Picture courtesy of Khoasod.

 

Police in Patong have launched an investigation following the discovery of a deceased Swedish national in his hotel room in the Kathu District of Phuket Province on 23 April.

 

The man, identified as Mr Pierre, aged 52, had reportedly been staying alone at the hotel since 10 April. Authorities have confirmed that there were no visible signs of struggle, forced entry, or foul play at the scene. Personal belongings, including medication, were found intact, and nothing in the room appeared to have been disturbed.

 

 

Emergency services were called to the scene and later transported the body to Vachira Phuket Hospital, where a post-mortem examination will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death.

 

According to a hotel maid who discovered the body, Mr Pierre had been seen drinking alcohol in his room on a daily basis. She explained to police that she attempted to clean the room that morning, but received no response when she knocked. After trying again around midday and still getting no answer, she looked through the window and saw Mr Pierre lying motionless. Concerned, she entered the room and discovered him unresponsive, at which point she immediately notified the authorities.

 

The Swedish Embassy has been informed of the incident and is working to contact Mr Pierre’s next of kin.

 

A spokesperson for the Patong Police stated that the investigation is ongoing, and further details will be released once the results of the post-mortem are available.

 

 

  Adapted by Asean Now from Khaosod 2025-04-24.

 

 

 

R.I.P.... may be heartbroken 💔  or got swindled of cash by some lover... or got scammed... he won't have traveled so far to come and just dle drinking in closed room... 

RIP.

Gone to a better place one hopes.

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52 years old is definitely too young to call it quits. May he find peace wherever he is… 

I am 72 , every time I read articles like this I cringe.  52-68 were some of the best years of my life.

18 hours ago, factual monk said:

R.I.P.... may be heartbroken 💔  or got swindled of cash by some lover... or got scammed... he won't have traveled so far to come and just dle drinking in closed room... 

How about simply died of natural causes.  Not everyone is healthy at 52.

 

Here's a hint ... "Personal belongings, including medication, were found intact"

 

R I P

 

Will the hotel operator perform any exorcism in that room foreigner died？

Hotel maids might to start to say they saw some ghost, after this incident.

 

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On 4/24/2025 at 11:50 PM, Gknrd said:

I am 72 , every time I read articles like this I cringe.  52-68 were some of the best years of my life.

Ditto

Retired past 10 years and 70 in August.

My 50's were a brilliant time back being a single man working offshore. 

One snake bite and one bike crash later makes you realise how precious 100% pain-free mobility is.

On 4/24/2025 at 7:14 AM, factual monk said:

R.I.P.... may be heartbroken 💔  or got swindled of cash by some lover... or got scammed... he won't have traveled so far to come and just dle drinking in closed room... 

There's no foul-play reported?

 

I lived there for 20 years, and in the first 15 years did my fair share of screwing around. In the last 5 years I just couldn't be bothered any more. My thoughts on the bar/bar girl scene were that it's just 'too easy' to be of any 'value'. I was never scammed.

 

It was very easy to slide into just sitting around drinking every day, nothing much else to do. Also, if this guy was 52, a heart attack or stroke wouldn't be that unlikely.

RIP

On 4/24/2025 at 12:14 AM, factual monk said:

R.I.P.... may be heartbroken 💔  or got swindled of cash by some lover... or got scammed... he won't have traveled so far to come and just dle drinking in closed room... 

 

You don't know introverts 

That's the way I'd want to go.......In my sleep harming no one.......IMO.

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In the hotel i used to stay before i guy from Finland drink himself to death.Took him about 2 weeks.

According to the hotel staff he didn't eat just drinking and at the end they find him deceased.

On 4/25/2025 at 4:34 PM, black tabby12345 said:

Will the hotel operator perform any exorcism in that room foreigner died？

Hotel maids might to start to say they saw some ghost, after this incident.

 

I doubt they even change the mattress.. They will just put another tourist in it next week and then observe if that person becomes crazy lol.

17 minutes ago, norsurin said:

In the hotel i used to stay before i guy from Finland drink himself to death.Took him about 2 weeks.

According to the hotel staff he didn't eat just drinking and at the end they find him deceased.

If they knew that was what he was doing/not doing why did they not call for help?

In a two week period the cleaning staff and booze providers or foyer staff must have been aware!

18 minutes ago, ChaiyaTH said:

I doubt they even change the mattress.. They will just put another tourist in it next week and then observe if that person becomes crazy lol.

That is unkind!

I am sure they would turn it over!

Too much alcohol?

3 hours ago, rough diamond said:

If they knew that was what he was doing/not doing why did they not call for help?

In a two week period the cleaning staff and booze providers or foyer staff must have been aware!

The hotel made many offerds to help him but he refused.They also contacted his embassy but they couldn't help because he was an adult person.They brought food for him everyday but he didn't eat nothing.I think he was in a psychiatric distress because of something.I know about another foreigner who stayed with his gf in buriram.His gf said he get a phonecall one day and after that he totally lost it.He start drinking alot all day all night when he was awake.He also refused to eat.He was peeing and <deleted> on himself in the bed.After about 3 weeks he passed away.

Its really sad when people ends their life this way.

On 4/24/2025 at 7:14 AM, factual monk said:

R.I.P.... may be heartbroken 💔  or got swindled of cash by some lover... or got scammed... he won't have traveled so far to come and just dle drinking in closed room... 

"where a post-mortem examination will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death." so what do you know that the rest of us don't?

6 minutes ago, kwilco said:

"where a post-mortem examination will be conducted to determine the exact cause of death." so what do you know that the rest of us don't?

Because he's a monk 

On 4/24/2025 at 6:05 AM, Georgealbert said:

According to a hotel maid who discovered the body,

Those Patong hotel maids see a lot

14 hours ago, ChaiyaTH said:

I doubt they even change the mattress.. They will just put another tourist in it next week and then observe if that person becomes crazy lol.

 

More than a decade ago, I have read a book written by one foreign traveler.

And it got some paranormal story.

In the room of cheap guesthouse in BKK, one western man died of drug overdose.

After that, their workers started to say they saw his ghost.

So the operator called a priest for exorcism(after which the ghost witness ended).

And he did it not to lose his workers(might quit for the fear of restless spirit haunts the property).

On 4/25/2025 at 12:40 PM, KhunLA said:

How about simply died of natural causes.  Not everyone is healthy at 52.

 

Here's a hint ... "Personal belongings, including medication, were found intact"

 

R I P

 

Probably will never know if he had a lot of cash on him , have to wait for the autopsy might well be natural causes 

RIP

Hope he died with a smile on his face