American man found dead in Pattaya

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American man found dead in Pattaya

 

Picture: Pattaya News

 

PATTAYA: -- An American man was found dead in a house in the Nong Prue area of Pattaya on Monday morning, police have confirmed.

 

The body of Raymond Charles Britland, 69, was discovered in the shower by his wife, Smaporn Britland, 46 after she returned home from working in her restaurant, reported Pattaya News.

 

Police have ruled out foul play and are treating the death as suicide.

 

Mr Britland had slashed his left wrist, police said.

 

Mrs Britland said she had been married to her husband for 18 years.

 

She told reporters that her husband had been ill and was suffering from a variety of ailments.

 

She believed her husband killed himself as he did not want his medical expenses to be a burden on the family.

 

Source: Pattaya News

 

-- © Copyright Thai Visa News 2017-05-01

[impulse]

It may be exactly as it looks, but I hope they do a little investigating anyway.

 

If I were going to murder anyone, I'd invite them to Thailand, pick a method that could be confused with suicide, and leave some pills laying around to make it look like the victim had health issues.  That seems to pre-empt any real investigation.

[worgeordie]

Found in Bathroom,wife not there, not saying anything is suspicious, 

but that seem to be a common scenario for Farangs in Thailand.

RIP 

regards Worgeordie

[quadperfect]

I think if youre going to kill youreself it would be better if you did not do this in youre own home that you share with youre wife. Why would you leave that kind of mess for the one you love .the horror the memory its just damn selfish if you ask me.

Jumpers at least remove themselves from the home.

More to it.for sure

[Lemonltr]

No suicide note to wife?

[wakeupplease]

RIP Raymond

 

At least 3 farang deaths on the same day

 

Why does it only seem to happen here?

 

Must be having a clear out

[USPatriot]

That's how I'm going out. I will not burden my family.

But I'll do it in some type of accident so life insurance pays.

[overherebc]

1 hour ago, wakeupplease said:

RIP Raymond

 

At least 3 farang deaths on the same day

 

Why does it only seem to happen here?

 

Must be having a clear out

Check the figures for UK. I was very surprised to see them, generally 5000 to 6000 a year.

 

[impulse]

23 minutes ago, USPatriot said:

That's how I'm going out. I will not burden my family.

But I'll do it in some type of accident so life insurance pays.

 

Even if you die in a genuine accident now, the insurance company will dredge this up from your interweb history and deny the claim.

[bristolgeoff]

Quote

 

wife at work husband left in the house,always sounds fishy in thailand

[swissie]

The reason for his suicide (according to his wife) is "not wanting to become a financial burden to the family" due to arising health problems.

If that sould be the case, I can only conclude, that the deceased was a gentleman of the "old school".

Possibly having built up "a little happiness" with hard work over the years and now facing the fact that "the little happiness" will be nullified and eradicated by future medical bills, pushing wife/family back to (financial) square 1.

If this scenario should reflect the actual situation, a true gentleman has left us. A dying breed, some say.
Cheers.

[balo]

Difficult to tell if it is a suicide or not, I think its selfish to take your own life at home in this dramatic way ,  But if he was seriously ill and depressed I guess he did not think twice. 

[wakeupplease]

4 hours ago, overherebc said:

Check the figures for UK. I was very surprised to see them, generally 5000 to 6000 a year.

 

Tell us more

[mvdf]

Horrible and irresponsible commenting when some here assume and presuppose that it's murder when a 69 year old took his own life while his wife was working. This general maligning of locals is a pathological condition amongst some here which is uncalled for.

 

Why is a seriously or terminally ill foreign man not predisposed to suicidal ideation? Are they generally fighters who all die a natural death? 

[impulse]

3 hours ago, mvdf said:

Horrible and irresponsible commenting when some here assume and presuppose that it's murder when a 69 year old took his own life while his wife was working. This general maligning of locals is a pathological condition amongst some here which is uncalled for.

 

Why is a seriously or terminally ill foreign man not predisposed to suicidal ideation? Are they generally fighters who all die a natural death? 

 

The only people assuming anything are the police, who are assuming that it's a suicide as the wife claims.

 

We'd just like to see a little bit of an investigation to confirm the guy died at his own hand, and not by someone else's actions.

 

I'd like to believe they'd at least do an investigation before they close the case on me or one of my loved ones.

 

Edited May 1, 2017 by impulse

[1FinickyOne]

11 hours ago, wakeupplease said:

RIP Raymond

 

At least 3 farang deaths on the same day

 

Why does it only seem to happen here?

