Crime Indian Tourist Found Dead on Koh Samet with Head Bound in Plastic Bag

[jimn]

I very much doubt that he was a tourist

[saakura]

4 hours ago, stupidfarang said:

 

At least they are keeping an open mind to what happen instead of saying something else with no proof. For example, sex game gone wrong, he tripped into the bag, was playing blind mans bluff snf fell into the water.

Full points for your wild imagination! 😃

[thesetat]

On 5/18/2025 at 5:59 AM, Georgealbert said:

The body of a 49-year-old Indian male tourist has been discovered wedged among rocks near Ao Som on the southern side of Koh Samet, with initial investigations revealing his head was bound with a black plastic bag secured by a luggage strap.

Definitely suicide. No need for a police investigation. 

[Aussie999]

Foreigner deaths seem to be a regular thing, certainly this year.

[gomangosteen]

4 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

 

 

Remember that you can hang with your hands tied behind you back in LOS and be called a suicide.

 

I have encountered a suicide in New Zealand with this scenario; resulted in strangulation, tied to a door handle rather than hanging; no doubt it was suicide and can only presume he'd tied his hands to ensure death. Grim stuff. The standard NZ police report 'no suspicious circumstances, referred to the coroner'.

[cynic1]

On 5/18/2025 at 9:52 AM, Banana7 said:

Absolutely ridiculous treatment by the Police saying the death is "suspicious". It is an outright murder or homicide.

Might be ; 1 the lawyers b/<deleted> being involved in a legal response or 2. a news report  language translation problem.  I lean towards guess "1"

[Reddavy]

8 hours ago, Quentin Zen said:

Every time you meet someone or do anything for that matter out of your normal routine........you gotta think, go with your gut, and breathe.   A million times I probably should have been beaten for being a punk, and a million times I was quiet when I had to be.....but it only takes one bad decision that leads to more and more and more.    include drinking, partying (on an island, I can speculate), etc... and things go crazy.

 

wrong place, wrong time....   all I can say now until I get more information.  I am curious about how it all started.  Hey buddy, want to share a cab?  Hey buddy, can I ask you a question?  Hey buddy, what are you drinking?  

 

 

 

 

Hey buddy WTF are you talking about???? 🤷🏼

[kiwikeith]

3 hours ago, gomangosteen said:

I have encountered a suicide in New Zealand with this scenario; resulted in strangulation, tied to a door handle rather than hanging; no doubt it was suicide and can only presume he'd tied his hands to ensure death. Grim stuff. The standard NZ police report 'no suspicious circumstances, referred to the coroner'.

You forgot tied hands behind back 

Door hanging does not happen often, but one of my best friends did this in soi 80, no hands tied 

[Banana7]

14 hours ago, kiwikeith said:

 

Says two things, the police are lazy, and will call it a suicide, or they dont want to catch the perps

Remember that you can hang with your hands tied behind you back in LOS and be called a suicide.

Things not looking good for tourists numbers.

This happens often. The Police just want to close the case quickly and avoid difficult, long, extensive expensive investigations. It's just another Indian, and there are more than a billion more.

 

Earlier this month, in Pattaya, an old foreigner is found dead on his bed, in a rented condo, no signs of violence or trauma. They automatically assume heart attack. Body is sent to Bang Lamung hospital for storage, then 10 days later to the police hospital in Bangkok for autopsy. Autopsy confirms heart attack but no toxic substance testing. Autopsy should be performed within 24 hours of death to avoid tissue decay and to get accurate test results, especially toxicological tests.

 

Lots of foreigners get drugged, and perhaps over-drugged, by short time visitors. I have had 3 friends drugged and robbed in Pattaya, all survived to tell the tale. One friend got drugged in Las Vegas, but didn't survive.

[pomchop]

Lot of maybes and lot of arm chair detectives automatically blame a Thai.  Just "MAYBE" he got on the wrong side of fellow Indians or Russian mafia types or who knows what he "maybe" was up to.

 

Maybe is a mighty big word to toss around.  Maybe better to wait for more information before passing verdicts?  Maybe and maybe not mean the same thing.