Autopsy Results Unclear About Role Of Head Wound In Drowned Dutch Tourist's Death: Phuket

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Autopsy results unclear about role of head wound in drowned Dutch tourist's death

Phuket Gazette

Stephan Buczynski’s body was found by a tourist riding a jet-ski about 500 meters off Patong Beach. Photo: Gazette file

PHUKET: -- Bangkok autopsy results have confirmed that Dutch tourist Stephan Buczynski died from drowning, but were unable to determine the role the serious wound to his head played in the incident.

Doctors at Patong Hospital were fairly certain Mr Buczynski, 26, had drowned, but police requested the autopsy because there was also a deep gash on the back of his head, Patong Police Deputy Superintendent Akanit Danpitaksat told the Phuket Gazette.

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“I was informally told by an officer at the Institute of Police Forensic Medicine in Bangkok that the cause of death was drowning,” Lt Col Akanit said.

“The officer there explained to me that the wound on the back of Mr Buczynski’s head was caused by a hard, sharp object,” Col Akanit said. “However, forensic doctors were unable to determine if the wound was sustained before or after the drowning, which makes it impossible to know if it was a factor in Mr Buczynski’s death.”

Mr Buczynski’s body was found at about 9:30am floating 500 meters off the popular Patong beachfront, with him was a waterproof bag that contained nine Xanax pills. However, Col Akanit explained that he would have to read the full report before knowing if the drug might have been a factor in the drowning.

Source: http://www.phuketgaz...eath-20104.html

-- Phuket Gazette 2013-02-01

[cloudhopper]

None of the autopsies done on foreigners here ever seem to be conclusive. Wonder why?

[kurnell]

None of the autopsies done on foreigners here ever seem to be conclusive. Wonder why?

Lack of money, incompetent doctors, cover up. Take your pick.

[gaucho]

rip mate ...recently in patts saw some tourists deliberately aiming for swimmers and then swerving and sending spray soaring ..they were not kids ...late 20s early 30s complete fxxxwits

[JetsetBkk]

“However, forensic doctors were unable to determine if the wound was sustained before or after the drowning, which makes it impossible to know if it was a factor in Mr Buczynski’s death.”

Get a second autopsy! (Not in this country.)

"Col Akanit explained that he would have to read the full report before knowing if the drug might have been a factor in the drowning."

Sorry, have you something more important to do?

[belg]

lol...maybe he hit a rock on the beach and tought he would go clean it out in the sea?

[tragickingdom]

Thai coroners are not even sure when hands are bound behind the back after or before a suicide. The problem is tourism and money. So the wait is on till a Dutch coroner does the autopsy all over again.

[unanimosity]

None of the autopsies done on foreigners here ever seem to be conclusive. Wonder why?

Lack of money, incompetent doctors, cover up. Take your pick.

FACE

[keestha]

lol...maybe he hit a rock on the beach and tought he would go clean it out in the sea?

lol??? Relatives of the deceased guy might be reading this.

RIP to my compatriot.

[Briggsy]

The traditional way a crime is and was solved here was that the police would decide which outcome would be best first for themselves and then for any important or wealthy people and finally for convenience. They would then beat the shit out of some nobody until he "confessed" i.e. produced a version of events that the police had already decided upon.

Unfortunately the advent of modern science and its encroachment into the realm of traditional bastions of unchecked power such as the Thai police may throw a spanner into the works of the practice detailed in the paragraph above. So, the pathologists involved have learned to self-censor and produce ambiguous and vague reports so as not to upset any local wielders of authority who may have already decided that events occurred in a certain way not supported by the autopsy.

[grumpyoldman]

I realize the conspiracy theorists and the coverup crew are all coming up with theories but there is a chance the guy tried walking on the rocks to Patong and might have slipped and cracked his head.

Supposedly he was carrying a bag, why swim with that? Pair of sandals on, slick rock, could easily be an accident.