 

Must be having a clear out

What does that mean - it only happens here? Do you think that Caucasians only die in Thailand? and not in Europe, Australia, USA? There are more people gunned down by strangers in the course of a day in USA, suicide rates are high in military and civilian... 

[pattayadude]

6 hours ago, swissie said:

The reason for his suicide (according to his wife) is "not wanting to become a financial burden to the family" due to arising health problems.

If that sould be the case, I can only conclude, that the deceased was a gentleman of the "old school".

Possibly having built up "a little happiness" with hard work over the years and now facing the fact that "the little happiness" will be nullified and eradicated by future medical bills, pushing wife/family back to (financial) square 1.

If this scenario should reflect the actual situation, a true gentleman has left us. A dying breed, some say.
Cheers.

Excellent point! rest in peace poor guy.I trust heavens gates are wide open for him

[overherebc]

6 hours ago, wakeupplease said:

Tell us more

More.

[tomwct]

I agree! I think jumping would be more thrilling and will not leave a home with a ghost. Go to Bangkok and stay at a 5 star hotel with

a balcony and 40 floors. Enjoy yourself for a few days and then decide when to take flying lessons. After, you'll qualify for wings at your funeral. RIP!

[overherebc]

Just check www.mentalhealth.org.uk    

Figures are around 11 per 100,000

Highest seemed to be over 6000 in 2013.

[ujayujay]

RIP. This Story is sad enought and I wonder about all this barstool detectivs here.....ridiculous

[impulse]

9 minutes ago, ujayujay said:

RIP. This Story is sad enought and I wonder about all this barstool detectivs here.....ridiculous

 

What would you do if this guy were your brother?   I'd certainly request a little more investigation beyond "the wife said he probably killed himself, and we believe her".

 

They've ruled out foul play before they could have possibly had time to investigate their actual financial situation, and how much insurance anyone stands to collect on his death.

Edited May 2, 2017 by impulse

[Pattaya46]

16 hours ago, quadperfect said:

Jumpers at least remove themselves from the home.

3 hours ago, tomwct said:

I agree! I think jumping would be more thrilling and will not leave a home with a ghost. Go to Bangkok and stay at a 5 star hotel with

a balcony and 40 floors. 

 

Suicide is a sensible subject, but please guys don't give such bad ideas.

Did you think about people who can work a the bottom of the tower? Did you think that you could kill someone by falling on him? Did you think on the "mess" it can be for those who will have to clean the place? Don't you think that your "ghost" - that you don't want stay in your home - may haunt people in the near area? Don't you think you would have lot of time to regret your jump during the very looong 4 seconds of your fall? ... Seriously. Jumping is not the good answer to this kind of problem.

[jippytum]

17 hours ago, quadperfect said:

I think if youre going to kill youreself it would be better if you did not do this in youre own home that you share with youre wife. Why would you leave that kind of mess for the one you love .the horror the memory its just damn selfish if you ask me.

Jumpers at least remove themselves from the home.

More to it.for sure

Stupid comment .......  What about the danger of killing an Innocent bystander or the  trauma  of condo staff when someone decides to jump .Dying at home is not selfish compared to the option you recommend .

[steven100]

2 minutes ago, jippytum said:

Stupid comment .......  What about the danger of killing an Innocent bystander or the  trauma  of condo staff when someone decides to jump .Dying at home is not selfish compared to the option you recommend .

If the balcony is located on a busy walkway then it's not a good idea, better to get one with a quite laneway below with no pedestrian traffic.

[saminoz]

3 hours ago, overherebc said:

Just check www.mentalhealth.org.uk    

Figures are around 11 per 100,000

Highest seemed to be over 6000 in 2013.

How many of those were foreign retirees and holiday makers?

[pegman]

4 hours ago, overherebc said:

Just check www.mentalhealth.org.uk    

Figures are around 11 per 100,000

Highest seemed to be over 6000 in 2013.

6,500 American military veterans a year. He may of fell into that category.

 

https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_States_military_veteran_suicide

 

 

[smotherb]

And, no Soylent green

[overherebc]

57 minutes ago, saminoz said:

How many of those were foreign retirees and holiday makers?

The real point is that suicide is more common than people realise. Of course that doesn't mean that every ex-pat death in Thailand is a suicide, nor does it mean that every ex-pat death in Thailand is not a suicide.

The figures I quoted are from UK, roughly 11 for 100,000 of population above the age of 15.

If you want to, do the arithmetic on number of ex-pats here on holiday and retired against number of suicides.

[dunroaming]

If you read this story almost anywhere else except Thailand then you would be very likely to just shrug your shoulders and say RIP.  However this happens every other day in Thailand and I cannot believe that there are that many farangs who decide to take their lives due to health issues.  It is just not plausible.