American Found Dead In Patong Hotel

[Tornado]

PATONG: Police are investigating the death of 43-year-old American Chris John Beyer, who was found dead at the Expat Hotel on Thursday with his hands bound and a black garbage bag over his head.

Housekeepers discovered the body about two days after noting a rank odor in room 120, where Mr Beyer had been staying since July 9.

Expat Hotel General Manager Ploenjit James told the Gazette she believed Mr Beyer had taken his own life.

“When he checked in, he put up the “Do Not Disturb” sign and even put his chair and table outside the door of his room [to block people from trying to come in]. He really wanted to be left alone.”

On Sunday he ate in the coffee shop. He looked sad and he bought a bottle of vodka. The next day, he went out to buy cigarettes from the hotel. Then he complained to the receptionist about the housekeeping staff coming into his room to clean. So we stopped cleaning it.

Then, on Thursday, when the room hadn’t been cleaned for about three days, the chambemaids noticed a smell coming from inside. They opened the door and found the dead man.”

The corpse was found lying face-up dressed only in a pair of purple shorts. One arm was handcuffed to the bed and the other was tied with power cable to a table. There was a black plastic bag over his head and three lengths of rubber tubing around his neck to prevent air from entering the bag.

Does that sound like suicide to you?

more...http://phuketgazette.net/news/index.asp?id=3553

[Nam Kao]

SUICIDE MY A$$

Idiots

[nmesparrow]

they really listed it as suicide? with what you've just wrote, suicide may be the reason or it may be less work for authorities to chalk it up to suicide than deal with a farhang murder. lets say he did the bag and rubber tubing first, he would then have to (A) tie his wrist than handcuff or (B ) handcuff then tie his other hand. (A) could be done. by locking the handcuff to the bed then tying his left hand and use his right wrist to push open the hand cuff and manuever it to lock on his wrist. although this seems timely when you've tied a plastic bag over your head which probably wasn't a clear one so vision would be a big problem in doing the rest. i dunno man.

[Bluecat]

SUICIDE MY A$$

Idiots

Maybe not.

But, but not bright enough,..

[meemiathai]

SUICIDE MY A$$

Idiots

So what is it then? What are you guys suspecting?

Each time there is a farang death, it is murder? Who is doing all these killings? Why?

Why don't the Thai police just say they hung themselves rather than revealing all the details if they want to cover up something?

Not trying to say that the police are always telling the truth. But what makes people here think otherwise?

[Darknight]

mmm kinda hard to tie yourself to the bed, put on handcufs on a chair and also tape a bag over your head.

[john b good]

SUICIDE MY A$$

   

    Idiots

So what is it then? What are you guys suspecting?

Each time there is a farang death, it is murder? Who is doing all these killings? Why?

Why don't the Thai police just say they hung themselves rather than revealing all the details if they want to cover up something?

Not trying to say that the police are always telling the truth. But what makes people here think otherwise?

If all these cases are in fact suicide Thailand must be the farang suicide capital of the world.

Whilst it is accepted that it might be possible for someone to truss themselves up as Beyer allegedly did why would he want to go to the trouble.

Admittedly this method has become quite fashionable in the realm.

and from the original post..

Housekeepers discovered the body about two days after noting a rank odor in room 120, where Mr Beyer had been staying since July 9.

Was Beyer on a cut price accommodation deal (and only getting his room made up every two days or so? I guess he maybe had a "don't disturb" hanging outside his door)

Believe the police? Sorry but no!

Suicide is a whole lot less work than a murder investigation (and less damaging to the realms efforts to promote tourism)

[KevinN]

I really have no trouble with that.

A whole lot easier than using black electrical tape to secure his hands behind his own back and then cut the tape and dispose of the remainder of the roll.

Pobly found out that the cute "jolly dolly" that he had relations with the night before wasn't.

You know that Farang are very good at difficult problems.

[Maejo Man]

An almost identical scenario to the one some months back, where a wealthy foriegner was found in shorts, but with a blanket covering him. Same thing, plastic bag over his head, and both hands handcuffed behind his back. This was a suicide too!

