Murder-suicide suspected in Thai hotel poison deaths

Murder-suicide suspected in Thai hotel poison deaths
On Wednesday night at the Lumpini police station in Bangkok, top Bangkok authorities members discuss the Vietnam-death case. ( Photo supplied )

Authorities believe that one of the six Asian victims who were discovered useless at the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok on Tuesday night poisoned the others before going on to commit suicide.

At the Lumpini police station on Wednesday night, officers questioned the child of one of the patients and other witnesses, according to Pol Maj Gen Theeradet Thumsuthee, analysis key at the Metropolitan Police Bureau.

Their records were important, he said.

” The situation likely branches from a debt problem. There are no other alternatives. Because they were the only ones who entered the room, the culprit is among the six ( dead ). There were no some”, Pol Maj Gen Theeradet said.

Authorities are still trying to determine the poison being used, he said.

On Tuesday night, six Asian people were discovered dead in a place on the second floors of the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel in Bangkok. The other two were Asian citizens, while the other two had American citizenship.

According to a knowledgeable source, criminal officers found a cyanide-like material in used cups in space 502 where the bodies were discovered. It was obviously occuring and more powerful than poison, and extremly destructive, the source said.

The next-door room had been reserved by a sixth Taiwanese resident. She was reportedly a younger girl of one of the six survivors, according to authorities.

The girl had left the country on July 10 and was unlikely to have been involved in the incidents. According to a cause, the killer was thought to have poisoned the five people before taking their personal lifestyle.

Police forensic science officer Trairong Phiewphan reported on Wenesday that a drink that appeared to be black coffee had been found in two bottles in the dying place.

The six Vietnamese are seen carrying their bags in the following safety camera screenshots, who appear to be traveling on Monday evening from the Grand Hyatt Erawan Hotel to place 502 on the second floor of the Pathum Wan area. On Tuesday night, they were discovered useless in their area. ( Photos supplied )