Dane's Death Accidental: Phuket Police

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Dane's death accidental: Phuket police

Rescue workers remove Mr Schmidt’s body from the Kamala hotel.

PHUKET: -- The Danish man found dead at a Phuket hotel last Tuesday likely died as a result of diabetes and heavy drinking and smoking, police said.

The body of 62-year-old Preben Thamsen Schmidt was found in the gardens of the Print Kamala Resort early in the morning. He had wounds to his face and arms and was last seen drinking in front of his hotel room at 1am.

Lt Col Anek Mongkol of Kamala Police told the Phuket Gazette that there would be no medical examination, as Mr Schmidt’s wife is certain he died as a result of a combination of his illness and addictions.

“His wife said she has no doubts about his death being a result of behavior and the diabetes,” Lt Col Anek said.

“Our initial investigation indicates that his death was an accident. He was drunk and fell,” he said.

“We assume that the wounds on his face were caused by rocks or other solid objects when he fell off the [ground floor] walkway. We do not think this case involves violent crime,” he said.

Police had also interviewed a friend of Mr Schmidt, who told them that Mr Schmidt drank and smoked regularly, Lt Col Anek explained.

“He actually sneaked back to Thailand because his wife didn’t allow him to drink and smoke due to his illness,” he added.

Lt Col Anek said the Danish Consulate collected documents from him this morning and that the body will likely be sent back to Denmark today.

-- Phuket Gazette 2011-07-26

[Boater]

Lt Col Anek Mongkol of Kamala Police told the Phuket Gazette that there would be no medical examination, as Mr Schmidt’s wife is certain he died as a result of a combination of his illness and addictions.

thats a bit stange a wife is certain of her husbands death, when she wasnt even here, also NO medical examination will be done, even those he had marks over his hands and face !

“He actually sneaked back to Thailand because his wife didn’t allow him to drink and smoke due to his illness,” he added.

so did his wife know he was here? , or only after they found his body? , seems strange someone would get away from his wife just to have a drink and a smoke, or maybe other reasons?

Seems yet another strange case that the police have ZERO interest investigating ......

RIP

[WarpSpeed]

Back home they investigate and autopsy every unnatural death without exception to make certain there was no foul play involved (by that I mean a death by other then a proof positive disease such as cancer for example). No matter how the surrounding infrastructure may at times resemble a modern country this type of thought process continues to hold this country back in the 3rd world..

Edited July 26, 2011 by WarpSpeed

[Wallaby]

Wife said it was a natural death. Well that's it then. How can they say they are certain of the cause of death without an autopsy? Oh, the wife said said he drank and smoked so must be ok.

Do they investigate if a farang's thai wife dies?

[mufcsamui]

Surely the Danish Embassy will get involved in this, if it was not so tragic it would be laughable.

[stevenl]

Surely the Danish Embassy will get involved in this, if it was not so tragic it would be laughable.

I Don't think they will. A Dane died, accidental death, end of story.