While the ingenious farang explores more avenues to end his unhappy life in the realm, I'm trying to find more ways to extend the bliss

It is conceivable to take a deep breath, and place a plastic bag over one's head, tape firmly, and then click on a pair of handcuffs to avoid a change of heart.

You would have to be in the pits of depression or unbalanced or both, or just maybe smoking something funny.

[daveh]

It is conceivable to take a deep breath, and place a plastic bag over one's head, tape firmly, and then click on a pair of handcuffs to avoid a change of heart.

You would have to be in the pits of depression or unbalanced or both, or just maybe smoking something funny.

I think it is very conceivable. As you suggested, it sounds like he was trying to prevent a change of heart buy tying one hand to a table and cuffing the other. He probably attempted it before but tore the bag off before he passed out once or twice before. I think if it were murder, they'd handcuff both his wrists together.

[exp9696]

Another trendsetter ,no balcony diving ,THE PLASTIC BAG

Eneway another sad story TIT

[cobra]

It'll be interesting to see what the toxicology comes up with. If they find barbiturates, depressants, that will make suicide more plausible.

To expire by conscious suffocation is a tough way to go, even if you could control the inevitable panic response. Even more sad is if it was depression, there are a lot of new and effective meds that may have helped.

[Up2U]

But what was he doing in Patong?

I thought that Pattaya was the favoured location for this.

And yes, if you consider the handcuff as the last item to be closed, it is possible that this was suicide. Ad had he been out at all? From my reading of the manager's account, I would say he had hardly left the room - she's a good manager (if it is the same woman as three yeats ago) and would have sent cleaners in when he dropped his key off, or someone saw him go out. Cannot let a room go uncleaned, it will cause too much problem to get it ready for the next guest.

[meemiathai]

If all these cases are in fact suicide Thailand must be the farang suicide capital of the world.

Not sure about it, without having any figures to look at.

and from the original post..

Housekeepers discovered the body about two days after noting a rank odor in room 120, where Mr Beyer had been staying since July 9.

Was Beyer on a cut price accommodation deal (and only getting his room made up every two days or so? I guess he maybe had a "don't disturb" hanging outside his door)

and from the original post..

Expat Hotel General Manager Ploenjit James told the Gazette she believed Mr Beyer had taken his own life.

“When he checked in, he put up the “Do Not Disturb” sign and even put his chair and table outside the door of his room [to block people from trying to come in]. He really wanted to be left alone.”

On Sunday he ate in the coffee shop. He looked sad and he bought a bottle of vodka. The next day, he went out to buy cigarettes from the hotel. Then he complained to the receptionist about the housekeeping staff coming into his room to clean. So we stopped cleaning it.

Then, on Thursday, when the room hadn’t been cleaned for about three days, the chambemaids noticed a smell coming from inside. They opened the door and found the dead man.”

Did you read all the way down?

Believe the police? Sorry but no!

Sorry, neither do I.

Suicide is a whole lot less work than a murder investigation (and less damaging to the realms efforts to promote tourism)

Maybe you are right.

[mbkudu]

His heart stopped.

[Explorer]

No post mortem?

A plastic bag covering his head sounds like what the russian mafia use to do to settle debts back then.

It's hard to imagine why such person would go to all of that and suffer before dying. A normal suicider would normally take the fastest or less painfull way to die e.g OD, hang, jumpers, bullets and etc. But with plastic covering his head, looks like he suffered alot before dying.

And i bet with the conclusion of suicide, the police didn't check the place for signs of struggle or check his background or his bank account to see if he have some financial problems back home or in Pataya.

Explorer

[mbkudu]

Nine times out of ten an autopsy report for a foreigner will read, "heart stopped."

[astral]

No post mortem?

A plastic bag covering his head sounds like what the russian mafia use to do to settle debts back then.

It's hard to imagine why such person would go to all of that and suffer before dying. A normal suicider would normally take the fastest or less painfull way to die e.g OD, hang, jumpers, bullets and etc. But with plastic covering his head, looks like he suffered alot before dying.

And i bet with the conclusion of suicide, the police didn't check the place for signs of struggle or check his background or his bank account to see if he have some financial problems back home or in Pataya.

