ago, Sigmund said:

Cannot say for this poor chap. RIP to him. 

 

But just look all over at those  other oldje 60 or 70 year olds hopping all over, boozing or smoking themselves to death, overeating and squandering their money with 25 year old , rent-a-week prostitutes ? They are all over the food courts and malls in Hua Hin or Pattaya. Sad really.

 

   Everyone dies anyway , may as well enjoy it whilst you are alive