Explorer

Post mortem examination - come on, the forensic skill here are vitually nil.

As for the Police Investigating - that is a real joke.

They still haven't found the Saudi jewels that were stolen 15 years ago!!

[john b good]

No post mortem?

A plastic bag covering his head sounds like what the russian mafia use to do to settle debts back then.

It's hard to imagine why such person would go to all of that and suffer before dying. A normal suicider would normally take the fastest or less painfull way to die e.g OD, hang, jumpers, bullets and etc. But with plastic covering his head, looks like he suffered alot before dying.

And i bet with the conclusion of suicide, the police didn't check the place for signs of struggle or check his background or his bank account to see if he have some financial problems back home or in Pataya.

Explorer 

Post mortem examination - come on, the forensic skill here are vitually nil.

As for the Police Investigating - that is a real joke.

They still haven't found the Saudi jewels that were stolen 15 years ago!!

They still haven't found the Saudi jewels that were stolen 15 years ago!!

They might not have found all of them (the Saudi jewels) but they did find some "being worn by a senior policemans missus" TIT

As for the police investigating

[hkthai]

No post mortem?

A plastic bag covering his head sounds like what the russian mafia use to do to settle debts back then.

It's hard to imagine why such person would go to all of that and suffer before dying. A normal suicider would normally take the fastest or less painfull way to die e.g OD, hang, jumpers, bullets and etc. But with plastic covering his head, looks like he suffered alot before dying.

And i bet with the conclusion of suicide, the police didn't check the place for signs of struggle or check his background or his bank account to see if he have some financial problems back home or in Pataya.

Explorer 

Post mortem examination - come on, the forensic skill here are vitually nil.

As for the Police Investigating - that is a real joke.

They still haven't found the Saudi jewels that were stolen 15 years ago!!

I am sure they know where the jewels are....but you can't just bite the hands that feeds you.

[meemiathai]

Post mortem examination - come on, the forensic skill here are vitually nil.

Tam mai roo? keuy long, chai mai?

[anono555]

actually, Sweden is the suicide capital of the world (must be all that IKEA furniture and smorgasbords)...

and the Thai police are not as dumb as you all seem to think they are

[Tornado]

They still haven't found the Saudi jewels that were stolen 15 years ago!!

I do have a comment, but probably better leave it out as "they" could be reading.

[Tornado]

Tis a small world!

Update: It seems a Yank mate of mine has been called by the police to come to the police station to view a suicide note that was addressed to him. He is flying from Bangkok to Phuket today. I offcourse will not post the contents of the note if and when I get any info, but it seems it could be suicide?

[Pink Mist]

mmm kinda hard to tie yourself to the bed, put on handcufs on a chair and also tape a bag over your head.

but not impossible, right

[astral]

Which hotel is this, that does not clean the rooms for 3 day?

Sounds like the ex-pat manager needs his butt kicking for a start!!

[meemiathai]

Which hotel is this, that does not clean the rooms for 3 day?

Sounds like the ex-pat manager needs his butt kicking for a start!!

Expat Hotel General Manager Ploenjit James told the Gazette she believed Mr Beyer had taken his own life.

“When he checked in, he put up the “Do Not Disturb” sign and even put his chair and table outside the door of his room [to block people from trying to come in]. He really wanted to be left alone.”

On Sunday he ate in the coffee shop. He looked sad and he bought a bottle of vodka. The next day, he went out to buy cigarettes from the hotel. Then he complained to the receptionist about the housekeeping staff coming into his room to clean. So we stopped cleaning it.

Then, on Thursday, when the room hadn’t been cleaned for about three days, the chambemaids noticed a smell coming from inside. They opened the door and found the dead man.”

Just how do people read here? Do they just read the title or the first few lines? Am I missing something? But it is at least the second person to ask the same question.

BTW, when I stay in a hotel, I always put the 'do not disturb' on for 2 or 3 days until I really need a make up. Never any problem. So what is the problem?

[bodypaul]

agree with meemiathai .... are the posters here as stupid as they think the cops are???